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general, art styles, fashion, etc.^265 (i.e. all things that are also signs of
otherness and go together with the acceptance of some of the so-called
world religions). It became possible in this period due to the intensi-
fi ed “meetings” and the dialogue between the nomads and the various
cultures (and, apparently, various Others), something that was both a
strong and the weak feature of the nomadic societies.
(^265) Khazanov 1994, 15.