Section: Warfare Variables
Subsection: Military Technologies Projectiles

Gunpowder Siege Artillery

The absence or presence of gunpowder siege artillery as a military technology used in warfare. for example, cannon, mortars.  

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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
gunpowder_siege_artillery The absence or presence of gunpowder siege artillery for a polity. - present
- absent
- unknown
- Transitional (Absent -> Present)
- Transitional (Present -> Absent)

# Polity Year(s) Gunpowder Siege Artillery Description   Edit
1
(Papal States - High Medieval Period)
1200 CE
absent
None
2
(Mongol Empire)
1206 CE 1273 CE
absent
None
3
(Delhi Sultanate)
1206 CE 1399 CE
absent
None
4
(Papal States - High Medieval Period)
1250 CE
unknown
None
5
(Mongol Empire)
1274 CE 1368 CE
present
None
6
(Ottoman Emirate)
1290 CE 1387 CE
absent
None
7
(Papal States - High Medieval Period)
1300 CE
present
None
8
(Papal States - High Medieval Period)
1300 CE
absent
None
9
(French Kingdom - Early Valois)
1328 CE 1379 CE
absent
None
10
(Sind - Samma Dynasty)
1335 CE 1399 CE
absent
None
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