Comments on: Why are there no nomads in Europe? http://www.beardofwisdom.com/2008/02/23/why-are-there-no-nomads-in-europe/ Get a face full of beard today! Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:41:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Gary http://www.beardofwisdom.com/2008/02/23/why-are-there-no-nomads-in-europe/#comment-1449 Gary Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:49:37 +0000 http://www.beardofwisdom.com/2008/02/23/why-are-there-no-nomads-in-europe/#comment-1449 There are nomads in Europe. To the north are the Sami people - reindeer herders and to the south there are Roma (Gypsies) That there are not more is down to the cultural place of land in the social system. Europeans believe that land can be owned and that all land should be owned, Where there are nomads, land is considered a common resource, like air. There are nomads in Europe. To the north are the Sami people - reindeer herders and to the south there are Roma (Gypsies)

That there are not more is down to the cultural place of land in the social system. Europeans believe that land can be owned and that all land should be owned, Where there are nomads, land is considered a common resource, like air.

]]> By: Kyle http://www.beardofwisdom.com/2008/02/23/why-are-there-no-nomads-in-europe/#comment-331 Kyle Fri, 28 Mar 2008 14:52:52 +0000 http://www.beardofwisdom.com/2008/02/23/why-are-there-no-nomads-in-europe/#comment-331 What did the Eurasian nomads live off of? It seems like the driving reason for nomadic existence is to keep up with a food source (i.e., the plains Indians and the buffalo). Maybe the food source that inspired the nomadic life in the East wasn't available in Europe. Another possible reason is that Europe is so fertile that the benefits of settling down are great enough to warrant giving up a nomadic lifestyle. I get the impression that the Eurasian steppe isn't the best place to grow crops, so there's probably more incentive to be nomadic there. What did the Eurasian nomads live off of? It seems like the driving reason for nomadic existence is to keep up with a food source (i.e., the plains Indians and the buffalo). Maybe the food source that inspired the nomadic life in the East wasn’t available in Europe.

Another possible reason is that Europe is so fertile that the benefits of settling down are great enough to warrant giving up a nomadic lifestyle. I get the impression that the Eurasian steppe isn’t the best place to grow crops, so there’s probably more incentive to be nomadic there.

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