THE OASIS

HOW DID THEY GET FOOD?

• The oasis provided water to grow plants
• A main plant was date palms
• They would irrigate the land and grow food
• Food like meat was scarce

HOW DID THEY GET SHELTER?

• They used the wood from date palmes
• They would build hut like houses
• The roofs were thatch roofs

WERE OASIS DWELERS WEALTHY

• Some where
• The oasis where important stops for merchants
• Some people set up shops to trade there items

DIFFERENCES?

• While people who lived at the oasis had little meat
• The nomads mostly ate meat. Nomads could not grow
• Food as they were constantly moving around, but that was great
• For their animals to graze.

MORE DIFFERENCES?

• People at the oasis would build sturdy wood houses
• Nomads would build a tent like structure every time
• They would stop for the night

EVEN MORE DIFFERENCES?

• Some nomads were also wealthy
• That was because they sold people at oasis
• Stuff like camel meat and skin
• While oasis people made their money by selling
• Nomads plants and other materials needed for traveling