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  2. Caravan (travellers) - Wikipedia

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    Some shops bought goods from the traveling merchants. [2] Some of the first caravans on the Silk Road were sent out by Emperor Wu of Han in the 2nd century BCE, when this vast network of roads was 'born' and as China began exporting large quantities of silk and other goods west, particularly destined for the Roman Empire. [3]

  3. Pochteca - Wikipedia

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    Teyahualonime – Senior warrior-merchants. Acxotecatl – the merchant-general. Often the trade performed by these warrior-merchants was a precursor of military conquest. Pochtecatlatoque – the elder of the pochteca, and were no longer travelers, but rather acted as administrators, overseeing young pochteca and administering the marketplace ...

  4. 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 ...

  5. 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 ...

  6. Caravan and Motorhome Club - Wikipedia

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    The Caravan And Motorhome Club site, the Sandringham estate. A certificated location (or 'CL') is an informal privately owned caravan site for up to 5 caravans in the United Kingdom. Visitors with caravans pay a small fee to the CL owner in order to pitch overnight. This is usually cheaper than larger commercial caravan sites.

  7. 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.