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
11
(Atlantic Complex)
Full Year Range of Atlantic Complex is assumed.
[-2200, -1000]
absent
None
12
(Egypt - Thebes-Libyan Period)
Full Year Range of Egypt - Thebes-Libyan Period is assumed.
[-1069, -747]
absent
None
13
(Hallstatt A-B1)
Full Year Range of Hallstatt A-B1 is assumed.
[-1000, -900]
absent
None
14
(Hallstatt B2-3)
Full Year Range of Hallstatt B2-3 is assumed.
[-900, -700]
unknown
None
15
(Egypt - New Kingdom Ramesside Period)
Full Year Range of Egypt - New Kingdom Ramesside Period is assumed.
[-1293, -1070]
absent
None
16
(Great Yuan)
Full Year Range of Great Yuan is assumed.
[1271, 1368]
present
None
17
(Egypt - Period of the Regions)
Full Year Range of Egypt - Period of the Regions is assumed.
[-2150, -2016]
absent
None
18
(The Emirate of Crete)
Full Year Range of The Emirate of Crete is assumed.
[824, 961]
absent
None
19
(Ptolemaic Kingdom II)
Full Year Range of Ptolemaic Kingdom II is assumed.
[-217, -30]
absent
None
20
(Egypt - Middle Kingdom)
Full Year Range of Egypt - Middle Kingdom is assumed.
[-2016, -1700]
absent
None
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