Elephant List
A viewset for viewing and editing Elephants.
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{ "count": 344, "next": "https://seshat-db.com/api/wf/elephants/?format=api&page=2", "previous": null, "results": [ { "id": 1, "polity": { "id": 134, "name": "af_ghur_principality", "long_name": "Ghur Principality", "start_year": 1025, "end_year": 1215 }, "year_from": null, "year_to": null, "tag": "IFR", "is_disputed": false, "is_uncertain": false, "name": "Elephant", "elephant": "present", "comment": null, "description": " According to Andre Wink, Indian armies used frontal attacks lead by war elephants. The Ghurids used the attack-retreat tactics of Central Asian nomadic cavalry archers. §REF§(Asher and Talbot 2006, 28) Catherine B Asher. Cynthia Talbot. 2006. India Before Europe. Cambridge University Press. Cambridge.§REF§ <i>However, did the Ghurids also use war elephants, such as once established? Inferred that they did.</i> The Ghaznavids, another Turkish-Islamic dynasty in Central Asia 977-1186 CE, used elephants and camels.§REF§(Bloom and Blair eds. 2009, 108) Johnathan M Bloom. Sheila S Blair. eds. 2009. Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art & Architecture: Three-Volume Set. Volume I. Abarquh To Dawlat Qatar. Oxford University Press. Oxford.§REF§" }, { "id": 2, "polity": { "id": 350, "name": "af_greco_bactrian_k", "long_name": "Greco-Bactrian Kingdom", "start_year": -256, "end_year": -125 }, "year_from": null, "year_to": null, "tag": "TRS", "is_disputed": false, "is_uncertain": false, "name": "Elephant", "elephant": "present", "comment": null, "description": " The area they occupied was the natural habitat of the Indian Elephant, and supplied other areas with the animal." }, { "id": 3, "polity": { "id": 129, "name": "af_hephthalite_emp", "long_name": "Hephthalite Empire", "start_year": 408, "end_year": 561 }, "year_from": null, "year_to": null, "tag": "TRS", "is_disputed": false, "is_uncertain": false, "name": "Elephant", "elephant": "present", "comment": null, "description": " Used in war against Peroz. §REF§Litvinskiĭ, B.A., and Unesco. “THE HEPHTHALITE EMPIRE.” In History of Civilizations of Central Asia. Vol. III The Crossroads of Civilizations A.D. 250 - 750, )Paris: Unesco, 1992.), p.143.§REF§" }, { "id": 4, "polity": { "id": 281, "name": "af_kidarite_k", "long_name": "Kidarite Kingdom", "start_year": 388, "end_year": 477 }, "year_from": null, "year_to": null, "tag": "TRS", "is_disputed": false, "is_uncertain": false, "name": "Elephant", "elephant": "absent", "comment": null, "description": null }, { "id": 5, "polity": { "id": 127, "name": "af_kushan_emp", "long_name": "Kushan Empire", "start_year": 35, "end_year": 319 }, "year_from": null, "year_to": null, "tag": "TRS", "is_disputed": false, "is_uncertain": false, "name": "Elephant", "elephant": "present", "comment": null, "description": " The inclusion of elephant riders among the vanguards are alluded to on some coins and in the <i>Tsa pao-tsang ching</i>.§REF§B. N. Mukherjee, 'The Rise and Fall of the Kushana Empire' (Calcutta, 1988), p. 330§REF§ Native Indian auxiliaries using elephants are also reported to have been in use. The elephants seem to have been used as an advance screen for the main force as well as shock troops. §REF§The armies of Bactria 70 BC-450 AD, Montvert, 1997, pp. 57-57§REF§ \"The Weilue describes how the population of eastern India 'ride elephants and camels into battle, but currently they provide military service and taxes to the Yuezhi [Kushans]'.\"§REF§(McLaughlin 2016, 80) Raoul McLaughlin. 2016. The Roman Empire and the Silk Routes: The Ancient World Economy and the Empires of Parthia, Central Asia and Han China. Pen and Sword History. Barnsley.§REF§" }, { "id": 6, "polity": { "id": 467, "name": "af_tocharian", "long_name": "Tocharians", "start_year": -129, "end_year": 29 }, "year_from": null, "year_to": null, "tag": "SSP", "is_disputed": false, "is_uncertain": false, "name": "Elephant", "elephant": "unknown", "comment": null, "description": null }, { "id": 7, "polity": { "id": 422, "name": "cn_erligang", "long_name": "Erligang", "start_year": -1650, "end_year": -1250 }, "year_from": null, "year_to": null, "tag": "TRS", "is_disputed": false, "is_uncertain": false, "name": "Elephant", "elephant": "absent", "comment": null, "description": " Animal not present in region." }, { "id": 8, "polity": { "id": 421, "name": "cn_erlitou", "long_name": "Erlitou", "start_year": -1850, "end_year": -1600 }, "year_from": null, "year_to": null, "tag": "TRS", "is_disputed": false, "is_uncertain": false, "name": "Elephant", "elephant": "absent", "comment": null, "description": " Animal not present in region." }, { "id": 9, "polity": { "id": 471, "name": "cn_hmong_2", "long_name": "Hmong - Early Chinese", "start_year": 1895, "end_year": 1941 }, "year_from": null, "year_to": null, "tag": "SSP", "is_disputed": false, "is_uncertain": false, "name": "Elephant", "elephant": "unknown", "comment": null, "description": " we need expert input in order to code this variable" }, { "id": 10, "polity": { "id": 470, "name": "cn_hmong_1", "long_name": "Hmong - Late Qing", "start_year": 1701, "end_year": 1895 }, "year_from": null, "year_to": null, "tag": "SSP", "is_disputed": false, "is_uncertain": false, "name": "Elephant", "elephant": "unknown", "comment": null, "description": " we need expert input in order to code this variable" }, { "id": 11, "polity": { "id": 420, "name": "cn_longshan", "long_name": "Longshan", "start_year": -3000, "end_year": -1900 }, "year_from": null, "year_to": null, "tag": "TRS", "is_disputed": false, "is_uncertain": false, "name": "Elephant", "elephant": "absent", "comment": null, "description": " Animal not present in region." }, { "id": 12, "polity": { "id": 258, "name": "cn_northern_wei_dyn", "long_name": "Northern Wei", "start_year": 386, "end_year": 534 }, "year_from": null, "year_to": null, "tag": "SSP", "is_disputed": false, "is_uncertain": false, "name": "Elephant", "elephant": "unknown", "comment": null, "description": null }, { "id": 13, "polity": { "id": 543, "name": "cn_peiligang", "long_name": "Peiligang", "start_year": -7000, "end_year": -5001 }, "year_from": null, "year_to": null, "tag": "TRS", "is_disputed": false, "is_uncertain": false, "name": "Elephant", "elephant": "absent", "comment": null, "description": " \"Dogs and pigs were the domesticated animals.\"§REF§(Liu and Chen 2012: 144, 107) Seshat URL: <a class=\"external free\" href=\"https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/itemKey/DE5TU7HY\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/itemKey/DE5TU7HY</a>.§REF§" }, { "id": 14, "polity": { "id": 2, "name": "cn_qing_dyn_2", "long_name": "Late Qing", "start_year": 1796, "end_year": 1912 }, "year_from": null, "year_to": null, "tag": "TRS", "is_disputed": false, "is_uncertain": false, "name": "Elephant", "elephant": "present", "comment": null, "description": "Used in warfare besides as pack animals. §REF§(North China Workshop 2016)§REF§" }, { "id": 15, "polity": { "id": 243, "name": "cn_late_shang_dyn", "long_name": "Late Shang", "start_year": -1250, "end_year": -1045 }, "year_from": null, "year_to": null, "tag": "IFR", "is_disputed": false, "is_uncertain": false, "name": "Elephant", "elephant": "present", "comment": null, "description": " Two elephants found buried at Xibeigang. §REF§(Bagley 1999, 193) Bagley, Robert. 1999. \"Shang Archaeology.\" eds. Loewe, Michael and Edward Shaughnessy. The Cambridge History of China. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 124-136.§REF§ 60 ivory elephant tusks found at Sanxingdui.§REF§(Bavarian 2005) Bavarian, Behzad. July 2005. Unearthing Technology’s Influence on the Ancient Chinese Dynasties through Metallurgical Investigations, California State University. Northridge. <a class=\"external free\" href=\"http://library.csun.edu/docs/bavarian.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://library.csun.edu/docs/bavarian.pdf</a>§REF§. Used in warfare, as pack animals. §REF§(North China Conference 2016)§REF§" }, { "id": 16, "polity": { "id": 260, "name": "cn_sui_dyn", "long_name": "Sui Dynasty", "start_year": 581, "end_year": 618 }, "year_from": null, "year_to": null, "tag": "IFR", "is_disputed": false, "is_uncertain": false, "name": "Elephant", "elephant": "absent", "comment": null, "description": " Used against the Sui but not used by the Sui. \"After the Sui army under Liu Fang crossed the Duli River, it was attacked by Champan troops on war elephants.\"§REF§(Graff 2002, 145) Graff, D A. 2002. Medieval Chinese Warfare, 300-900. Routledge. London§REF§" }, { "id": 17, "polity": { "id": 419, "name": "cn_yangshao", "long_name": "Yangshao", "start_year": -5000, "end_year": -3000 }, "year_from": null, "year_to": null, "tag": "TRS", "is_disputed": false, "is_uncertain": false, "name": "Elephant", "elephant": "absent", "comment": null, "description": " Animal not present in region." }, { "id": 18, "polity": { "id": 435, "name": "co_neguanje", "long_name": "Neguanje", "start_year": 250, "end_year": 1050 }, "year_from": null, "year_to": null, "tag": "TRS", "is_disputed": false, "is_uncertain": false, "name": "Elephant", "elephant": "absent", "comment": null, "description": " Not native to region." }, { "id": 19, "polity": { "id": 436, "name": "co_tairona", "long_name": "Tairona", "start_year": 1050, "end_year": 1524 }, "year_from": null, "year_to": null, "tag": "TRS", "is_disputed": false, "is_uncertain": false, "name": "Elephant", "elephant": "absent", "comment": null, "description": " Not native to region." }, { "id": 20, "polity": { "id": 196, "name": "ec_shuar_1", "long_name": "Shuar - Colonial", "start_year": 1534, "end_year": 1830 }, "year_from": null, "year_to": null, "tag": "TRS", "is_disputed": false, "is_uncertain": false, "name": "Elephant", "elephant": "absent", "comment": null, "description": " descriptions of raids make no mention of animals accompanying warriors" }, { "id": 21, "polity": { "id": 197, "name": "ec_shuar_2", "long_name": "Shuar - Ecuadorian", "start_year": 1831, "end_year": 1931 }, "year_from": null, "year_to": null, "tag": "TRS", "is_disputed": false, "is_uncertain": false, "name": "Elephant", "elephant": "absent", "comment": null, "description": " descriptions of raids make no mention of animals accompanying warriors" }, { "id": 22, "polity": { "id": 367, "name": "eg_ayyubid_sultanate", "long_name": "Ayyubid Sultanate", "start_year": 1171, "end_year": 1250 }, "year_from": null, "year_to": null, "tag": "SSP", "is_disputed": false, "is_uncertain": false, "name": "Elephant", "elephant": "unknown", "comment": null, "description": null }, { "id": 23, "polity": { "id": 510, "name": "eg_badarian", "long_name": "Badarian", "start_year": -4400, "end_year": -3800 }, "year_from": null, "year_to": null, "tag": "TRS", "is_disputed": false, "is_uncertain": false, "name": "Elephant", "elephant": "absent", "comment": null, "description": " elephants not used until Kushite military §REF§(<a class=\"external free\" href=\"http://www.afropedea.org/kush#TOC-Military\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.afropedea.org/kush#TOC-Military</a>)§REF§" }, { "id": 24, "polity": { "id": 205, "name": "eg_inter_occupation", "long_name": "Egypt - Inter-Occupation Period", "start_year": -404, "end_year": -342 }, "year_from": null, "year_to": null, "tag": "IFR", "is_disputed": false, "is_uncertain": false, "name": "Elephant", "elephant": "present", "comment": null, "description": " Present in previous and subsequent periods." }, { "id": 25, "polity": { "id": 232, "name": "eg_mamluk_sultanate_1", "long_name": "Egypt - Mamluk Sultanate I", "start_year": 1260, "end_year": 1348 }, "year_from": null, "year_to": null, "tag": "TRS", "is_disputed": false, "is_uncertain": false, "name": "Elephant", "elephant": "absent", "comment": null, "description": " The Mamluks did not use war elephants.§REF§(Nicolle 2014) Nicolle, D. 2014 Mamluk Askar 1250-1517. Osprey Publishing Ltd.§REF§" }, { "id": 26, "polity": { "id": 239, "name": "eg_mamluk_sultanate_3", "long_name": "Egypt - Mamluk Sultanate III", "start_year": 1412, "end_year": 1517 }, "year_from": null, "year_to": null, "tag": "IFR", "is_disputed": false, "is_uncertain": false, "name": "Elephant", "elephant": "absent", "comment": null, "description": " The Mamluks did not use war elephants.§REF§(Nicolle 2014) Nicolle, D. 2014 Mamluk Askar 1250-1517. Osprey Publishing Ltd.§REF§ However, three elephants (ceremonial use only?) observed in a procession departing for a campaign 1516 CE \"decorated with pennants\". §REF§(Raymond 2000, 187)§REF§" }, { "id": 27, "polity": { "id": 236, "name": "eg_mamluk_sultanate_2", "long_name": "Egypt - Mamluk Sultanate II", "start_year": 1348, "end_year": 1412 }, "year_from": null, "year_to": null, "tag": "TRS", "is_disputed": false, "is_uncertain": false, "name": "Elephant", "elephant": "absent", "comment": null, "description": " The Mamluks did not use war elephants.§REF§(Nicolle 2014) Nicolle, D. 2014 Mamluk Askar 1250-1517. Osprey Publishing Ltd.§REF§" }, { "id": 28, "polity": { "id": 512, "name": "eg_naqada_2", "long_name": "Naqada II", "start_year": -3550, "end_year": -3300 }, "year_from": null, "year_to": null, "tag": "TRS", "is_disputed": false, "is_uncertain": false, "name": "Elephant", "elephant": "absent", "comment": null, "description": " The long bronze dagger \"was an intermediate stage before the appearance of the long straight sword introduced to Egypt late in the New Kingdom period by Sherden mercenaries and the 'Sea Peoples.' (C. el Mahdy). §REF§(Healy 1992)§REF§" }, { "id": 29, "polity": { "id": 198, "name": "eg_new_k_1", "long_name": "Egypt - New Kingdom Thutmosid Period", "start_year": -1550, "end_year": -1293 }, "year_from": null, "year_to": null, "tag": "TRS", "is_disputed": false, "is_uncertain": false, "name": "Elephant", "elephant": "absent", "comment": null, "description": " elephants not used until Kushite military §REF§(<a class=\"external free\" href=\"http://www.afropedea.org/kush#TOC-Military\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.afropedea.org/kush#TOC-Military</a>)§REF§" }, { "id": 30, "polity": { "id": 109, "name": "eg_ptolemaic_k_1", "long_name": "Ptolemaic Kingdom I", "start_year": -305, "end_year": -217 }, "year_from": null, "year_to": null, "tag": "TRS", "is_disputed": false, "is_uncertain": false, "name": "Elephant", "elephant": "present", "comment": null, "description": " African elephants (forest type) at Raphia (Ptolemy IV). §REF§(Lloyd 2000, 395)§REF§ African forest Elephants. A few Indian elephants might have been used and bred in captivity. \"Ptolemy II's elephants came from southern Sudan, where he founded Ptolemais of the Huns in 270/69 BCE, and later from the Rd Sea area, where he founded other settlements (Philotera, Arsinoe and Berenice Troglodytica) Ptolemy III had to go further south along the Somalian coast, and the last hunts were organized toward the end of Ptolemy IV's rule.\" §REF§(Fischer-Bovet 2014, 153)§REF§ Follow-up reference: J G. Manning on Elephant hunting (i.e. supply of army). §REF§(Manning 2015, Personal Communication)§REF§" }, { "id": 31, "polity": { "id": 207, "name": "eg_ptolemaic_k_2", "long_name": "Ptolemaic Kingdom II", "start_year": -217, "end_year": -30 }, "year_from": null, "year_to": null, "tag": "TRS", "is_disputed": false, "is_uncertain": false, "name": "Elephant", "elephant": "present", "comment": null, "description": " African elephants (forest type) at Raphia (Ptolemy IV). §REF§(Lloyd 2000, 395)§REF§ African forest Elephants. A few Indian elephants might have been used and bred in captivity. \"Ptolemy II's elephants came from southern Sudan, where he founded Ptolemais of the Huns in 270/69 BCE, and later from the Rd Sea area, where he founded other settlements (Philotera, Arsinoe and Berenice Troglodytica) Ptolemy III had to go further south along the Somalian coast, and the last hunts were organized toward the end of Ptolemy IV's rule.\" §REF§(Fischer-Bovet 2014, 153)§REF§ Follow-up reference: J G. Manning on Elephant hunting (i.e. supply of army). §REF§(Manning 2015, Personal Communication)§REF§" }, { "id": 32, "polity": { "id": 203, "name": "eg_saite", "long_name": "Egypt - Saite Period", "start_year": -664, "end_year": -525 }, "year_from": null, "year_to": null, "tag": "SSP", "is_disputed": false, "is_uncertain": false, "name": "Elephant", "elephant": "unknown", "comment": null, "description": " North African elephants were used by the Ptolemies." }, { "id": 33, "polity": { "id": 520, "name": "eg_thebes_hyksos", "long_name": "Egypt - Thebes-Hyksos Period", "start_year": -1720, "end_year": -1567 }, "year_from": null, "year_to": null, "tag": "IFR", "is_disputed": false, "is_uncertain": false, "name": "Elephant", "elephant": "absent", "comment": null, "description": " Non-expert reference suggesting that elephants were not used until Kushite military - this needs to be confirmed." }, { "id": 34, "polity": { "id": 361, "name": "eg_thulunid_ikhshidid", "long_name": "Egypt - Tulunid-Ikhshidid Period", "start_year": 868, "end_year": 969 }, "year_from": null, "year_to": null, "tag": "SSP", "is_disputed": false, "is_uncertain": false, "name": "Elephant", "elephant": "unknown", "comment": null, "description": " Imported from the Kachi plains region and used in processions and ceremony.§REF§Kennedy, the Armies of the Caliphs§REF§ - but were elephants used in fighting?" }, { "id": 35, "polity": { "id": 84, "name": "es_spanish_emp_1", "long_name": "Spanish Empire I", "start_year": 1516, "end_year": 1715 }, "year_from": null, "year_to": null, "tag": "IFR", "is_disputed": false, "is_uncertain": false, "name": "Elephant", "elephant": "absent", "comment": null, "description": " Inferred from the absence of elephants in previous polities in Cuzco." }, { "id": 36, "polity": { "id": 57, "name": "fm_truk_1", "long_name": "Chuuk - Early Truk", "start_year": 1775, "end_year": 1886 }, "year_from": null, "year_to": null, "tag": "TRS", "is_disputed": false, "is_uncertain": false, "name": "Elephant", "elephant": "absent", "comment": null, "description": " Not native to region." }, { "id": 37, "polity": { "id": 58, "name": "fm_truk_2", "long_name": "Chuuk - Late Truk", "start_year": 1886, "end_year": 1948 }, "year_from": null, "year_to": null, "tag": "TRS", "is_disputed": false, "is_uncertain": false, "name": "Elephant", "elephant": "absent", "comment": null, "description": " Not native to region." }, { "id": 38, "polity": { "id": 448, "name": "fr_atlantic_complex", "long_name": "Atlantic Complex", "start_year": -2200, "end_year": -1000 }, "year_from": null, "year_to": null, "tag": "TRS", "is_disputed": false, "is_uncertain": false, "name": "Elephant", "elephant": "absent", "comment": null, "description": "Not mentioned in the literature." }, { "id": 39, "polity": { "id": 447, "name": "fr_beaker_eba", "long_name": "Beaker Culture", "start_year": -3200, "end_year": -2000 }, "year_from": null, "year_to": null, "tag": "IFR", "is_disputed": false, "is_uncertain": false, "name": "Elephant", "elephant": "absent", "comment": null, "description": " Not mentioned in the literature." }, { "id": 40, "polity": { "id": 460, "name": "fr_bourbon_k_1", "long_name": "French Kingdom - Early Bourbon", "start_year": 1589, "end_year": 1660 }, "year_from": null, "year_to": null, "tag": "IFR", "is_disputed": false, "is_uncertain": false, "name": "Elephant", "elephant": "absent", "comment": null, "description": " Absent in previous and subsequent periods." }, { "id": 41, "polity": { "id": 461, "name": "fr_bourbon_k_2", "long_name": "French Kingdom - Late Bourbon", "start_year": 1660, "end_year": 1815 }, "year_from": null, "year_to": null, "tag": "TRS", "is_disputed": false, "is_uncertain": false, "name": "Elephant", "elephant": "absent", "comment": null, "description": null }, { "id": 42, "polity": { "id": 457, "name": "fr_capetian_k_1", "long_name": "Proto-French Kingdom", "start_year": 987, "end_year": 1150 }, "year_from": null, "year_to": null, "tag": "TRS", "is_disputed": false, "is_uncertain": false, "name": "Elephant", "elephant": "absent", "comment": null, "description": null }, { "id": 43, "polity": { "id": 458, "name": "fr_capetian_k_2", "long_name": "French Kingdom - Late Capetian", "start_year": 1150, "end_year": 1328 }, "year_from": null, "year_to": null, "tag": "TRS", "is_disputed": false, "is_uncertain": false, "name": "Elephant", "elephant": "absent", "comment": null, "description": null }, { "id": 44, "polity": { "id": 309, "name": "fr_carolingian_emp_1", "long_name": "Carolingian Empire I", "start_year": 752, "end_year": 840 }, "year_from": null, "year_to": null, "tag": "TRS", "is_disputed": false, "is_uncertain": false, "name": "Elephant", "elephant": "absent", "comment": null, "description": " David Baker says absent.§REF§David Baker. Personal communication to Seshat Databank.§REF§" }, { "id": 45, "polity": { "id": 311, "name": "fr_carolingian_emp_2", "long_name": "Carolingian Empire II", "start_year": 840, "end_year": 987 }, "year_from": null, "year_to": null, "tag": "TRS", "is_disputed": false, "is_uncertain": false, "name": "Elephant", "elephant": "absent", "comment": null, "description": " David Baker says absent.§REF§David Baker. Personal communication to Seshat Databank.§REF§" }, { "id": 46, "polity": { "id": 449, "name": "fr_hallstatt_a_b1", "long_name": "Hallstatt A-B1", "start_year": -1000, "end_year": -900 }, "year_from": null, "year_to": null, "tag": "TRS", "is_disputed": false, "is_uncertain": false, "name": "Elephant", "elephant": "absent", "comment": null, "description": " Not mentioned in the literature." }, { "id": 47, "polity": { "id": 450, "name": "fr_hallstatt_b2_3", "long_name": "Hallstatt B2-3", "start_year": -900, "end_year": -700 }, "year_from": null, "year_to": null, "tag": "TRS", "is_disputed": false, "is_uncertain": false, "name": "Elephant", "elephant": "absent", "comment": null, "description": null }, { "id": 48, "polity": { "id": 451, "name": "fr_hallstatt_c", "long_name": "Hallstatt C", "start_year": -700, "end_year": -600 }, "year_from": null, "year_to": null, "tag": "TRS", "is_disputed": false, "is_uncertain": false, "name": "Elephant", "elephant": "absent", "comment": null, "description": null }, { "id": 49, "polity": { "id": 452, "name": "fr_hallstatt_d", "long_name": "Hallstatt D", "start_year": -600, "end_year": -475 }, "year_from": null, "year_to": null, "tag": "TRS", "is_disputed": false, "is_uncertain": false, "name": "Elephant", "elephant": "absent", "comment": null, "description": null }, { "id": 50, "polity": { "id": 304, "name": "fr_merovingian_emp_1", "long_name": "Early Merovingian", "start_year": 481, "end_year": 543 }, "year_from": null, "year_to": null, "tag": "TRS", "is_disputed": false, "is_uncertain": false, "name": "Elephant", "elephant": "absent", "comment": null, "description": "Not discussed in consulted literature RA." } ] }