Section: Warfare Variables
Subsection: Military Technologies Handheld weapons

Spear

The absence or presence of spears as a military technology used in warfare. includes lances and pikes. a trident is a spear.  

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

# Polity Year(s) Spear Description   Edit
31
(Hallstatt D)
Full Year Range of Hallstatt D is assumed.
[-600, -475]
present
None
32
(Egypt - Inter-Occupation Period)
Full Year Range of Egypt - Inter-Occupation Period is assumed.
[-404, -342]
present
None
33
(Badarian)
Full Year Range of Badarian is assumed.
[-4400, -3800]
present
None
34
(Final Postpalatial Crete)
Full Year Range of Final Postpalatial Crete is assumed.
[-1200, -1000]
present
None
35
(Egypt - Mamluk Sultanate II)
Full Year Range of Egypt - Mamluk Sultanate II is assumed.
[1348, 1412]
present
None
36
(Ptolemaic Kingdom I)
Full Year Range of Ptolemaic Kingdom I is assumed.
[-305, -217]
present
None
37
(Egypt - Thebes-Hyksos Period)
Full Year Range of Egypt - Thebes-Hyksos Period is assumed.
[-1720, -1567]
present
None
38
(Spanish Empire I)
Full Year Range of Spanish Empire I is assumed.
[1516, 1715]
present
None
39
(Chuuk - Early Truk)
Full Year Range of Chuuk - Early Truk is assumed.
[1775, 1886]
present
None
40
(Ayyubid Sultanate)
Full Year Range of Ayyubid Sultanate is assumed.
[1171, 1250]
present
None
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