> [!quote] u/EnclavedMicrostate (flaired user & moderator) answering [[how were the Mongols so effective at genocide via AskHistorians]] > > pastoral nomads have historically been far easier to mobilise – Nikolai Kradin estimates around 75% of the adult male population in a pastoral society could be put under arms without compromising food production. If one quarter of the population was male adults, 75% of that would be just under 19%, so close enough.