Home Region: Anatolia-Caucasus (Southwest Asia)

Konya Plain - Late Bronze Age II

1500 BCE 1400 BCE

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EQ 2020 tr_konya_lba / TrBrzL2

Preceding Entity: Add one more here.

1650 BCE 1500 BCE Hatti - Old Kingdom (tr_hatti_old_k) [continuity]

Succeeding Entity: Add one more here.

1400 BCE 1180 BCE Hatti - New Kingdom (tr_hatti_new_k) [continuity]

General Description

The period of 1500-1400 BCE was an ’intermediate period’ for the Hittite people that is sometimes referred to as the Middle Kingdom, which existed before the Empire period of the New Kingdom. ^[1]
According to McEvedy and Jones (1978) the population of the whole of Turkey was about 1.5 million by the Chalcolithic era (2500 BC) and reached 3 million "during the course of the full Bronze age". ^[2] However, the area corresponding to Hittite control at this time was just a fraction of the 750,000 km2 of Anatolia, so it is unlikely there were more than a million Hittites, possibly much less.
As a time of troubles, not much is known about the Middle Kingdom of the Hittites, but by around 1450 CE Hantili II is noted for building achievements being "responsible for the first extensive fortification of the capital" Hattusa. ^[3]

[1]: (Gurney 1952, 25) O R Gurney. 1952.The Hittites. Penguin.

[2]: (McEvedy and Jones 1978, 133) Colin McEvedy. Richard Jones. Atlas of World Population History. Penguin Books Ltd. London.

[3]: (Bryce 2002, 30) Bryce T. 2002. Life and Society in the Hittite World, New York: Oxford University Press.

General Variables

Identity and Location

1 Utm Zone

1 Original Name

1 Capital

7 Alternative Name

Temporal Bounds

1 Peak Years

1 Duration

Political and Cultural Relations

1 Succeeding Entity

1 Relationship to preceding Entity

2 Polity Succession

Language

1 Linguistic Family

2 Language

Religion

1 Religion Genus

1 Alternate Religion

Social Complexity Variables

Social Scale

1 Population of the Largest Settlement

1 Polity Territory

1 Polity Population

Hierarchical Complexity

1 Settlement Hierarchy

1 Religious Level

1 Military Level

1 Administrative Level

Professions

1 Professional Soldier

1 Professional Priesthood

1 Professional Military Officer

Bureaucracy Characteristics

1 Specialized Government Building

1 Merit Promotion

1 Full Time Bureaucrat

1 Examination System

Law

1 Professional Lawyer

1 Judge

1 Formal Legal Code

1 Court

Specialized Buildings: polity owned

1 Market

1 Irrigation System

1 Food Storage Site

1 Drinking Water Supply System

Transport Infrastructure

1 Road

1 Port

1 Canal

1 Bridge

Special-purpose Sites

1 Mines or Quarry

Information / Writing System

1 Written Record

1 Script

1 Nonwritten Record

1 Mnemonic Device

Information / Kinds of Written Documents

1 Scientific Literature

1 Sacred Text

1 Religious Literature

1 Practical Literature

1 Philosophy

1 Lists Tables and Classification

1 History

1 Fiction

1 Calendar

Information / Money

1 Token

1 Precious Metal

1 Paper Currency

1 Indigenous Coin

1 Foreign Coin

1 Article

Information / Postal System

1 Postal Station

1 General Postal Service

1 Courier

Information / Measurement System

Warfare Variables (Military Technologies)

Fortifications

1 Wooden Palisade

1 Stone Walls Non Mortared

1 Stone Walls Mortared

1 Settlements in a Defensive Position

1 Modern Fortification

1 Moat

1 Fortified Camp

1 Earth Rampart

1 Ditch

1 Complex Fortification

1 Long Wall

Military use of Metals

1 Steel

1 Iron

1 Copper

1 Bronze

Projectiles

1 Tension Siege Engine

1 Sling Siege Engine

1 Sling

1 Self Bow

2 Javelin

1 Handheld Firearm

1 Gunpowder Siege Artillery

1 Crossbow

1 Composite Bow

1 Atlatl

Handheld weapons

1 Sword

1 Spear

1 Polearm

1 Dagger

1 Battle Axe

Animals used in warfare

1 Horse

1 Elephant

1 Donkey

1 Dog

1 Camel

Armor

1 Wood Bark Etc

1 Shield

1 Scaled Armor

1 Plate Armor

1 Limb Protection

1 Leather Cloth

1 Laminar Armor

1 Helmet

1 Chainmail

1 Breastplate

Naval technology

1 Specialized Military Vessel

1 Small Vessels Canoes Etc

1 Merchant Ships Pressed Into Service

Economy Variables (Luxury Goods) Coding in Progress.

Religion Variables Coding in Progress.

Crisis Consequence Cases Coding in Progress.

Power Transitions Coding in Progress.

Instability Events Coding in Progress.

NGA Settlements:

Year Range	Konya Plain - Late Bronze Age II (tr_konya_lba) was in:
(1500 BCE 1400 BCE)	Konya Plain

Home NGA: Konya Plain

General Variables

Identity and Location Konya Plain - Late Bronze Age II (tr_konya_lba)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Utm Zone	36 N	1500 BCE 1400 BCE
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Original Name	Konya Plain - Late Bronze Age II	1500 BCE 1400 BCE
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Capital	Hattusa	1500 BCE 1400 BCE
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Alternative Name	Kingdom of Hatti	1500 BCE 1400 BCE
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Alternative Name	Hittite Intermediate Period	1500 BCE 1400 BCE
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Alternative Name	Hittite Kingdom	1500 BCE 1400 BCE
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Alternative Name	Hethiter	1500 BCE 1400 BCE
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Alternative Name	Hittites	1500 BCE 1400 BCE
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Alternative Name	Hetyci	1500 BCE 1400 BCE
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Alternative Name	Hititler veya Etiler	1500 BCE 1400 BCE
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Temporal Bounds Konya Plain - Late Bronze Age II (tr_konya_lba)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)	See More
Peak Years	1450 BCE
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Duration	[1500 BCE ➜ 1400 BCE]
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Political and Cultural Relations Konya Plain - Late Bronze Age II (tr_konya_lba)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Succeeding Entity	Hatti - New Kingdom	1500 BCE 1400 BCE
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Relationship to Preceding Entity	continuity	1500 BCE 1400 BCE
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Preceding Entity 1650 BCE 1500 BCE	Hatti - Old Kingdom (tr_hatti_old_k) [continuity]
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Succeeding Entity 1400 BCE 1180 BCE	Hatti - New Kingdom (tr_hatti_new_k) [continuity]
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Language Konya Plain - Late Bronze Age II (tr_konya_lba)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Linguistic Family	Indo-European	1500 BCE 1400 BCE
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Language	Nesite	1500 BCE 1400 BCE
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Language	Luwian	1500 BCE 1400 BCE
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Religion Konya Plain - Late Bronze Age II (tr_konya_lba)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Religion Genus	Hittite Religions	1500 BCE 1400 BCE
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Alternate Religion	Uncoded Undecided	1500 BCE 1400 BCE
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Social Complexity Variables

Social Scale Konya Plain - Late Bronze Age II (tr_konya_lba)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Population of the Largest Settlement	[12,000 to 17,000] people	1500 BCE 1400 BCE
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Polity Territory	[50,000 to 75,000] km²	1500 BCE 1400 BCE
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Polity Population	[300,000 to 400,000] people	1500 BCE 1400 BCE
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Hierarchical Complexity Konya Plain - Late Bronze Age II (tr_konya_lba)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Settlement Hierarchy	3	1500 BCE 1400 BCE
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Religious Level	3	1500 BCE 1400 BCE
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Military Level	7	1500 BCE 1400 BCE
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Administrative Level	3	1500 BCE 1400 BCE
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Professions Konya Plain - Late Bronze Age II (tr_konya_lba)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Professional Soldier	Unknown Suspected	1500 BCE 1400 BCE
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Professional Priesthood	Present	1500 BCE 1400 BCE
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Professional Military Officer	Unknown Suspected	1500 BCE 1400 BCE
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Bureaucracy Characteristics Konya Plain - Late Bronze Age II (tr_konya_lba)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Specialized Government Building	Absent Inferred	1500 BCE 1400 BCE
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Merit Promotion	Present Inferred	1500 BCE 1400 BCE
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Full Time Bureaucrat	Present	1500 BCE 1400 BCE
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Examination System	Absent	1500 BCE 1400 BCE
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Law Konya Plain - Late Bronze Age II (tr_konya_lba)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Professional Lawyer	Uncoded Undecided	1500 BCE 1400 BCE
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Judge	Present	1500 BCE 1400 BCE
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Formal Legal Code	Present	1500 BCE 1400 BCE
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Court	Present	1500 BCE 1400 BCE
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Specialized Buildings: polity owned Konya Plain - Late Bronze Age II (tr_konya_lba)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Market	Present	1500 BCE 1400 BCE
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Irrigation System	Present	1500 BCE 1400 BCE
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Food Storage Site	Present	1500 BCE 1400 BCE
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Drinking Water Supply System	Present	1500 BCE 1400 BCE
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Transport Infrastructure Konya Plain - Late Bronze Age II (tr_konya_lba)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Road	Present	1500 BCE 1400 BCE
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Port	Absent	1500 BCE 1400 BCE
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Canal	Unknown Suspected	1500 BCE 1400 BCE
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Bridge	Present	1500 BCE 1400 BCE
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Special-purpose Sites Konya Plain - Late Bronze Age II (tr_konya_lba)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Mines or Quarry	Present Inferred	1500 BCE 1400 BCE
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Information / Writing System Konya Plain - Late Bronze Age II (tr_konya_lba)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Written Record	Present	1500 BCE 1400 BCE
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Script	Present	1500 BCE 1400 BCE
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Nonwritten Record	Present	1500 BCE 1400 BCE
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Mnemonic Device	Unknown Suspected	1500 BCE 1400 BCE
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Information / Kinds of Written Documents Konya Plain - Late Bronze Age II (tr_konya_lba)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Scientific Literature	Unknown Suspected	1500 BCE 1400 BCE
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Sacred Text	Unknown Suspected	1500 BCE 1400 BCE
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Religious Literature	Present	1500 BCE 1400 BCE
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Practical Literature	Unknown Suspected	1500 BCE 1400 BCE
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Philosophy	Unknown Suspected	1500 BCE 1400 BCE
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Lists Tables and Classification	Present	1500 BCE 1400 BCE
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History	Present	1500 BCE 1400 BCE
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Fiction	Unknown Suspected	1500 BCE 1400 BCE
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Calendar	Present	1500 BCE 1400 BCE
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Information / Money Konya Plain - Late Bronze Age II (tr_konya_lba)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Token	Absent Inferred	1500 BCE 1400 BCE
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Precious Metal	Present	1500 BCE 1400 BCE
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Paper Currency	Absent Inferred	1500 BCE 1400 BCE
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Indigenous Coin	Absent	1500 BCE 1400 BCE
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Foreign Coin	Absent Inferred	1500 BCE 1400 BCE
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Article	Present	1500 BCE 1400 BCE
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Information / Postal System Konya Plain - Late Bronze Age II (tr_konya_lba)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Postal Station	Unknown Suspected	1500 BCE 1400 BCE
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General Postal Service	Unknown Suspected	1500 BCE 1400 BCE
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Courier	Present Inferred	1500 BCE 1400 BCE
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Information / Measurement System Konya Plain - Late Bronze Age II (tr_konya_lba)

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Warfare Variables (Military Technologies)

Fortifications Konya Plain - Late Bronze Age II (tr_konya_lba)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Wooden Palisade	Present	1500 BCE 1400 BCE
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Stone Walls Non Mortared	Absent	1500 BCE 1400 BCE
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Stone Walls Mortared	Absent	1500 BCE 1400 BCE
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Settlements in a Defensive Position	Present	1500 BCE 1400 BCE
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Modern Fortification	Absent	1500 BCE 1400 BCE
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Moat	Absent	1500 BCE 1400 BCE
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Fortified Camp	Absent	1500 BCE 1400 BCE
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Earth Rampart	Present	1500 BCE 1400 BCE
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Ditch	Absent	1500 BCE 1400 BCE
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Complex Fortification	Present	1500 BCE 1400 BCE
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Long Wall	unknown Suspected	1500 BCE 1400 BCE
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Military use of Metals Konya Plain - Late Bronze Age II (tr_konya_lba)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Steel	Absent	1500 BCE 1400 BCE
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Iron	Absent Inferred	1500 BCE 1400 BCE
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Copper	Present	1500 BCE 1400 BCE
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Bronze	Present	1500 BCE 1400 BCE
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Projectiles Konya Plain - Late Bronze Age II (tr_konya_lba)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Tension Siege Engine	Unknown Suspected	1500 BCE 1400 BCE
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Sling Siege Engine	Absent	1500 BCE 1400 BCE
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Sling	Unknown Suspected	1500 BCE 1400 BCE
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Self Bow	Present	1500 BCE 1400 BCE
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Javelin	Present Uncertain	1500 BCE 1400 BCE
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Javelin	Absent Uncertain	1500 BCE 1400 BCE
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Handheld Firearm	Absent	1500 BCE 1400 BCE
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Gunpowder Siege Artillery	Absent	1500 BCE 1400 BCE
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Crossbow	Absent	1500 BCE 1400 BCE
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Composite Bow	Present	1500 BCE 1400 BCE
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Atlatl	Absent	1500 BCE 1400 BCE
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Handheld weapons Konya Plain - Late Bronze Age II (tr_konya_lba)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Sword	Present	1500 BCE 1400 BCE
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Spear	Present	1500 BCE 1400 BCE
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Polearm	Unknown Suspected	1500 BCE 1400 BCE
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Dagger	Present	1500 BCE 1400 BCE
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Battle Axe	Present	1500 BCE 1400 BCE
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Animals used in warfare Konya Plain - Late Bronze Age II (tr_konya_lba)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Horse	Present	1500 BCE 1400 BCE
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Elephant	Absent	1500 BCE 1400 BCE
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Donkey	Present	1500 BCE 1400 BCE
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Dog	Unknown Suspected	1500 BCE 1400 BCE
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Camel	Absent	1500 BCE 1400 BCE
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Armor Konya Plain - Late Bronze Age II (tr_konya_lba)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Wood Bark Etc	Unknown Suspected	1500 BCE 1400 BCE
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Shield	Present	1500 BCE 1400 BCE
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Scaled Armor	Present	1500 BCE 1400 BCE
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Plate Armor	Absent	1500 BCE 1400 BCE
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Limb Protection	Present	1500 BCE 1400 BCE
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Leather Cloth	Present	1500 BCE 1400 BCE
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Laminar Armor	Absent	1500 BCE 1400 BCE
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Helmet	Present	1500 BCE 1400 BCE
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Chainmail	Absent	1500 BCE 1400 BCE
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Breastplate	Absent	1500 BCE 1400 BCE
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Naval technology Konya Plain - Late Bronze Age II (tr_konya_lba)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Specialized Military Vessel	Absent	1500 BCE 1400 BCE
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Small Vessels Canoes Etc	Present	1500 BCE 1400 BCE
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Merchant Ships Pressed Into Service	Unknown Suspected	1500 BCE 1400 BCE
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Economy Variables (Luxury Goods)

Religion Variables

Moralizing Supernatural Punishment and Reward Konya Plain - Late Bronze Age II (tr_konya_lba)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Moralizing Enforcement is Broad	Absent	1500 BCE 1400 BCE
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Moralizing Supernatural Concern is Primary	Absent	1500 BCE 1400 BCE
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Moralizing Enforcement is Agentic	Present	1500 BCE 1400 BCE
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Moralizing Enforcement in This Life	Present	1500 BCE 1400 BCE
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Moralizing Supernatural Punishment And Reward	Present	1500 BCE 1400 BCE
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Moralizing Religion Adopted by Commoners	Unknown	1500 BCE 1400 BCE
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Moralizing Enforcement is Targeted	Present	1500 BCE 1400 BCE
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Moralizing Enforcement in Afterlife	Absent	1500 BCE 1400 BCE
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Moralizing Religion Adopted by Elites	Present	1500 BCE 1400 BCE
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Moralizing Enforcement of Rulers	Present	1500 BCE 1400 BCE
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Moralizing Enforcement is Certain	Absent	1500 BCE 1400 BCE
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Human Sacrifice Konya Plain - Late Bronze Age II (tr_konya_lba)

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