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Pastoral Peoples on the Global Stage

Pastoral Peoples on the Global Stage. The Mongol Moment 1200-1500. Looking Back and Around: The Long History of Pastoral Nomads. The World of Pastoral Societies 1. Small populations on large amounts of land 2. High levels of social and gender equality

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Pastoral Peoples on the Global Stage

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  1. Pastoral Peoples on the Global Stage The Mongol Moment 1200-1500

  2. Looking Back and Around:The Long History of Pastoral Nomads The World of Pastoral Societies 1. Small populations on large amounts of land 2. High levels of social and gender equality 3. Mobile but in contact with settled agriculturalists 4. Tribal alliances and military power of horsemen

  3. Less productive than agriculturalists *specialized in living off unproductive lands *could sustain herds *lived on meat, milk and blood rather than grains B. Low population and simple social structures *Women engaged in most same tasks as men *Herding and riding Small populations on large landsB. Social and gender equality

  4. C. Needed products of settle communities *disdained agriculturalists yet *Frequently exchanged animal products for manufactured goods of the towns D. Without urban centers was hard to sustain a state system *charismatic individuals could forge alliances *strength of union depended on the wealth coming in so could fall apart more easily C. Mobile but contact with settled peopleD. Tribal alliances and military power of horsemen

  5. Changing images of pastoral peoples • Bad press for nomads • Sources of urban centers • Winners write history • A new history of nomadic achievements Was Mongol violence unique?

  6. 1) Most histories have a very dim view of nomadic people, only noting when they threatened another society. 2) Part of the problem is that historians use written sources from settled areas that were threatened by nomadic forces. Bad press2) sources for urban centers

  7. 3) most nomadic people were taken over by settled societies, thus the histories written were often disdainful of nomads 4) more modern historians have taken a fresh look and now stress their role in creating a world system (diffusion) 3) Winners write history4) A new view of achievements

  8. Mongol Violence? • Looking back at the horrors of the twentieth century --puts this violence in perspective--obviously they were not the only brutal people in history--far from it.

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