Section: Social Complexity
Subsection: Professions

Professional Soldier

Talking about professions, professional soldiers refer to full-time professional soldiers.   (See here)
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Variable Definition
Polity The Seshat Polity ID
Year(s) The years for which we have the data. [negative = BCE]
Tag [Evidenced, Disputed, Suspected, Inferred, Unknown]
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Variable Definition
professional_soldier The absence or presence of professional soldier for a polity.

# Polity Year(s) Professional Soldier Description   Edit
11
(Axum I)
1 CE 199 CE
unknown
None
12
(Axum I)
200 CE 319 CE
present
None
13
(Axum I)
320 CE 349 CE
present
None
14
(Sasanid Empire II)
488 CE 531 CE
absent
None
15
(Sasanid Empire II)
531 CE 642 CE
present
None
16
(Tang Dynasty I)
617 CE 737 CE
absent
None
17
(Tang Dynasty I)
737 CE 763 CE
present
None
18
(Icelandic Commonwealth)
930 CE 1200 CE
absent
None
19
(Seljuk Sultanate)
1037 CE 1054 CE
absent
None
20
(Seljuk Sultanate)
1055 CE 1157 CE
present
None
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