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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Clay_More" data-source="post: 745727" data-attributes="member: 9813">I have only read about this subject on some of the Archaic civilisations. I know the civilisation between Tigris and Eufrat, ancient Mesopotamia, had a spread that said 14:1, but that was a low-technology country (not compared to the time, but compared to later civilisations). So, only 7-8% of the population did anything other than tending to crops and livestock. These last percentages were mainly priests and nobility (there wasn't a specialised caste of artisans and craftsmen. These functions were filled by the general population).Nomadic tribes normally have 99% of their members fulfilling food-obtaining work. Yet, Nomadic tribes were historically more well-trained in the arts of war, as it was more a part of their daily existence (which is why larger civilisations were sometimes conquered by nomadic tribes. Even though the invaded civilisation had a population of 100.000, only 1000 would be trained warriors. The invading nomadic tribes, that perhaps only numbered 25.000, would consist entirely of people that could be called warriors). Therefore, I wouldn't say that 99% of a nomadic tribe would be commoners. Actually, I would say that they would be either warriors or warrior/commoners.</blockquote>