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
41
(Ayyubid Sultanate)
Full Year Range of Ayyubid Sultanate is assumed.
[1171, 1250]
present
None
42
(Badarian)
Full Year Range of Badarian is assumed.
[-4400, -3800]
absent
None
43
(Egypt - Dynasty I)
Full Year Range of Egypt - Dynasty I is assumed.
[-3100, -2900]
absent
None
44
(Egypt - Inter-Occupation Period)
Full Year Range of Egypt - Inter-Occupation Period is assumed.
[-404, -342]
absent
None
45
(Egypt - Mamluk Sultanate I)
Full Year Range of Egypt - Mamluk Sultanate I is assumed.
[1260, 1348]
present
None
46
(Naqada I)
Full Year Range of Naqada I is assumed.
[-3800, -3550]
absent
None
47
(Naqada II)
Full Year Range of Naqada II is assumed.
[-3550, -3300]
absent
None
48
(Egypt - Dynasty 0)
Full Year Range of Egypt - Dynasty 0 is assumed.
[-3300, -3100]
absent
None
49
(Egypt - Late Old Kingdom)
Full Year Range of Egypt - Late Old Kingdom is assumed.
[-2350, -2150]
absent
None
50
(Yemen - Era of Warlords)
Full Year Range of Yemen - Era of Warlords is assumed.
[1038, 1174]
present
None
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