Section: Warfare Variables
Subsection: Military Technologies Projectiles

Tension Siege Engine

The absence or presence of tension siege engines as a military technology used in warfare. for example, catapult, onager  

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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
tension_siege_engine The absence or presence of tension siege engine for a polity. - present
- absent
- unknown
- Transitional (Absent -> Present)
- Transitional (Present -> Absent)

# Polity Year(s) Tension Siege Engine Description   Edit
191
(Fatimid Caliphate)
Full Year Range of Fatimid Caliphate is assumed.
[909, 1171]
present
None
192
(Middle Bronze Age in Central Anatolia)
Full Year Range of Middle Bronze Age in Central Anatolia is assumed.
[-2000, -1700]
absent
None
193
(Byzantine Empire II)
Full Year Range of Byzantine Empire II is assumed.
[867, 1072]
present
None
194
(Konya Plain - Early Chalcolithic)
Full Year Range of Konya Plain - Early Chalcolithic is assumed.
[-6000, -5500]
absent
None
195
(Konya Plain - Late Chalcolithic)
Full Year Range of Konya Plain - Late Chalcolithic is assumed.
[-5500, -3000]
absent
None
196
(Kingdom of Lydia)
Full Year Range of Kingdom of Lydia is assumed.
[-670, -546]
absent
None
197
(Konya Plain - Ceramic Neolithic)
Full Year Range of Konya Plain - Ceramic Neolithic is assumed.
[-7000, -6600]
absent
None
198
(Konya Plain - Early Neolithic)
Full Year Range of Konya Plain - Early Neolithic is assumed.
[-9600, -7000]
absent
None
199
(Konya Plain - Late Neolithic)
Full Year Range of Konya Plain - Late Neolithic is assumed.
[-6600, -6000]
absent
None
200
(Neo-Hittite Kingdoms)
Full Year Range of Neo-Hittite Kingdoms is assumed.
[-1180, -900]
absent
None
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