John Green argued that we think that pastoral nomads are ‘less civilized’ than settled peoples because they did not have great agricultural land and they were not state-liked societies. In order to be a state society, there are some rules that had to be followed. First, the power of the state mainly depended on the army and taxes. Before the state could raise taxes or create a powerful army, there would have to be a sedentary, or stationary population. This is very important because… Also, it is very important for foods to be produced in state societies because it is valuable to them to feed their people and army. Lastly, agricultural production and creation of states are closely connected, so the pastoral nomads, who lives in the hills, had
