Merwe

Motto: - “Life is a feast meant to be shared”

• The breadbasket of the continents
• Formed of numerous, interdependent networks of agricultural communities
• Vitally dependent upon irrigation and water supply, early commerce and negotiations between communities was vital
• Large settlements often involved water rights, which were communally distributed to the inhabitants
• Very cooperative nation - people would take turns helping sew the crops for each other’s fields, quickly turning the soil and planting
• Long vacations - due to the naturally temperate climate - while the plants grew, they lived a relaxed life between planting, tilling and harvest
  • See ‘little house on the prairie’ lifestyle