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
201
(Ptolemaic Kingdom II)
Full Year Range of Ptolemaic Kingdom II is assumed.
[-217, -30]
present
None
202
(Egypt - Mamluk Sultanate I)
Full Year Range of Egypt - Mamluk Sultanate I is assumed.
[1260, 1348]
present
None
203
(Khitan I)
Full Year Range of Khitan I is assumed.
[907, 1125]
present
None
204
(Vijayanagara Empire)
Full Year Range of Vijayanagara Empire is assumed.
[1336, 1646]
present
None
205
(Chuuk - Early Truk)
Full Year Range of Chuuk - Early Truk is assumed.
[1775, 1886]
absent
None
206
(Classical Crete)
Full Year Range of Classical Crete is assumed.
[-500, -323]
present
None
207
(Early Merovingian)
Full Year Range of Early Merovingian is assumed.
[481, 543]
present
None
208
(Proto-Carolingian)
Full Year Range of Proto-Carolingian is assumed.
[687, 751]
present
None
209
(French Kingdom - Early Bourbon)
Full Year Range of French Kingdom - Early Bourbon is assumed.
[1589, 1660]
present
None
210
(Ajuran Sultanate)
Full Year Range of Ajuran Sultanate is assumed.
[1250, 1700]
present
None
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