Section: Warfare Variables
Subsection: Military Technologies Armor

Limb Protection

The absence or presence of limb protection as a military technology used in warfare. e.g., greaves. covering arms, or legs, or both.  

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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
limb_protection The absence or presence of limb protection for a polity. - present
- absent
- unknown
- Transitional (Absent -> Present)
- Transitional (Present -> Absent)

# Polity Year(s) Limb Protection Description   Edit
1
(French Kingdom - Early Valois)
1328 CE 1349 CE
present
None
2
(French Kingdom - Early Valois)
1351 CE 1450 CE
unknown
None
3
(Haudenosaunee Confederacy - Early)
1566 CE 1609 CE
present
None
4
(Haudenosaunee Confederacy - Early)
1610 CE 1713 CE
absent
None
5
(Great Yuan)
Full Year Range of Great Yuan is assumed.
[1271, 1368]
present
None
6
(Neguanje)
Full Year Range of Neguanje is assumed.
[250, 1050]
unknown
None
7
(Tocharians)
Full Year Range of Tocharians is assumed.
[-129, 29]
unknown
None
8
(Chuuk - Late Truk)
Full Year Range of Chuuk - Late Truk is assumed.
[1886, 1948]
absent
None
9
(Great Ming)
Full Year Range of Great Ming is assumed.
[1368, 1644]
present
None
10
(Chuuk - Early Truk)
Full Year Range of Chuuk - Early Truk is assumed.
[1775, 1886]
absent
None
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