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Grasslands of the World.pdf - Disasters and Conflicts - UNEP

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Plate 8.11<br />

Kokonor camp with <strong>the</strong> distinctive black yak -hair tents.<br />

Plate 8.12<br />

Amdo woman <strong>and</strong> tent.<br />

<strong>Grassl<strong>and</strong>s</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> world<br />

shaped by nomads from Central Asia who brought sheep , goats <strong>and</strong> horses.<br />

The Tibetan black , yak -hair tent (Plates 8.11 <strong>and</strong> 8.12) is strikingly similar to<br />

<strong>the</strong> goat -hair tents <strong>of</strong> Afghanistan , Iran <strong>and</strong> Iraq (M<strong>and</strong>erscheid, 2001). The yak,<br />

domesticated on <strong>the</strong> Steppe (Miller et al., 1994), enabled nomads to exploit <strong>the</strong><br />

high grassl<strong>and</strong> .<br />

DANIEL MILLER<br />

DANIEL MILLER

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