What is Nomad?
[[File:Nomads near Namtso.jpg|thumb|Pastoral nomads camping in [[Tibet]]]] [[File:Mongolia 096.JPG|thumb|Nomads in Mongolia]] [[File:BushmenSan.jpg|thumb|Starting fire by hand. [[San people]] in [[Botswana]]]] '''Nomadic people''' (or '''nomads''') are people who move from one place to another, instead of living in one place. The best known examples in [[Europe]] are the [[Roma people|Roma]], [[Sinti]], and [[Irish Travellers]]. Many other [[ethnic group]]s and [[Community|communities]] are [[tradition]]ally nomadic, like the [[Berber people|Berbers]], [[Kazakh]]s, and [[Bedouin]]. == Why are people nomadic? == Most nomads are family men [[herding]] their [[livestock]] (like [[cattle]] or [[horse]]s) from [[pasture]] to pasture. To find food for their stock and avoid bad [[weather]], they have to move their herds from place to place. Nomads who follow their herds (like the [[Mongols]]) usually live in [[tent]]s with few things inside. Other nomads are [[Trade|traders]] and [[Craft|craftsmen]] (people who make things). They travel to exchange [[Good (economics)|goods]] or to practice their craft where it is needed. These nomads usually travel in [[Wagon|wagons]] because they are better for carrying goods. Other nomads follow animals. For example, the [[Sámi]] of [[Lapland]] are a semi-nomadic [[tribe]] that follow a herd of [[reindeer]]. The [[Sámi]] are a [[migration|migratory]] people who lead their own herd of reindeer to [[winter]] feeding grounds and then return them in the [[Spring (season)|spring]] to their feeding ground close to a [[permanent]] home base, where their family lives. This cycle happens every year. == Mobile warfare == The skills of nomadic life can be useful in mobile [[warfare]], and have been used in attacking sedentary [[agricultural]] and [[Urban area|urban]] people. [[Genghis Khan]] and the [[Mongol]] hordes, for example, conquered vast areas in [[Asia]] by organizing themselves as [[cavalry]].<ref>Kradin, Nikolay N. 2003. Nomadic Empires: origins, rise, decline. In N.N. Kradin, D