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
401
(French Kingdom - Late Bourbon)
Full Year Range of French Kingdom - Late Bourbon is assumed.
[1660, 1815]
present
None
402
(Proto-French Kingdom)
Full Year Range of Proto-French Kingdom is assumed.
[987, 1150]
present
None
403
(Carolingian Empire I)
Full Year Range of Carolingian Empire I is assumed.
[752, 840]
present
None
404
(Carolingian Empire II)
Full Year Range of Carolingian Empire II is assumed.
[840, 987]
present
None
405
(Hallstatt A-B1)
Full Year Range of Hallstatt A-B1 is assumed.
[-1000, -900]
absent
None
406
(Hallstatt B2-3)
Full Year Range of Hallstatt B2-3 is assumed.
[-900, -700]
absent
None
407
(Hallstatt C)
Full Year Range of Hallstatt C is assumed.
[-700, -600]
absent
None
408
(Badarian)
Full Year Range of Badarian is assumed.
[-4400, -3800]
absent
None
409
(Hallstatt D)
Full Year Range of Hallstatt D is assumed.
[-600, -475]
absent
None
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