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=== Inheritance of movable property ===
The same disparity is seen regarding inheritance of movable property. Most nomadic peoples from Asia, like for example the [[Khalka Mongols]], give a more or less equal share of the herd to each son as he marries, typically. lettingTypically the youngest remain behind caring for the parents and inheriting his father's tent after their death in addition to his own share of the herd.<ref>{{cite book | title=Agricultural and pastoralPastoral societiesSocieties in ancientAncient and classicalClassical History history| publisher=Temple University Press | author=Adas, Michael |url year=http://books.google.es/books?id2001 | pages=qcSsoJ0IXawC&pg=PA76&lpg=PA76&dq=%22After+marriage,+older+sons+were+given+part+of+the+herd%22&source=bl&ots=izIGEMouS5&sig=u78MVJvt8H47dS95v6ahJAu-evc&hl=es&sa=X&ei=HKWFUcSqGvSe7Aac-oCAAw&ved=0CC8Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22After%20marriage%2C%20older%20sons%20were%20given%20part%20of%20the%20herd%22&f76 | isbn=false9781566398329}}</ref> (there is no agriculture in [[steppe]] environments such as that of most of Inner Asia); butHowever, others, such as the [[Yukaghir]] and the [[Yakuts|Yakut]], leave most of the herd to one son (in the above examples the youngest and the eldest, respectively). Some pastoral peoples from other geographical areas also practice unequal wealth transfers, although customs of equal male inheritance are more common among them than among agriculturalists.
Patrilineal primogeniture with regards to both livestock and land was practiced by the [[Tswana people]], whose main source of wealth was livestock, although they also practiced agriculture.<ref name="etudesafricaines.revues.org">{{cite web|title=Batswana Women and Law Society, Education and Migration (c. 1840 – c. 1980)|first=Lily|last=Mafela|url=http://etudesafricaines.revues.org/7962}}</ref><ref name="dice.missouri.eduReferenceC">TSWANA{{cite web | url=http://diceuir.missouriunisa.eduac.za/docsbitstream/niger-congohandle/Tswana10500/4515/Nkomozana-SHEXXXIV_2_-December2008.pdf</ref><ref name?sequence="ReferenceC">{{cite1 web| title=The experiences of women within Tswana cultural history and its implications for the history of the church in Botswana |first=Fidelis|last=Nkomazana1| publisher=DepartmentUniversity of TheologyBotswana, and| Religiousaccessdate=5 Studies,June 2014 University| of Botswanaauthor=Nkomazana, Gaborone,Fidelis Botswana|url pages=http://uir.unisa.ac.za/bitstream/handle/10500/4515/Nkomozana-SHEXXXIV_2_-December2008.pdf?sequence=113}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | title=A Handbook of Tswana Law and Custom | publisher=James Currey Publishers | author=Schapera, I. Schapera|url year=http://books.google.es/books?id1994 | pages=-H87lnVK5mcC&pg=PA230&lpg=PA230&dq=%22When+a+married+man+dies,+leaving%22&source=bl&ots=ih0c893CpJ&sig=4vLEVpiQeAyh4tkpRtVtRY5NRqg&hl=es&sa=X&ei=tIE6UsHoGKeS0AWXlIHoCg&ved=0CDEQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22When%20a%20married%20man%20dies%2C%20leaving%22&f230 | isbn=false9780852552940}}</ref> This practice was also seen in other [[southern Bantu]] peoples, <ref name="books.google.es">{{cite book | title=Customary Law in South Africa | publisher=Juta | author=Bennett, T. W. Bennett|url year=http://books.google.es/books?id=rOcmamq2fikC&pg=PR13&dq=%22Bennett%22+%22Customary+Law+in+South+Africa%22&hl=es&sa=X&ei=eETXUc2wM-XD7Abdr4DoAg&ved1994 | isbn=0CDIQ6AEwAA9780702163616}}</ref> such as the [[Tsonga people|Tsonga]],<ref>[{{cite web | url=http://dice.missouri.edu/docs/niger-congo/Tsonga.pdf | title=Tsonga people] | accessdate=5 June 2014}}</ref> or the [[Venda]].<ref name="dice.missouri">{{cite web | url=http://dice.missouri.edu/docs/niger-congo/Venda.pdf | title=Venda | accessdate=5 June 2014}}</ref> Although, among the Venda, while the livestock was inherited by the eldest son, land was not inherited within families but given to each son by village authorities as he married. Among the [[Tsonga people|Tsonga]], most of the land was used only for stockbreeding. Patrilineal primogeniture also prevailed among the neighboring [[Khoi]] peoples,<ref>{{cite book|title=The Khoisan Peoples of South Africa: Bushmen and Hottentots|first=Isaac|last=Schapera|url=http://books.google.es/books?id=hrsOAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA325&lpg=PA325&dq=%22Among+the+Cape+Hottentots,+according+to+Kolb%22&source=bl&ots=1mFRd31mK_&sig=3iWwAI0HUm1JwTrADgFew9oa_v0&hl=es&sa=X&ei=wFDIUdi_CKbH7AbB-oCYCw&ved=0CCoQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22Among%20the%20Cape%20Hottentots%2C%20according%20to%20Kolb%22&f=false}}</ref> of whom only the [[Nama people|Nama]] (among whom patrilineal primogeniture also prevailed)remain.<ref>{{cite book | title=The Khoisan Peoples of South Africa: Bushmen| andpublisher=Routledge & Kegan Paul Hottentots|first author=Schapera, Isaac |last year=Schapera|url=http://books.google.es/books?id=hrsOAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA325&lpg=PA325&dq=%22among+the+naman+also,+according+to+most+writers,+the+eldest+son+is+the+principal+heir%22&source=bl&ots=1mFRi34rNS&sig=Z6RR9ymQdlDwcFVHq38ALbpHIcM&hl=es&sa=X&ei=ov_PUcvyAoXQOaeEgOAL&sqi=2&ved=0CCwQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22among%20the%20naman%20also%2C%20according%20to%20most%20writers%2C%20the%20eldest%20son%20is%20the%20principal%20heir%22&f=false1934}}</ref> remain.
Many other African peoples also practiced patrilineal primogeniture with regards to livestock. These included: The [[Ngoni people|Ngoni]], the [[Gogo people|Gogo]], the [[Mangbetu people|Mangbetu]], the [[Rendille people|Rendille]], the [[Sapo people|Sapo]], the [[Boran people|Boran]], the [[Gabra people|Gabra]], the Plains [[Pokot people|Pokot]], the [[Hema people|Hema]], the [[Beti-Pahuin]], the [[Buduma people|Buduma]], the [[Dogon people|Dogon]], the [[Duala people|Duala]], the [[Djafun]] and the [[Kasena people|Kassena]]. According to the Ethnographic Atlas, the Fulbe or Fulani, the largest pastoral people in Africa, divided their livestock equally between all sons. However, according to some other sources they practiced male primogeniture.<ref>{{cite book | title=Who Owns the Stock?: Collective and Multiple Property Rights in Animals edited| bypublisher=Berghahn Books | author=Khazanov, Anatoly Michailovich Khazanovand Schlee, Günther Schlee| http://books.google.es/books?idyear=v7jaiUnfln0C&pg=PA242&lpg=PA242&dq=%22Fulbe%22+%22eldest+son%22+%22inherits%22&source=bl&ots=9o-vSU00EP&sig2012 | pages=GBVQINIK902pVMaVOptd1A51sBc&hl=es&sa=X&ei=yi-AUszsCqLH0QX-woCwAQ&ved=0CDAQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22Fulbe%22%20%22eldest%20son%22%20%22inherits%22&f242 | isbn=false9780857453358}}</ref>
[[Chukchi people|Chukchi]], [[Koryaks|Koryak]] and [[Ket people|Ket]] peoples practiced male ultimogeniture. It has been usually stated that the rest of [[Siberian]] peoples, such as [[Voguls]], [[Samoyeds]] or [[Khanty people|Khantys]], practiced patrilineal [[primogeniture]], though there isn't much reliable information about the traditional customs of Siberian peoples. It is said that [[Gilyaks]] divided their cattle equally between all sons. Patrilineal primogeniture was also traditionally prevalent among pastoral peoples from Australia, such as the [[Aranda people|Aranda]], as well as among [[Himalayas|Himalayan]] pastoralists like the [[Changpa]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Pastoralistsjournal of Himalayas Veena Bhasin|author=Department of Anthropology, University of Delhi, Delhi 110 007, India|url=http://www.krepublishers.com/02-Journals/JHE/JHE-33-0-000-11-Web/JHE-33-3-000-11-Abst-PDF/JHE-33-3-147-11-2176-Bhasin-V/JHE-33-3-147-11-2176-Bhasin-V-Tt.pdf}}</ref> Patrilineal| primogeniture was also the predominant formtitle=Pastoralists of inheritanceHimalayas of moveable property among the [[Kachin people|Kachin]], the [[Caduveo]]author=Bhasin, theVeena [[Guahibo]], the [[Modoc people|Modoc]], thejournal=J [[Kiliwa]],Hum the [[Angmagsalik]]Ecol, the| [[Baffinyear=2011 island|Baffin]], thevolume=33 [[Kwakiutl]],| theissue=3 [[Camba]] and the [[Abelam]]. From these examples it can be seen that| pages=147-177}}</ref>
Patrilineal primogeniture was also traditionally prevalent among some pastoral peoples from Greenland and northern Canada. The neighboring [[Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast]] were organized in societies where elder sons and their lines of descent had higher status than younger sons and their lines of descent (a "conical clan"), although a rule of patrilineal primogeniture couldn't develop among most of them since they were mostly [[hunter-gatherers]]. However, rule of patrilineal primogeniture did develop among some Canadian indigenous peoples who practiced agriculture, such as the [[Innu people|Montagnais]], the [[Kutchin]], the [[Pikangikum]], the [[Ojibwa people|Ojibwa]], the [[Klallam]] and the [[Atsugewi]]. Canadian indigenous peoples were influenced by the ancient [[Thule people|Thule]] culture, of which little is known with certainty.
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