Pastoralism

Pastoralism is a form of animal husbandry where domesticated animals known as Livestock are released onto large vegetated outdoor lands (pastures) for grazing, historically by nomadic people who moved around with their herds. The species involved include cattle, camels, goats, yaks, llamas, reindeer, horse and sheep.

Pastoralism Media

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  A catt of the Bakhtiari people, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province, Iran.

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  Global map of pastoralism, its origins and historical development

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  Saharan rock art from the Pastoral Period at Tassili n'Ajjer in the central Sahara, showing numerous pastoral scenes with cattle and herders

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  Overview map of the world in 200 BC:*     Sarmatians, Saka, Yuezhi, Xiongnu and other nomadic pastoralists

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  Khoikhoi dismantling their huts, preparing to move to new pastures. Aquatint by Samuel Daniell (1805).

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  Mongol pastoralist in the Khövsgöl Province

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  Changpa nomadic family on the Tibetan Plateau

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  Herders at the camel market on the far west side of Omdurman, Sudan. Many of the animals end up on the dinner tables of Egypt or the race tracks of the Gulf States.

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  Nenets reindeer herders in Russia

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  Maasai herder with his livestock in Kenya