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Brewer's: Nomads
Wanderers who live in tents, pastoral tribes without fixed residence. (Greek, nomades: from nomos, a pasture.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…nomad
(Encyclopedia) nomadnomadnōˈmădˌ [key], one of a group of people without fixed habitation, especially pastoralists. (Some authorities prefer the terms “nonsedentary” or “migratory” rather than “…Avars
(Encyclopedia) AvarsAvarsäˈvärz [key], mounted nomad people who in the 4th and 5th cent. dominated the steppes of central Asia. Dislodged by stronger tribes, the Avars pushed west, increasing their…Kunlun
(Encyclopedia) KunlunKunlunk&oobreve;nˈl&oobreve;nˈ [key], great mountain system of central Asia, between the Himalayas and the Tian Shan, extending c.1,000 mi (1,610 km) E from the Pamir Mts…Bedouin
(Encyclopedia) BedouinBedouinbĕdˈ&oomacr;ĭn [key] [Arab.,=desert dwellers], primarily nomad Arab peoples of the Middle East, where they form about 10% of the population. They are of the same…Ibn Saud
(Encyclopedia) Ibn Saud (Abd al-Aziz ibn Saud)Ibn Saudĭˈbən sä&oomacr;dˈ [key], c.1880–1953, founder of Saudi Arabia and its first king. His family, with its regular seat at Riyadh in the Nejd,…Slideshow: Native American Life on the Great Plains
by Liz Olson For centuries beginning around 1600, Native Americans settled along the wooded and rich-soil banks of Northern Plains rivers. In the United States the…Brewer's: Nominalists
A sect founded by Roscelin, Canon of Compiègne (1040-1120). He maintained that if the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost are one God, they cannot be three distinct persons, but must be simply…Brewer's: Nom
“Nom de guerre ” is French for a “war name,” but really means an assumed name. It was customary at one time for everyone who entered the French army to assume a name, this was especially…Latcho Drom (Safe Journey)<span class="date" >(1995)</span>
New Yorker Video; rental pricing;NRDirector: Tony Gatlif France An unconventional documentary that uses only music and photography to trace the rich musical tradition of the nomadic culture…Trending
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