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  2. Caravan (travellers) - Wikipedia

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    A caravan (from Persian کاروان kârvân) is a group of people traveling together, often on a trade expedition. [1] Caravans were used mainly in desert areas and throughout the Silk Road , where traveling in groups helped in defense against bandits as well as in improving economies of scale in trade.

  3. Itinerant groups in Europe - Wikipedia

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    Showmen (also known as showpeople, showfolk, funfair travellers, travelling showpeople, and the pejorative carnies) are not an ethnic group, but occupational travellers, the members of multi-generational families who own and operate travelling funfairs and circuses, who move around as part of their work. These groups formed across Europe, and ...

  4. Irish Travellers - Wikipedia

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    Irish Travellers and the Criminal Justice Systems Across the Island of Ireland (PhD thesis). University of Ulster. Gmelch, George (1985). The Irish Tinkers: the urbanization of an itinerant people. Prospect Heights, Illinois: Waveland Press. ISBN 978-0-88133-158-5. Gmelch, Sharon (1991). Nan: The Life of an Irish Travelling Woman. Prospect ...

  5. Gypsy, Roma and Traveller people (UK) - Wikipedia

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    Travellers include Irish Travellers (Mincéirí) residing in Britain and Northern Ireland and other non-Romani traditional travelling people such as Scottish Travellers. Although these groups' lifestyles traditionally involved travel, most GRT people now live in houses or permanent caravan berths.

  6. Radhanite - Wikipedia

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    A caravan of dromedaries in Algeria. Much of the Radhanites' overland trade between Tangier and Mesopotamia was by camel. During the Early Middle Ages, Muslim polities of the Middle East and North Africa and Christian kingdoms of Europe often banned each other's merchants from entering their ports.

  7. Caravan - Wikipedia

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    Caravan (trailer), a self-contained travel trailer camper or RV containing beds, a kitchenette, dining and storage areas; chiefly British usage; Camel train, a convoy using camels as pack animals; Convoy, a group of vehicles or ships traveling together for mutual support; Caravan Tours, an escorted tour company

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