Section: Warfare Variables
Subsection: Military Technologies Military use of Metals

Bronze

The absence or presence of bronze as a military technology used in warfare. bronze is an alloy that includes copper, so a polity that uses bronze in warfare is familiar with copper technology and probably uses it to at least a limited extent. consequently, if a culture uses bronze in warfare and there is no mention of using copper then 'inferred present' is probably best.  

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Variable Definition
Polity The Seshat Polity Name
Year(s) The years for which we have the data. [negative = BCE]
Confidence Inferred : The value is inferred.
Suspected : The value is suspected (Expert Check Needed).
Evidenced : The value is backed up by sufficient evidence.
Disputed? No : No disagreement among scholars.
Yes : There is disagreement among scholars.
Expert? : Not yet Checked by a Seshat Expert.
: Checked and accepted by a Seshat Expert (or RA).

Variable Definition Choices
bronze The absence or presence of bronze for a polity. - present
- absent
- unknown
- Transitional (Absent -> Present)
- Transitional (Present -> Absent)

# Polity Year(s) Bronze Description   Edit
1
(Neolithic Yemen)
3500 BCE 3001 BCE
unknown
None
2
(Neolithic Yemen)
3000 BCE 1201 BCE
present
None
3
(Java - Buni Culture)
400 BCE 300 BCE
absent
None
4
(Java - Buni Culture)
299 BCE 500 CE
present
None
5
(Haudenosaunee Confederacy - Early)
1566 CE 1620 CE
absent
None
6
(Haudenosaunee Confederacy - Early)
1621 CE 1713 CE
present
None
7
(The Emirate of Crete)
Full Year Range of The Emirate of Crete is assumed.
[824, 961]
absent
None
8
(British Empire II)
Full Year Range of British Empire II is assumed.
[1850, 1968]
present
None
9
(Kingdom of Ayodhya)
Full Year Range of Kingdom of Ayodhya is assumed.
[-64, 34]
present
None
10
(Monopalatial Crete)
Full Year Range of Monopalatial Crete is assumed.
[-1450, -1300]
present
None
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