Temporary and movable homeslittle specialization; most men and women involved in herdingpeople identified by blood relations: lineages, clans, and tribeslittle surplus except livestockmuch food from animals: meat and milk productsreverence for fire, thunder, and sunworship of powerful divinities social status from herd size, personal courage, and personal military skillsocieties organized in tribes and clans, with leaders holding power only as long as they are effective.