Section: Warfare Variables
Subsection: Military Technologies Naval technology

Merchant Ships Pressed Into Service

The absence or presence of merchant ships pressed into service as a military technology used in warfare.  

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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
merchant_ships_pressed_into_service The absence or presence of merchant ships pressed into service for a polity. - present
- absent
- unknown
- Transitional (Absent -> Present)
- Transitional (Present -> Absent)

# Polity Year(s) Merchant Ships Pressed Into Service Description   Edit
41
(Egypt - Saite Period)
Full Year Range of Egypt - Saite Period is assumed.
[-664, -525]
unknown
None
42
(Spanish Empire I)
Full Year Range of Spanish Empire I is assumed.
[1516, 1715]
unknown
None
43
(Chuuk - Early Truk)
Full Year Range of Chuuk - Early Truk is assumed.
[1775, 1886]
absent
None
44
(Chuuk - Late Truk)
Full Year Range of Chuuk - Late Truk is assumed.
[1886, 1948]
absent
None
45
(French Kingdom - Early Bourbon)
Full Year Range of French Kingdom - Early Bourbon is assumed.
[1589, 1660]
unknown
None
46
(Greco-Bactrian Kingdom)
Full Year Range of Greco-Bactrian Kingdom is assumed.
[-256, -125]
absent
None
47
(Kidarite Kingdom)
Full Year Range of Kidarite Kingdom is assumed.
[388, 477]
absent
None
48
(Kushan Empire)
Full Year Range of Kushan Empire is assumed.
[35, 319]
absent
None
49
(Erligang)
Full Year Range of Erligang is assumed.
[-1650, -1250]
absent
None
50
(Tocharians)
Full Year Range of Tocharians is assumed.
[-129, 29]
unknown
None
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