Section: Warfare Variables
Subsection: Military Technologies Military use of Metals

Steel

The absence or presence of steel as a military technology used in warfare. steel is an alloy that includes iron, so a polity that uses bronze in warfare is familiar with copper technology and probably uses it to at least a limited extent. consequently, if a culture uses steel in warfare and there is no mention of using iron then 'inferred present' is probably best.  

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

# Polity Year(s) Steel Description   Edit
1
(Deccan - Iron Age)
1199 BCE 551 BCE
absent
None
2
(Mahajanapada era)
600 BCE 451 BCE
unknown
None
3
(Deccan - Iron Age)
550 BCE 451 BCE
unknown
None
4
(Mahajanapada era)
450 BCE 300 BCE
present
None
5
(Deccan - Iron Age)
450 BCE 300 BCE
present
None
6
(Java - Buni Culture)
400 BCE 300 BCE
absent
None
7
(Java - Buni Culture)
299 BCE 500 CE
unknown
None
8
(Haudenosaunee Confederacy - Early)
1566 CE 1620 CE
absent
None
9
(Haudenosaunee Confederacy - Early)
1621 CE 1713 CE
present
None
10
(Egypt - New Kingdom Thutmosid Period)
Full Year Range of Egypt - New Kingdom Thutmosid Period is assumed.
[-1550, -1293]
absent
None
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