Section: Warfare Variables
Subsection: Military Technologies Armor

Scaled Armor

The absence or presence of scaled armor as a military technology used in warfare. armor consisting of many individual small armor scales (plates) attached to a backing of cloth or leather. the scaled don't need to be metal (i.e. they could be particularly rigid bits of leather, horn, bone, etc).  

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

# Polity Year(s) Scaled Armor Description   Edit
91
(Vakataka Kingdom)
Full Year Range of Vakataka Kingdom is assumed.
[255, 550]
unknown
None
92
(Abbasid Caliphate I)
Full Year Range of Abbasid Caliphate I is assumed.
[750, 946]
present
None
93
(Neo-Assyrian Empire)
Full Year Range of Neo-Assyrian Empire is assumed.
[-911, -612]
present
None
94
(Neo-Babylonian Empire)
Full Year Range of Neo-Babylonian Empire is assumed.
[-626, -539]
present
None
95
(Susiana - Muhammad Jaffar)
Full Year Range of Susiana - Muhammad Jaffar is assumed.
[-7000, -6000]
absent
None
96
(Buyid Confederation)
Full Year Range of Buyid Confederation is assumed.
[932, 1062]
present
None
97
(Formative Period)
Full Year Range of Formative Period is assumed.
[-7200, -7000]
absent
None
98
(Ilkhanate)
Full Year Range of Ilkhanate is assumed.
[1256, 1339]
present
None
99
(Susiana A)
Full Year Range of Susiana A is assumed.
[-6000, -5700]
absent
None
100
(Late A'chik)
Full Year Range of Late A'chik is assumed.
[1867, 1956]
absent
None
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