Section: Social Complexity
Subsection: Professions

Professional Military Officer

Talking about professions, professional military officers refer to full-time professional military officers.   (See here)
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Variable Definition
Polity The Seshat Polity ID
Year(s) The years for which we have the data. [negative = BCE]
Tag [Evidenced, Disputed, Suspected, Inferred, Unknown]
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Variable Definition
professional_military_officer The absence or presence of professional military officer for a polity.

# Polity Year(s) Professional Military Officer Description   Edit
141
(Hmong - Early Chinese)
Full Year Range of Hmong - Early Chinese is assumed.
[1895, 1941]
absent
None
142
(Tocharians)
Full Year Range of Tocharians is assumed.
[-129, 29]
unknown
None
143
(Jin)
Full Year Range of Jin is assumed.
[-780, -404]
present
None
144
(Longshan)
Full Year Range of Longshan is assumed.
[-3000, -1900]
unknown
None
145
(Russian Empire, Romanov Dynasty II)
Full Year Range of Russian Empire, Romanov Dynasty II is assumed.
[1776, 1917]
present
None
146
(Songhai Empire)
Full Year Range of Songhai Empire is assumed.
[1376, 1493]
present
None
147
(Hawaii I)
Full Year Range of Hawaii I is assumed.
[1000, 1200]
absent
None
148
(Iban - Pre-Brooke)
Full Year Range of Iban - Pre-Brooke is assumed.
[1650, 1841]
absent
None
149
(Iban - Brooke Raj and Colonial)
Full Year Range of Iban - Brooke Raj and Colonial is assumed.
[1841, 1987]
absent
None
150
(Hephthalites)
Full Year Range of Hephthalites is assumed.
[408, 561]
present
None
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