In terms of economics, nomads sought food, manufactured products, and luxury items that were only available from their agricultural neighbours. Pastoral peoples banded together politically and militarily at times to extort income from agricultural communities through trading, raiding, and extortion. Members of certain pastoral civilizations culturally acquired agricultural neighbours' religions, such as Judaism, Buddhism, Christianity, Islam, and Manichaeism. The European lands became a site of commerce of goods and a pastoral economy as a result of the demands of the pastoral economy.
