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
61
(Early Merovingian)
Full Year Range of Early Merovingian is assumed.
[481, 543]
absent
None
62
(Middle Merovingian)
Full Year Range of Middle Merovingian is assumed.
[543, 687]
absent
None
63
(Tairona)
Full Year Range of Tairona is assumed.
[1050, 1524]
absent
None
64
(Ptolemaic Kingdom I)
Full Year Range of Ptolemaic Kingdom I is assumed.
[-305, -217]
absent
None
65
(Great Yuan)
Full Year Range of Great Yuan is assumed.
[1271, 1368]
present
None
66
(Yangshao)
Full Year Range of Yangshao is assumed.
[-5000, -3000]
absent
None
67
(Egypt - New Kingdom Ramesside Period)
Full Year Range of Egypt - New Kingdom Ramesside Period is assumed.
[-1293, -1070]
absent
None
68
(Seljuk Sultanate)
Full Year Range of Seljuk Sultanate is assumed.
[1037, 1157]
absent
None
69
(Classical Crete)
Full Year Range of Classical Crete is assumed.
[-500, -323]
absent
None
70
(Western Zhou)
Full Year Range of Western Zhou is assumed.
[-1122, -771]
absent
None
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