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
121
(Khitan I)
Full Year Range of Khitan I is assumed.
[907, 1125]
unknown
None
122
(Early Mongols)
Full Year Range of Early Mongols is assumed.
[1000, 1206]
absent
None
123
(Late Mongols)
Full Year Range of Late Mongols is assumed.
[1368, 1690]
unknown
None
124
(Shiwei)
Full Year Range of Shiwei is assumed.
[600, 1000]
unknown
None
125
(Zungharian Empire)
Full Year Range of Zungharian Empire is assumed.
[1670, 1757]
unknown
None
126
(Later Wagadu Empire)
Full Year Range of Later Wagadu Empire is assumed.
[1078, 1203]
unknown
None
127
(Elam III)
Full Year Range of Elam III is assumed.
[-612, -539]
absent
None
128
(Himyar II)
Full Year Range of Himyar II is assumed.
[378, 525]
present
None
129
(Egypt - Kushite Period)
Full Year Range of Egypt - Kushite Period is assumed.
[-747, -656]
unknown
None
130
(Elam I)
Full Year Range of Elam I is assumed.
[-900, -744]
absent
None
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