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A caravan is a group of people traveling together, often on a trade expedition. Caravans were used mainly in desert areas and throughout the Silk Road
Silk Road

The Silk Road is an extensive interconnected network of trade routes across the Asian continent connecting East, South, and Western Asia with the Mediterranean world, including North Africa and Europe....
, where traveling in groups aided in defense against bandits as well as helped to improve economies of scale
Economies of scale

Economies of scale, in microeconomics, are the cost advantages that a business obtains due to expansion. They are factors that cause a producer?s average cost per unit to fall as output rises....
 in trade.

One example is a camel train
Camel train

A camel train is a series of camels carrying goods or passengers in a group as part of a regular or semi-regular service between two points....
.

Gypsy Caravans
Caravans have served both as a significant cultural icon and symbol of the nomadic Gypsy
Gypsy

The term gypsy has several overlapping meanings. Initially the word was used to referred to the Romani people, who first appeared in England at about the beginning of the 16th century....
 people.






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A caravan is a group of people traveling together, often on a trade expedition. Caravans were used mainly in desert areas and throughout the Silk Road
Silk Road

The Silk Road is an extensive interconnected network of trade routes across the Asian continent connecting East, South, and Western Asia with the Mediterranean world, including North Africa and Europe....
, where traveling in groups aided in defense against bandits as well as helped to improve economies of scale
Economies of scale

Economies of scale, in microeconomics, are the cost advantages that a business obtains due to expansion. They are factors that cause a producer?s average cost per unit to fall as output rises....
 in trade.

One example is a camel train
Camel train

A camel train is a series of camels carrying goods or passengers in a group as part of a regular or semi-regular service between two points....
.

Gypsy Caravans


Caravans have served both as a significant cultural icon and symbol of the nomadic Gypsy
Gypsy

The term gypsy has several overlapping meanings. Initially the word was used to referred to the Romani people, who first appeared in England at about the beginning of the 16th century....
 people. Until the early 19th century, Gypsy caravans served primarily as a means of transportation and not as a domicile. At the beginning of the 19th century, more Gypsy people began to live in their caravans instead of sleeping in tents. The caravan offered greater protection from weather conditions and could be outfitted with modern amenities such as wood burning stoves. Often, caravans were commissioned to be built at the request of newlywed couples and their families. The small-scale, pre-industrial methods of the builders and the labor-intensive nature of the building process meant that a family's caravan could take up to a year to build.