![]() ![]() Like the gypsies, they are found all over the Middle East, and while they market goods all over the Middle East, they have not entered into the local urban culture, but rather maintain their own language, culture, and nomadic lifestyle. Turkomen women and some men tell fortunes and claim to be able to work spells and magic, similar to gypsies, but the Turkomen are not gypsies. Today, in the streets of Amman they market goods like Turkish rugs and Iraqi leather coats. The Turkomen generally live in tents, and can be readily observed outside of Amman,ĭamascus, Beirut, Baghdad, and the cities of Turkey. These Turkomen move goods between their communities, and then sell them locally. Modern parallels of this can be seen today among the Turkomen people who have established tent communities on the outskirts of the major cities of the Middle East. One can assume that they learned their trade as merchants by moving goods from one community to another, and selling them to the citizens of the neighboring city. This can be seen at places such as Selah, across the valley from Busheira, the capital of the Edomites, and at Hegra, 12 kilometers from Dedan, the capital of the Thamuds and Lihynaites in Saudi Arabia. Therefore, the Nabataeans clung to their pastoral lifestyle, herding sheep, goats, and camels, living in tents, and escaping into the desert when danger was near.įrom early times, they also settled in small communities on the outskirts of larger settlements. Camping spots, on the other hand, were open, breezy, and when too contaminated, you could simply move away to a cleaner place. In cities, one had to pay taxes and serve in a ruler’s army. Ancient cities had narrow streets, crowded houses, and very poor sanitary conditions. Why then did so many different groups resist urbanization, and why did they cling to their nomadic lifestyle?įrom a nomadic point of view, it is simple. Cities offer better protection and are centers for learning and exchanging ideas. ![]() For thousands of years, the people of the Middle East have been moving from nomadic lifestyle to settled lifestyle. ![]()
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