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
51
(Late Qing)
Full Year Range of Late Qing is assumed.
[1796, 1912]
present
None
52
(Late Mongols)
Full Year Range of Late Mongols is assumed.
[1368, 1690]
present
None
53
(Jin Dynasty)
Full Year Range of Jin Dynasty is assumed.
[1115, 1234]
present
None
54
(Archaic Crete)
Full Year Range of Archaic Crete is assumed.
[-710, -500]
present
None
55
(Iban - Brooke Raj and Colonial)
Full Year Range of Iban - Brooke Raj and Colonial is assumed.
[1841, 1987]
absent
None
56
(Egypt - New Kingdom Ramesside Period)
Full Year Range of Egypt - New Kingdom Ramesside Period is assumed.
[-1293, -1070]
present
None
57
(Foys)
Full Year Range of Foys is assumed.
[1600, 1892]
present
None
58
(Kediri Kingdom)
Full Year Range of Kediri Kingdom is assumed.
[1049, 1222]
present
None
59
(Geometric Crete)
Full Year Range of Geometric Crete is assumed.
[-1000, -710]
unknown
None
60
(Elam - Early Sukkalmah)
Full Year Range of Elam - Early Sukkalmah is assumed.
[-1900, -1701]
unknown
None
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