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ThoDanII t1_ix6evs3 wrote

Reply to comment by Lothronion in what was the population of ancient Mesopotamia? by Omastnar

>Given how these societies are far older, so less manpower would be needed elsewhere, a reasonable percentage could be 5%.

quite contrary, more manpower would be needed for less efficient methods

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the_skine t1_ix6geix wrote

Also, they didn't have large professional armies.

Up until the early 1900s, over 95% of all people worked in agriculture. Many of those men would help plant in the spring, go to war in the summer, harvest in the fall, and tend to their homes and farms in the winter.

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