Editing Dothraki (section)

===Economy===
[[File:Marc simonetti Danymarket.jpg|thumb|300px|[[Daenerys Targaryen]] in a market at [[Vaes Dothrak]], by Marc Simonetti ©]]
Buying and selling is considered to be unmanly by the Dothraki,{{Ref|TWOIAF|Beyond the Free Cities: The Grasslands}} and they instead use giving and receiving gifts as a common way for doing trade.{{Ref|ADWD|5}}{{Ref|ADWD|50}}{{Ref|ADWD|71}} However, giving a gift in return might not always occur immediately upon receiving a gift.{{Ref|ADWD|36}} This is exemplified by the Dothraki "selling" their captives on occasion to the [[Slaver Cities]].{{Ref|ACOK|12}} They call these [[slaves]] "gifts", and as payment receive gifts from the slavers.{{Ref|ADWD|50}} 

Trade is allowed in the sacred city [[Vaes Dothrak]], where, by the leave of the ''[[dosh khaleen]]'', merchants and traders gather to exchange goods and gold,{{Ref|TWOIAF|Beyond the Free Cities: The Grasslands}} though they mostly trade with each other, and only little with the Dothraki themselves.{{Ref|AGOT|54}} In the Western Market merchants from the [[Free Cities]] come to trade, while in the Eastern Market traders from [[Yi Ti]], [[Asshai]], the [[Shadow Lands]], and the lands from beside the [[Jade Sea]] place their caravans.{{Ref|AGOT|36}} The merchants are tolerated provided that they do not break the peace of the city, do not profane the [[Mother of Mountains]] or [[Womb of the World]], and honor the ''dosh khaleen'' with the traditional gifts of salt, [[silver]], and seed.{{Ref|AGOT|54}}

The Free Cities (like [[Myr]], [[Pentos]], and [[Norvos]]) and the slave cities in [[Slaver's Bay]] deal carefully with the Dothraki. The rulers of the cities give lavishly to every ''khal'' who passes with his ''khalasar'', feasting them and giving them gifts, so the ''khalasar'' will pass on without sacking the city.{{Ref|ASOS|23}}