It had separated from the Northmen (Middle-earth), moved south, and had settled in close proximity with a sedentary civilization.

Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that nurtured the development of civilization.

Between 1,000 and 2,000 years ago, native peoples began to form large, sedentary agriculture-based civilizations, which may have been some of the most sophisticated indigenous cultures in North America.

The role of migration in the history of the Eurasian steppe: sedentary civilization vs. "barbarian" and nomad .

The rich, fertile lands of Mesopotamia gave birth to some of the oldest sedentary civilizations.

Ibn Khaldun: wrote in his magnum opus, Muqaddimah, about the rise and fall of dynasties and the formation of sedentary civilization.

The development of sedentary and nomadic civilizations: 700 BC to 250.

No elaborate, centralized, sedentary civilization reigned supreme.

For despite the apparent triumph of sedentary civilization, many of us in the modern West are both nomads and townsfolk, migrants and nesters.

"For the Chinese, who were a sedentary civilization, the horse was a source of joy and pleasure," Mr. Lally said.