Section: Warfare Variables
Subsection: Military Technologies Fortifications

Fortified Camp

The absence or presence of fortified camps as a military technology used in warfare. camps made by armies on the move (e.g. on a campaign) that which could be constructed on a hill top or in the middle of a plain or desert, usually out of local materials.  

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Variable Definition
Polity The Seshat Polity Name
Year(s) The years for which we have the data. [negative = BCE]
Confidence Inferred : The value is inferred.
Suspected : The value is suspected (Expert Check Needed).
Evidenced : The value is backed up by sufficient evidence.
Disputed? No : No disagreement among scholars.
Yes : There is disagreement among scholars.
Expert? : Not yet Checked by a Seshat Expert.
: Checked and accepted by a Seshat Expert (or RA).

Variable Definition Choices
fortified_camp The absence or presence of fortified camp for a polity. - present
- absent
- unknown
- Transitional (Absent -> Present)
- Transitional (Present -> Absent)

# Polity Year(s) Fortified Camp Description   Edit
31
(Hmong - Late Qing)
Full Year Range of Hmong - Late Qing is assumed.
[1701, 1895]
unknown
None
32
(Hmong - Early Chinese)
Full Year Range of Hmong - Early Chinese is assumed.
[1895, 1941]
unknown
None
33
(Egypt - Thebes-Hyksos Period)
Full Year Range of Egypt - Thebes-Hyksos Period is assumed.
[-1720, -1567]
unknown
None
34
(Erlitou)
Full Year Range of Erlitou is assumed.
[-1850, -1600]
unknown
None
35
(Great Ming)
Full Year Range of Great Ming is assumed.
[1368, 1644]
present
None
36
(Late Qing)
Full Year Range of Late Qing is assumed.
[1796, 1912]
present
None
37
(Late Shang)
Full Year Range of Late Shang is assumed.
[-1250, -1045]
unknown
None
38
(Tang Dynasty II)
Full Year Range of Tang Dynasty II is assumed.
[763, 907]
present
None
39
(Early Wei Dynasty)
Full Year Range of Early Wei Dynasty is assumed.
[-445, -225]
present
None
40
(Erligang)
Full Year Range of Erligang is assumed.
[-1650, -1250]
unknown
None
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