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pastoral societies  

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  • As a way of life, pastoralism depends on keeping livestock rather than farming on settled, arable land. In the northern lands of Lapland and Siberia, people herd partially domesticated reindeer; people in inner Asia (Mongolia, Tibet, and western China) keep horses, camels, and yaks. [Source: Encyclopedia of Community: From the Village to the Virtual World; Pastoral Societies]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-PKV2Q5Z8-8

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