Section: Warfare Variables
Subsection: Military Technologies Armor

Plate Armor

The absence or presence of plate armor as a military technology used in warfare. armor made of iron or steel plates.  

Kostis Christakis, Veronica Walker, Samantha Holder, Alicja Piślewska, Daniel Mullins, Artur Butkiewicz, Malwina Brachmanska, William Farrell, Edward A L Turner, PT, Kiran Basava, Marika Michalak, Jill Levine, Cesaretti, Aleksandra Neumannn, Alice Williams, Stephen Dean, Robert Harding, Marika Wałęga, Dan Hoyer, Marta Bartkowiak, Sal Witshire, Agathe Dupeyron, Katheriin Liibert, Giulia Nazzaro, Jedrzej Hordecki, PF, Robert Ross, Thomas Cressy, Rosalind Purcell, Agathe Dupreyon, RC, Agnieszka Marta Duda, Emilia Tomicka, Po-Ju Tuan, Katarzyna Harabasz, Eva Brandl, AP, Jenny Reddish, Natalia Szych, Enrico Cioni, Peter Rudiak-Gould, Alec Vulfson, Lottie Field, Hugh Bennett, Kalin Bullman, Gréine Jordan, Katarzyna Mich.

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
plate_armor The absence or presence of plate armor for a polity. - present
- absent
- unknown
- Transitional (Absent -> Present)
- Transitional (Present -> Absent)

# Polity Year(s) Plate Armor Description   Edit
341
(Rum Sultanate)
Full Year Range of Rum Sultanate is assumed.
[1077, 1307]
present
None
342
(Early Illinois Confederation)
Full Year Range of Early Illinois Confederation is assumed.
[1640, 1717]
absent
None
343
(Haudenosaunee Confederacy - Late)
Full Year Range of Haudenosaunee Confederacy - Late is assumed.
[1714, 1848]
absent
None
344
(Chagatai Khanate)
Full Year Range of Chagatai Khanate is assumed.
[1263, 1402]
present
None
345
(Khanate of Bukhara)
Full Year Range of Khanate of Bukhara is assumed.
[1599, 1747]
present
None
346
(Samanid Empire)
Full Year Range of Samanid Empire is assumed.
[819, 999]
unknown
None
347
(Sogdiana - City-States Period)
Full Year Range of Sogdiana - City-States Period is assumed.
[604, 711]
unknown
None
348
(Hephthalites)
Full Year Range of Hephthalites is assumed.
[408, 561]
unknown
None
349
(Timurid Empire)
Full Year Range of Timurid Empire is assumed.
[1370, 1526]
present
None
350
(Jin Dynasty)
Full Year Range of Jin Dynasty is assumed.
[1115, 1234]
unknown
None
Copyright © 2024, Seshat: Global History Databank.
Stay in touch with us: