The yearly brigade trips, which as of 2010 have brought more than 9, 000 people to Cuba, continue today and are coordinated with the Pastors For Peace Friendship Caravans to Cuba.

Caravans originating from both ends of the Hohhot-Gucheng route were composed of two-humped Bactrian camels, suitable for the climate on the area, although very occasionally one could see single-humped Dromedaries brought to this route by Uighur (" Turki ", in Lattimore's parlance ) caravan people from Hami A caravan would be normally composed of a number of files (, lian ), of up to 18 camels each.

Caravans carried farm products down the mountains and returned with salt, iron, cloth and lutefisk.

Caravans leaving from Iliochori carried products from the region to the Balkans for trade.

* Caravans make regular departures from Luoyang with Chinese ginger, cassia ( a type of cinnamon ), and silk to be bartered in Central Asia for gold, silver, glassware, pottery, cloth, and intaglio gems from Rome.

Caravans traveled from this area once or twice a year by ox-drawn wagon to New Ulm, with the 75 mile trip taking about a week.

Caravans began delivering goods to Mexico's Santa Fe along the Santa Fe Trail, over the journey which took 48 days from Kansas City, Missouri ( then known as Westport ).

The Sinti arrived in Germany and Austria in the Middle Ages, eventually splitting into two groups: Eftavagarja (" the Seven Caravans ") and Estraxarja (" from Austria ").

His forces raided Caravans from Trogir, which eventually forced its denizens to humbly sign a peace and addressed him as the high and mighty lord Stephen free ruler and master of Bosnia, Usora and Soli and many other places and Prince of the Hum.

It blossomed during the following period and became a stop-off point for Camel Caravans moving from China into Mongolia and beyond.

She recorded and performed with The Caravans from 1958 until 1966, then she began pursuing a solo career and making a name for herself in the gospel music circuit.

*" Polovtsian Dances " from Prince Igor (" Bazaar of Caravans ", " Stranger in Paradise ", " He's in Love ", " Samaris ' Dance ")

The raids were generally offensive and carried out to gather intelligence or seize the trade goods of Caravans financed by the Quraysh, ( such retaliation was rationalized as being legitimate actions because many Muslims left their possessions and wealth behind when they migrated from Mecca ).

Caravans from and to Georgia and Iran would stop in Agstafa.

Walker, Hopkins, Yancey, and Daniels recorded the remainder of their tracks, and adopted the group name of The Caravans simply by dropping Robert Anderson's name from the group name.

At their height in the late 1950s the Caravans combined the energetic, agile alto of Shirley Caesar on songs such as " Swing Low, Sweet Chariot " with the powerful contralto of Inez Andrews on " Mary Don't You Weep, the dramatic soprano of Delores Washington, and the frenetic piano style from Eddie Williams, a friend of Washington.

Caravans with up to 10, 000 camels carried gold and slaves north, returning with manufactured goods and salt from Taghaza and Taoudenni.

In 2006 construction began on a cobblestone road to lead from the south of Lashkar Gah to the Qala-e-Bost Arch ( known to readers of James A. Michener's Caravans as Qala Bist.

The two Caravans continued operations with TAM and were withdrawn from service a year later.

Caravans travel from trading posts to the marketplace, where they deliver gold based on the distance they traveled.

Significant artists on this record label included the powerful contralto Inez Andrews ( formerly of The Caravans ), The Gospelettes with Liz Dargan ( formerly of Andrews ’ group The Andrewettes ), mixed vocal group The Kansas City Melodyaires ( later known as Mildred Clark & The Melodyaires ), The Jackson Southernaires and their younger siblings The Williams Brothers, Reverend Oris Mays and the Christian Harmonizers, all of whom with the exception of, Christian Harmonizers, continued with the label into the 1970s.

Torrence made the transition into talking films very well, starring in Fighting Caravans ( 1931 ) with Gary Cooper and Lili Damita.

Generation I Caravans used the Chrysler S platform, which was closely related to the K-cars, Dodge Aries and Plymouth Reliant.

Walker was the featured singer on the records that the first version of the newly emancipated Caravans made, which had the measured style typical of artists influenced by Roberta Martin.

Albertina Walker recently recorded a reunion album with her group The Caravans entitled " Paved The Way ", which was released by Malaco Records on September 5, 2006.

The two ATRs and its Caravans were painted in the colours of Toll Priority, a successor company to Security Express on behalf of which Jetcraft operated most of its fleet.

German rule was quickly established over Bagamoyo, Dar es Salaam, and Kilwa, even sending the caravans of Prince, Langheld, Emin Pasha, Charles Stokes to dominate " the Street of Caravans ".

Her professional adult ' career ' began when she was 18, when she approached Albertina Walker about joining The Caravans, one of the most popular gospel groups at that time.

Caravans were useful in long-distance trade largely for carrying luxury goods, the transportation of cheaper goods across large distances was not profitable for caravan operators.

In 1988 the squadron was re-equipped with Cessna 208 Caravans.

1988-1990 models in Europe are rebadged Dodge Caravans, although the Caravan in the USA was sold alongside the Chrysler Voyager in counterparts.

1991-1995 models in Europe are rebadged Dodge Caravans, although the Caravan in the USA was sold alongside the Chrysler Voyager in counterparts.

1996-1999 models in Mexico are rebadged Dodge Caravans, although the Caravan was sold alongside the Voyager.

The Caravans is a Jubilee Gospel group that was started by Albertina Walker.

In 1952, Gwynn left the group, a slight change of the group's name to Robert Anderson and The Caravans was made, and Nellie Grace Daniels and Albertina Walker joined the group.

By 1968, the transition was complete, and an all new set of Caravans consisting of Walker, Loleatta Holloway, Willie James McPhatter, Julia Mae Price, Doris Willingham, and Gwen Morgan began to record for HOB records until c. 1971.

Caravans, a novel by James A. Michener, was published in 1963.

As with many Diaclone toys, the vanette ( the term mini-van would not be used until the first Dodge Caravans were sold in 1984 ) toy was released in 1984 as a new character called Ironhide.

Imogene Greene joined the group in 1950, and was later replaced by Jackie Verdell when Greene left to join the Caravans.

Caravans consisting of as many as forty thousand camels traversed four hundred miles of the Sahara bearing salt to inland markets in the Sahel, sometimes trading salt for slaves: Timbuktu was a huge salt and slave market.

By 1890, Tom von Prince was involved in German East Africa as a Lieutenant attempting to control ' the Street of Caravans ' under control of the German Wissmann Truppe.

Ernest Torrence ( June 26, 1878-May 13, 1933 ) was a Scottish born film character actor who appeared in many Hollywood films, including Broken Chains ( 1922 ) with Colleen Moore, Mantrap ( 1926 ) with Clara Bow, and Fighting Caravans ( 1931 ) with Gary Cooper and Lili Damita.