 The breakthrough is to code and portray the data of a longitudinal ethnography of a given people as a complex interactive system, in this case from an ethnogenesis in the late 18th century in Turkey to the present date, based on the detailed genealogies and chronicles recorded in fieldwork carried out between 1956 and 2004 recorded by ethnographer Ulla Johansen.The analysis of these data provides for an account of social dynamics relevant to many parts of the Middle East.The basis for the book is the complete genealogical network for a nomad community, its history, and its migrants and migrations.