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
171
(Parthian Empire II)
Full Year Range of Parthian Empire II is assumed.
[41, 226]
absent
None
172
(Pre-Ceramic Period)
Full Year Range of Pre-Ceramic Period is assumed.
[-7800, -7200]
absent
None
173
(Safavid Empire)
Full Year Range of Safavid Empire is assumed.
[1501, 1722]
present
None
174
(Seleucids)
Full Year Range of Seleucids is assumed.
[-312, -63]
present
None
175
(Hephthalites)
Full Year Range of Hephthalites is assumed.
[408, 561]
present
None
176
(Carolingian Empire I)
Full Year Range of Carolingian Empire I is assumed.
[752, 840]
present
None
177
(Latium - Bronze Age)
Full Year Range of Latium - Bronze Age is assumed.
[-1800, -900]
absent
None
178
(Latium - Iron Age)
Full Year Range of Latium - Iron Age is assumed.
[-1000, -580]
absent
None
179
(Papal States - High Medieval Period)
Full Year Range of Papal States - High Medieval Period is assumed.
[1198, 1309]
present
None
180
(Ottoman Empire Late Period)
Full Year Range of Ottoman Empire Late Period is assumed.
[1873, 1920]
absent
None
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