Wagon Yurt or Khibitkha

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Illustration

Mark Cartwright
by A. Omer Karamollaoglu
published on 16 September 2019

A wagon yurt or khibitkha. This type of yurt (or ger), used by nomadic Asian steppe peoples like the Mongols, was permanently mounted on a wagon so that it could be easily moved from camp to camp.

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Karamollaoglu, A. O. (2019, September 16). Wagon Yurt or Khibitkha. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/11226/wagon-yurt-or-khibitkha/

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Karamollaoglu, A. Omer. "Wagon Yurt or Khibitkha." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified September 16, 2019. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/11226/wagon-yurt-or-khibitkha/.

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Karamollaoglu, A. Omer. "Wagon Yurt or Khibitkha." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 16 Sep 2019. Web. 22 Mar 2023.

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