Indeed, these probably became even more prominent once military adventures and border raiding were no longer viable.
Raiding and other outstanding phenomena in the behavior of army ants.
Thus began the first influx of weaponry more lethal than the spears which had previously served as instruments of hunting and raiding.
The 1890s were a period of devastating drought and epidemic, triggering a surge of raiding to reconstitute the herds.
During a time when men were increasingly mobile - raiding, trading and hunting to compensate for drought and famine - women found themselves restricted to the home.
Ngoreme elders set a much earlier date for their participation in raiding (c. 1880).
Preservation of a precarious order, limiting cattle raiding and controlling the ivory trade were the primary goals.
The peripheral zones of raiding and the domination of areas provided specific valuable resources destined for the court or long-distance export trade.
