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
351
(Kachi Plain - Urban Period II)
Full Year Range of Kachi Plain - Urban Period II is assumed.
[-2100, 1800]
absent
None
352
(Umayyad Caliphate)
Full Year Range of Umayyad Caliphate is assumed.
[661, 750]
present
None
353
(Byzantine Empire I)
Full Year Range of Byzantine Empire I is assumed.
[632, 866]
present
None
354
(Byzantine Empire II)
Full Year Range of Byzantine Empire II is assumed.
[867, 1072]
present
None
355
(Kingdom of Lydia)
Full Year Range of Kingdom of Lydia is assumed.
[-670, -546]
present
None
356
(Ottoman Empire II)
Full Year Range of Ottoman Empire II is assumed.
[1517, 1683]
present
None
357
(Ottoman Empire III)
Full Year Range of Ottoman Empire III is assumed.
[1683, 1839]
present
None
358
(Himyar I)
Full Year Range of Himyar I is assumed.
[270, 340]
present
None
359
(Himyar II)
Full Year Range of Himyar II is assumed.
[378, 525]
present
None
360
(Tocharians)
Full Year Range of Tocharians is assumed.
[-129, 29]
unknown
None
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