nomadic economy and society (turkish)

Question 1

how did turkish clans and identities emerge

Answer 1

• the break up of the xiongnu confederation
• they spoke same language and were related to nomads
• so they organized i the steppes of asia

Question 2

how did the central asians band together

Answer 2

• -adapting to arid environment

- -grazing animals

Question 3

central asian nomad life

Answer 3

• -migratory cycles
• -herding animals
• -use animal bones for tools, food, fuel…

Question 4

central asian nomad agricultures

Answer 4

small scale cultivation of millet or vegetables
at oases
-enough to feed animals but not enough to s sustain a pop

Question 5

kumiss

Answer 5

fermented mare milk (alcohol)

–central asian nomads drink

Question 6

yurt

Answer 6

collapsible felled home

Question 7

what linked nomads to settled

Answer 7

trade

• -mostly small scale
• -some long distance

Question 8

small scale trade

Answer 8

for immediate needs

Question 9

long distance trade

Answer 9

• nomads lead caravan crossing settled asia
• linking china to mediterranean basin
• -

Question 10

nomadic social classes

Answer 10

noble and commoner

Question 11

nobles

Answer 11

• -they could organize tribes into clans and alliances
• usually did little governing (as tribes took care of their own thing)
• -in war, nobles had absolute authority over their forces

Question 12

hereditary noble

Answer 12

• -noble is hereditary

- able to lose the title if they stopped giving leadership for their clans and tribes

Question 13

nomadic religion

Answer 13

• -centered around shamans

- -started to convert to buddhism, Nestorian christianity, manichaeism

Question 14

shamans

Answer 14

religious specialists that possessed supernatural powers

Question 15

islam converting nomads

Answer 15

• -turks in abbasid empire start converting to islam

- -then they migrate into settled lands, spreading the religion