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
341
(Byzantine Empire III)
Full Year Range of Byzantine Empire III is assumed.
[1073, 1204]
present
None
342
(Konya Plain - Late Chalcolithic)
Full Year Range of Konya Plain - Late Chalcolithic is assumed.
[-5500, -3000]
absent
None
343
(Hatti - New Kingdom)
Full Year Range of Hatti - New Kingdom is assumed.
[-1400, -1180]
present
None
344
(Hatti - Old Kingdom)
Full Year Range of Hatti - Old Kingdom is assumed.
[-1650, -1500]
present
None
345
(Lysimachus Kingdom)
Full Year Range of Lysimachus Kingdom is assumed.
[-323, -281]
present
None
346
(Konya Plain - Early Neolithic)
Full Year Range of Konya Plain - Early Neolithic is assumed.
[-9600, -7000]
absent
None
347
(Phrygian Kingdom)
Full Year Range of Phrygian Kingdom is assumed.
[-900, -695]
present
None
348
(Tabal Kingdoms)
Full Year Range of Tabal Kingdoms is assumed.
[-900, -730]
present
None
349
(Early Illinois Confederation)
Full Year Range of Early Illinois Confederation is assumed.
[1640, 1717]
absent
None
350
(Haudenosaunee Confederacy - Late)
Full Year Range of Haudenosaunee Confederacy - Late is assumed.
[1714, 1848]
present
None
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