nomadic

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Ashgabat draws the origins of the cult to Turkmenistan's pre-statehood era, when nomadic tribes lived on the desert lands before Russia conquered them in the 19th century.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

He was also known as an eccentric, nomadic genius who lived out of a suitcase, worked around the clock and traveled all over the world, true to his personal motto: “Another roof, another proof.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026

But for a generation navigating a nomadic job market and a heavy social calendar of weddings and travel, it helps to reframe that survival fund as your cash reserve or “opportunity fund.”

From MarketWatch • May 8, 2026

The Tuaregs, a historically nomadic people present across Mali, Niger, Algeria, Libya and Burkina Faso, have for decades taken up arms to protest at being marginalised, particularly around Kidal.

From Barron's • Apr. 27, 2026

Why do peoples of the Lakes Plains continue to live as nomadic bands, when most other New Guinea peoples, and almost all other peoples elsewhere in the world, now live in settled larger groups?

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond