They may have first been sedentary farmers before becoming nomadic agriculturalists ... alternate various forms of farming with livestock herding. From the Bronze Age (circa 3200–1300 BCE ...

Sharing borders with Russia to the north and China to the south, Mongolia's population totals around 3.4 million people, with a cultural tradition deeply rooted in nomadic herding practices.

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As herding became more difficult, many families were moving away, he added. A quarter of Mongolians still lead nomadic lives, but in recent decades hundreds of thousands have left the steppe for ...

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The Sámi are a semi-nomadic Indigenous people who practise traditional reindeer herding in northern Europe. Their traditional territory, Sápmi, extends throughout parts of Sweden, Norway ...

Of course, the main attraction is the herding. Those dogs were amazing at steering sheep where they wanted them to go. I've seen the movie "Babe," so I know that it's not easy to move a herd of sheep.

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The Sámi are a semi-nomadic Indigenous people who practise traditional reindeer herding in northern Europe. Their traditional territory, Sápmi, extends throughout parts of Sweden, Norway ...