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
71
(Hawaii I)
Full Year Range of Hawaii I is assumed.
[1000, 1200]
absent
None
72
(Hawaii II)
Full Year Range of Hawaii II is assumed.
[1200, 1580]
absent
None
73
(Hawaii III)
Full Year Range of Hawaii III is assumed.
[1580, 1778]
absent
None
74
(Iban - Pre-Brooke)
Full Year Range of Iban - Pre-Brooke is assumed.
[1650, 1841]
absent
None
75
(Canaan)
Full Year Range of Canaan is assumed.
[-2000, -1175]
present
None
76
(Yisrael)
Full Year Range of Yisrael is assumed.
[-1030, -722]
absent
None
77
(Kingdom of Ayodhya)
Full Year Range of Kingdom of Ayodhya is assumed.
[-64, 34]
unknown
None
78
(Chalukyas of Badami)
Full Year Range of Chalukyas of Badami is assumed.
[543, 753]
unknown
None
79
(Chalukyas of Kalyani)
Full Year Range of Chalukyas of Kalyani is assumed.
[973, 1189]
unknown
None
80
(Tocharians)
Full Year Range of Tocharians is assumed.
[-129, 29]
unknown
None
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