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a circular house you can fold up, carry on a horse, and outlive empires in
means A portable, round dwelling with a collapsible wooden frame covered in felt or skins, traditionally used by nomadic peoples of Central Asia.
from The English word comes from Russian 'yurta,' which borrowed it from a Turkic source — compare Turkish 'yurt,' meaning homeland, dwelling, or encampment. In the Turkic languages the word carries a sense beyond the tent itself: it can mean the home territory, the place one belongs to. So when you pack the felt walls onto a horse, you're carrying your 'yurt' in both senses — the structure and the homeland it stands for.
- age
- design unchanged for over 3,000 years
- portable
- two camels can carry a whole home
- engineering
- the crown wheel needs zero nails to stand
- climate
- warm in brutal winters, cool in scorching summers
- status
- on Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan's flags
mongolian gers — traditional dwellings used by nomadic herders across mongolia, kazakhstan, and central asia for over 3,000 years
kyrgyz winter yurts — elaborately decorated yurts used by kyrgyz people in the pamir mountains of tajikistan and afghanistan
glamping yurts vermont — luxury yurt resorts in places like shelburne farms offering modern vacation rentals in traditional structures