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
81
(Mughal Empire)
Full Year Range of Mughal Empire is assumed.
[1526, 1858]
present
None
82
(Vijayanagara Empire)
Full Year Range of Vijayanagara Empire is assumed.
[1336, 1646]
present
None
83
(Abbasid Caliphate I)
Full Year Range of Abbasid Caliphate I is assumed.
[750, 946]
present
None
84
(Abbasid Caliphate II)
Full Year Range of Abbasid Caliphate II is assumed.
[1191, 1258]
present
None
85
(Early Dynastic)
Full Year Range of Early Dynastic is assumed.
[-2900, -2500]
absent
None
86
(Neo-Assyrian Empire)
Full Year Range of Neo-Assyrian Empire is assumed.
[-911, -612]
absent
None
87
(Southern Mesopotamia Neolithic)
Full Year Range of Southern Mesopotamia Neolithic is assumed.
[-9000, -5501]
absent
None
88
(Susiana - Muhammad Jaffar)
Full Year Range of Susiana - Muhammad Jaffar is assumed.
[-7000, -6000]
absent
None
89
(Elam - Awan Dynasty I)
Full Year Range of Elam - Awan Dynasty I is assumed.
[-2675, -2100]
absent
None
90
(Elam III)
Full Year Range of Elam III is assumed.
[-612, -539]
absent
None
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