Section: Warfare Variables
Subsection: Military Technologies Fortifications

Fortified Camp

The absence or presence of fortified camps as a military technology used in warfare. camps made by armies on the move (e.g. on a campaign) that which could be constructed on a hill top or in the middle of a plain or desert, usually out of local materials.  

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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
fortified_camp The absence or presence of fortified camp for a polity. - present
- absent
- unknown
- Transitional (Absent -> Present)
- Transitional (Present -> Absent)

# Polity Year(s) Fortified Camp Description   Edit
1
(Cuzco - Early Intermediate I)
200 CE 399 CE
absent
None
2
(Cuzco - Early Intermediate I)
400 CE 500 CE
absent
None
3
(Ashanti Empire)
1701 CE 1820 CE
absent
None
4
(Ashanti Empire)
1821 CE 1874 CE
present
None
5
(Ashanti Empire)
1875 CE 1897 CE
absent
None
6
(Jin)
Full Year Range of Jin is assumed.
[-780, -404]
unknown
None
7
(Eastern Han Empire)
Full Year Range of Eastern Han Empire is assumed.
[25, 220]
unknown
None
8
(Hephthalites)
Full Year Range of Hephthalites is assumed.
[408, 561]
unknown
None
9
(Peiligang)
Full Year Range of Peiligang is assumed.
[-7000, -5001]
unknown
None
10
(Tocharians)
Full Year Range of Tocharians is assumed.
[-129, 29]
unknown
None
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