Question

briefly analyse the economy of pastoral nomads​

Answer 1

Pastoral nomadism

This form of nomadism is a very old way of life that differentiated in time and space, and developed a variety of genres de vie.nomads, who depend on domesticated livestock, migrate in an established territory to find pasturage for their animals. Most groups have focal sites that they occupy for considerable periods of the year. Pastoralists may depend entirely on their herds or may also hunt or gather, practice some agriculture, or trade with agricultural peoples for grain and other goods,Pastoral nomadism is difficult to define with an overarching and all-embracing definition. But the following characteristics are more or less ubiquitous attributes of pastoral nomads:

(1) dependence on domesticated animal husbandry;

(2) migration along established routes between focal grazing areas;

(3) mobility of herds, people, and their habitats; and

(4) predominant economic dependence on the herds and their products. In other words, the nomadic way of life always tried to (and had to) maintain an equilibrium between the resources of the natural environment and the needs of the people.