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
81
(Satavahana Empire)
Full Year Range of Satavahana Empire is assumed.
[-100, 203]
unknown
None
82
(Magadha - Sunga Empire)
Full Year Range of Magadha - Sunga Empire is assumed.
[-187, -65]
unknown
None
83
(Vakataka Kingdom)
Full Year Range of Vakataka Kingdom is assumed.
[255, 550]
unknown
None
84
(Vijayanagara Empire)
Full Year Range of Vijayanagara Empire is assumed.
[1336, 1646]
unknown
None
85
(Abbasid Caliphate I)
Full Year Range of Abbasid Caliphate I is assumed.
[750, 946]
unknown
None
86
(Abbasid Caliphate II)
Full Year Range of Abbasid Caliphate II is assumed.
[1191, 1258]
unknown
None
87
(Amorite Babylonia)
Full Year Range of Amorite Babylonia is assumed.
[-2000, -1600]
unknown
None
88
(Kassite Babylonia)
Full Year Range of Kassite Babylonia is assumed.
[-1595, -1150]
unknown
None
89
(Bazi Dynasty)
Full Year Range of Bazi Dynasty is assumed.
[-1005, -986]
unknown
None
90
(Erligang)
Full Year Range of Erligang is assumed.
[-1650, -1250]
unknown
None
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