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
161
(Ubaid)
Full Year Range of Ubaid is assumed.
[-5500, -4201]
unknown
None
162
(Uruk)
Full Year Range of Uruk is assumed.
[-4000, -2900]
unknown
None
163
(Susiana A)
Full Year Range of Susiana A is assumed.
[-6000, -5700]
absent
None
164
(Elam I)
Full Year Range of Elam I is assumed.
[-900, -744]
present
None
165
(Elam II)
Full Year Range of Elam II is assumed.
[-743, -647]
present
None
166
(Timurid Empire)
Full Year Range of Timurid Empire is assumed.
[1370, 1526]
present
None
167
(Papal States - Early Modern Period I)
Full Year Range of Papal States - Early Modern Period I is assumed.
[1527, 1648]
present
None
168
(Tokugawa Shogunate)
Full Year Range of Tokugawa Shogunate is assumed.
[1603, 1868]
present
None
169
(Phoenician Empire)
Full Year Range of Phoenician Empire is assumed.
[-1200, -332]
unknown
None
170
(Hephthalites)
Full Year Range of Hephthalites is assumed.
[408, 561]
present
None
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