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
41
(Russian Empire, Romanov Dynasty I)
1614 CE 1699 CE
absent
None
42
(Dutch Empire)
1648 CE 1699 CE
absent
None
43
(Russian Empire, Romanov Dynasty I)
1699 CE 1775 CE
present
None
44
(Dutch Empire)
1700 CE 1795 CE
present
None
45
(Spanish Empire II)
1716 CE 1814 CE
present
None
46
(Nkore)
1750 CE 1838 CE
present
None
47
(Nkore)
1839 CE 1901 CE
present
None
48
(Austria - Habsburg Dynasty II)
1867 CE 1918 CE
present
None
49
(Soviet Union)
1923 CE 1991 CE
present
None
50
(Western Han Empire)
Full Year Range of Western Han Empire is assumed.
[-202, 9]
absent
None
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