Steppe armies Numbers

I don't like Seljuks can be considered as steppe people.

Seljuks were originally Steppe people just like the Legendary Oghuz.

Back to topic please im interested in the numbers of steppe armies,info like numbers of tents in tribes etc

Originally posted by barish Just make sure you divide anything you find by 10 to get the accurate number. Most of them are incredibly exaggerated.

I think that only applies if the number listed in 100,000 men.

I would say mostly around 10,000 men and sometime more. Those 100,000 men armies were notorious for eating themselves out of a successful conquest.

Pechenegs had 200,000 population which is aobut 20,000 warriors

500.000  warriors ain't small at all.

Originally posted by BigL   Sythian armies were small in size like 10,000men.   Seljuk turks had 20,000 men   The mongols invaded china with 150,000 men.   Are these numbers correct , and what numbers of men did the western steppe produce compared to the eastern steppe. (West of the Altai mountain,

It's generally accepted that the Mongols travelled in "Tumens" which equalled about one hundred thousand men. Depending on what task they were about to embark on, they may have approached with smaller forces, or much larger. They often split into "tumens" when travelling for logistical reasons, their combined armies of up to five hundred thousand being harder to feed and water.