Section: Naval technology
Variable: Merchant Ships Pressed Into Service (All coded records)
The absence or presence of merchant_ships_pressed_into_service as a military technology used in warfare.  
Merchant Ships Pressed Into Service
#  Polity  Coded Value Tags Year(s) Edit Desc
1 Second Turk Khaganate absent Confident Expert -
[1]

[1]: (Kradin 2015, personal communication)


2 Khitan I absent Confident Expert -
There were rivers, but the Khitan were steppe nomads so did not have much use for boats to travel armies from point A-B when they had horses that were much more mobile. Half the year the rivers would be frozen.
3 Eastern Turk Khaganate absent Confident Expert -
According to personal communication with N. Kradin. [1]

[1]: (Kradin 2015, personal communication)


4 Late Angkor absent Inferred Expert -
Jacq-Hergoualc’h’s in-depth and exhaustive examination of Khmer naval history does not produce any evidence of the use of merchant ships in military affairs. [1]

[1]: (Jacq-Hergoualc’h and Smithies 2007, p. 127)


5 Western Turk Khaganate absent Confident Expert -
[1] Inferred from Eastern Turk Khaganate of the same time

[1]: (Kradin 2015, personal communication)


6 Jenne-jeno I absent Confident Expert -
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7 Jenne-jeno II absent Confident Expert -
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8 Jenne-jeno III absent Confident Expert -
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9 Jenne-jeno IV absent Confident Expert -
-
10 Japan - Late Jomon absent Confident Expert -
No archaeological evidence for this. Moreover, the scholarly consensus is that the Jomon were relatively peaceful.
11 Japan - Early Jomon absent Confident Expert -
No archaeological evidence for this. Moreover, the scholarly consensus is that the Jomon were relatively peaceful.
12 Songhai Empire - Askiya Dynasty absent Confident Expert -
-
13 Japan - Incipient Jomon absent Confident Expert -
No archaeological evidence for this. Moreover, the scholarly consensus is that the Jomon were relatively peaceful.
14 Early Mongols absent Confident Expert -
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15 Roman Kingdom absent Inferred Expert -
RA couldn’t find relevant information. Expert advice is needed
16 Susa III absent Confident Expert -
Technology not yet available
17 Susa I absent Confident Expert -
Technology not yet available
18 Middle Wagadu Empire absent Confident Expert -
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19 Samanid Empire absent Inferred Expert -
"Central Asia’s traders ... moved their goods by large, solidly built boats on the region’s three main rivers." [1]

[1]: (Starr 2013) Starr, S. Frederick. 2013. Lost Enlightenment: Central Asia’s Golden Age from the Arab Conquest to Tamerlane. Princeton University Press. Princeton.


20 Khmer Kingdom absent Inferred Expert -
Jacq-Hergoualc’h’s in-depth and exhaustive examination of Khmer naval history does not produce any evidence of the use of merchant ships in military affairs. [1]

[1]: (Jacq-Hergoualc’h and Smithies 2007, p. 127)


21 Early Angkor absent Inferred Expert -
Jacq-Hergoualc’h’s in-depth and exhaustive examination of Khmer naval history does not produce any evidence of the use of merchant ships in military affairs. [1]

[1]: (Jacq-Hergoualc’h and Smithies 2007, p. 127)


22 Classical Angkor absent Inferred Expert -
Jacq-Hergoualc’h’s in-depth and exhaustive examination of Khmer naval history does not produce any evidence of the use of merchant ships in military affairs. [1]

[1]: (Jacq-Hergoualc’h and Smithies 2007, p. 127)


23 Khanate of Bukhara absent Inferred Expert -
Landlocked state, nomadic cavalry-based army.
24 Japan - Final Jomon absent Confident Expert -
No archaeological evidence for this. Moreover, the scholarly consensus is that the Jomon were relatively peaceful.
25 Japan - Middle Jomon absent Confident Expert -
No archaeological evidence for this. Moreover, the scholarly consensus is that the Jomon were relatively peaceful.
26 Japan - Initial Jomon absent Confident Expert -
No archaeological evidence for this. Moreover, the scholarly consensus is that the Jomon were relatively peaceful.
27 Egypt - Dynasty I absent Inferred Expert -
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28 Icelandic Commonwealth absent Inferred Expert -
On occasion, feuding chieftains would gather fleets: ’Sturla was implacable. Immediately after Snorri’s departure he seized Reykholt, took possession of all his belongings, and forced the chieftains of the district to offer their submission. Urökja and Sturla Thordsson, the historian, fled to Aedey, where they began to gather a fleet of ships with which they intended to sail to the Borgafjord, but Sighvat and Sturla harried the seacoast districts and killed many of their adherents.’ [1] ’Thord, however, did not leave Iceland, but fled to some islands, where he gathered a fleet of thirty ships, a naval force which his adversaries did not venture to meet. Kolbein harried the southwestern districts where Thord had received some assistance. He even dispatched a force to Stadarhol to slay Sturla Thordsson. But he had been warned, and they were only able to plunder his estates.’ [2] Gjerset mentions one naval battle: ’Thord now resolved to gather a fleet for an attack on Kolbein, since a march overland to northern Iceland was very difficult. He was able to secure fifteen small vessels, and sailed with a band of 220 men, leaving the defense of the home districts to Sturla Thordsson. But Kolbein, who was informed of his plans, met him with a larger fleet and superior forces in the bay of Hunafloi, and defeated him after a severe engagement.’ [3] [None of these ships/boats appear to have been ocean going merchant vessels. The flagship of the larger fleet in 1244 was ‘almost’ ocean-going. These were large fishing boats, ferries and vessels used for coastal transport each holding about 20-30 men. So probably (inferred) absent.]

[1]: (Gjerset 1924, 178) Gjerset, Knut. 1924. History of Iceland. New York: Macmillan. Seshat URL: https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/collectionKey/8FGVBVMM/itemKey/GJDJ6MTB

[2]: (Gjerset 1924, 189) Gjerset, Knut. 1924. History of Iceland. New York: Macmillan. Seshat URL: https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/collectionKey/8FGVBVMM/itemKey/GJDJ6MTB

[3]: (Gjerset 1924, 191) Gjerset, Knut. 1924. History of Iceland. New York: Macmillan. Seshat URL: https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/collectionKey/8FGVBVMM/itemKey/GJDJ6MTB


29 Susa II absent Confident Expert -
Technology not yet available
30 Susiana - Early Ubaid absent Confident Expert -
Technology not yet available
31 Konya Plain - Early Chalcolithic absent Confident Expert -
Technology not yet available
32 Yemen - Qasimid Dynasty absent Confident Expert -
We have found no indication of naval battles.
33 Timurid Empire absent Inferred Expert -
No naval warfare.
34 Sogdiana - City-States Period absent Confident Expert -
Landlocked to sea.
35 Neguanje absent Inferred Expert -
No discussion in literature of this. In this case it is evidence of absence since this is in line with logical expectations for this late-complexity society.
36 Western Zhou absent Confident Expert -
"The first recorded use of ships in a military operation occurred circa 1045 B.C.E when King Wu of Zhou ferried 300 chariots and 3,000 men of his personal guard across the Yellow River at Menjin in forty-seven ships to attack the Shang capital. These were not specialized warships but vessels commandeered for the operation." [1]

[1]: (Lorge 2012, 82-83)


37 Egypt - Classic Old Kingdom absent Confident Expert -
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38 Egypt - Late Old Kingdom absent Confident Expert -
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39 Akan - Pre-Ashanti absent Confident Expert -
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40 Early Illinois Confederation absent Inferred Expert -
Not mentioned by sources [1] .

[1]: Illinois State Museum, Illinois Society: Warfare (2000), http://www.museum.state.il.us/muslink/nat_amer/post/htmls/soc_war.html


41 Egypt - Period of the Regions absent Inferred Expert -
-
42 Late Shang absent Inferred Expert -
"The first recorded use of ships in a military operation occurred circa 1045 B.C.E." [1] Used against the Shang by the Zhou.

[1]: (Lorge 2012, 82-83)


43 Erlitou absent Confident Expert -
"The first recorded use of ships in a military operation occurred circa 1045 B.C.E." [1]

[1]: (Lorge 2012, 82-83)


44 Chuuk - Early Truk absent Confident Expert -
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45 Chuuk - Late Truk absent Confident Expert -
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46 Hephthalites absent Confident Expert -
The Hepthalites were a landlocked empire. [1]

[1]: Grousset, Rene. The empire of the steppes: a history of Central Asia. Rutgers University Press, 1970.


47 Greco-Bactrian Kingdom absent Confident Expert -
Campaigns were fought on land, not at sea. [1]

[1]: Sekunda, Nick. The army of Alexander the Great.


48 Kidarite Kingdom absent Confident Expert -
Landlocked polity.
49 Kushan Empire absent Confident Expert -
Landlocked polity.
50 Erligang absent Confident Expert -
"The first recorded use of ships in a military operation occurred circa 1045 B.C.E." [1]

[1]: (Lorge 2012, 82-83)


51 Ghur Principality absent Inferred Expert -
"The Delhi Sultanate had no navy and the Mughal Empire made sporadic attempts to construct a navy. The Mughals maintained a riverine fleet for coastal warfare but lacked a Blue Water Navy." [1]

[1]: (Roy 2015, 9) Kaushik Roy. 2015. Warfare in Pre-British India - 1500 BCE to 1740 CE. Routledge. London.


52 Longshan absent Confident Expert -
"The first recorded use of ships in a military operation occurred circa 1045 B.C.E." [1]

[1]: (Lorge 2012, 82-83)


53 Ayutthaya absent Inferred Expert -
Ayudhya relied on junks for overseas trade with China and elsewhere, but it does not seem to have produced a large naval armament that abandoned the coasts in the early modern period." [1] .

[1]: (Charney 2004, p. 108)


54 Neolithic Crete absent Confident Expert -
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55 Latium - Bronze Age absent Confident Expert -
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56 Yangshao absent Confident Expert -
"The first recorded use of ships in a military operation occurred circa 1045 B.C.E." [1]

[1]: (Lorge 2012, 82-83)


57 Shuar - Colonial absent Confident Expert -
Only canoes are mentioned in the sources
58 Shuar - Ecuadorian absent Confident Expert -
Only canoes are mentioned in the sources
59 Egypt - New Kingdom Ramesside Period absent Confident Expert -
Some of these ships were adapted cargo vessels. Used to transport troops to Lebanese port for war against Syrian city states, and the Mitanni kingdom. [1]

[1]: (Healy 1992, 25)


60 Durrani Empire absent Confident Expert -
As the Durrani were a land based power, coded absent. [1]

[1]: Roy, Kaushik. War, Culture and Society in Early Modern South Asia, 1740-1849. Taylor & Francis, 2011. pp. 30-35


61 Beaker Culture absent Inferred Expert -
Not mentioned in the literature.
62 Late Formative Basin of Mexico absent Confident Expert -
-
63 Indo-Greek Kingdom absent Inferred Expert -
inferred. As a landlocked kingdom, naval forces were restricted to river craft.
64 Roman Empire - Dominate absent Confident Expert -
Transport vessels existed. [1]

[1]: [22]


65 Hallstatt B2-3 absent Confident Expert -
Not mentioned in the literature.
66 Hallstatt C absent Inferred Expert -
Not mentioned in the literature.
67 Hallstatt D absent Confident Expert -
Not mentioned in the literature.
68 Konya Plain - Late Neolithic absent Confident Expert -
Technology not yet available
69 Konya Plain - Early Neolithic absent Confident Expert -
Technology not yet available
70 Konya Plain - Ceramic Neolithic absent Confident Expert -
Technology not yet available
71 Konya Plain - Late Chalcolithic absent Confident Expert -
Technology not yet available
72 Hawaii I absent Confident Expert -
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73 Hawaii II absent Inferred Expert -
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74 Hawaii III absent Confident Expert -
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75 Iban - Pre-Brooke absent Confident Expert -
-
76 Cuzco - Late Formative absent Inferred Expert -
Small size of polity implies that there was no significant naval military activity.
77 Yisrael absent Confident Expert -
-
78 Late Cappadocia absent Confident Expert -
Inferred, as Cappadocia is landlocked.
79 Egypt - Kushite Period absent Inferred Expert -
needs expert verification
80 Sakha - Late absent Confident Expert -
Given the importance of nomadism, it seems unlikely that naval technology was used in warfare.
81 Sakha - Early absent Confident Expert -
Given the importance of nomadism, it seems unlikely that naval technology was used in warfare.
82 Deccan - Neolithic absent Confident Expert -
-
83 Late A'chik absent Confident Expert -
-
84 Kachi Plain - Post-Urban Period absent Confident Expert -
Pirak is landlocked.
85 Kachi Plain - Chalcolithic absent Confident Expert -
Inferred as Mehrgarh is landlocked.
86 Kachi Plain - Ceramic Neolithic absent Confident Expert -
Inferred as Mehrgarh is landlocked.
87 Kachi Plain - Aceramic Neolithic absent Confident Expert -
Inferred as Mehrgarh is landlocked.
88 Cuzco - Early Intermediate II absent Inferred Expert -
Small size of polity implies that there was no significant naval military activity.
89 Kingdom of Norway II absent Inferred Expert -
[The only recorded naval battle took place in 1244 CE.]
90 Oaxaca - San Jose absent Confident Expert -
The Valley of Oaxaca is landlocked.
91 Oaxaca - Rosario absent Confident Expert -
The Valley of Oaxaca is landlocked.
92 Monte Alban V absent Confident Expert -
The Valley of Oaxaca is landlocked.
93 Monte Alban III absent Confident Expert -
The Valley of Oaxaca is landlocked.
94 Cuzco - Early Intermediate I absent Inferred Expert -
Small size of polity implies that there was no significant naval military activity.
95 Cahokia - Emergent Mississippian I absent Confident Expert -
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96 Cahokia - Sand Prairie absent Confident Expert -
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97 Cahokia - Late Woodland I absent Confident Expert -
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98 Cahokia - Late Woodland III absent Confident Expert -
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99 Cahokia - Middle Woodland absent Confident Expert -
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100 Cahokia - Late Woodland II absent Confident Expert -
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101 Cahokia - Emergent Mississippian II absent Confident Expert -
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102 Cahokia - Early Woodland absent Confident Expert -
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103 Kingdom of Hawaii - Kamehameha Period absent Confident Expert -
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104 Haudenosaunee Confederacy - Late absent Confident Expert -
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105 Haudenosaunee Confederacy - Early absent Confident Expert -
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106 Cahokia - Moorehead absent Confident Expert -
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107 Ashanti Empire absent Inferred Expert -
The sources available make no mention of naval warfare or technology.
108 Delhi Sultanate absent Inferred Expert -
"The Delhi Sultanate had no navy and the Mughal Empire made sporadic attempts to construct a navy. The Mughals maintained a riverine fleet for coastal warfare but lacked a Blue Water Navy." [1]

[1]: (Roy 2015, 9) Kaushik Roy. 2015. Warfare in Pre-British India - 1500 BCE to 1740 CE. Routledge. London.


109 Early A'chik absent Confident Expert -
inland polity
110 Oaxaca - Tierras Largas absent Confident Expert -
The Valley of Oaxaca is landlocked.
111 Cahokia - Lohman-Stirling absent Confident Expert -
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112 Monte Alban IIIB and IV absent Confident Expert -
The Valley of Oaxaca is landlocked.
113 Susiana - Muhammad Jaffar absent Confident Expert -
Technology not yet available
114 Kachi Plain - Urban Period I absent Inferred Expert -
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115 Formative Period absent Confident Expert -
Technology not yet available
116 Susiana A absent Confident Expert -
Technology not yet available
117 Susiana B absent Confident Expert -
Technology not yet available
118 Susiana - Late Ubaid absent Confident Expert -
Technology not yet available
119 Pre-Ceramic Period absent Confident Expert -
Technology not yet available
120 Monte Alban II absent Confident Expert -
The Valley of Oaxaca is landlocked.
121 Latium - Copper Age absent Confident Expert -
-
122 Kachi Plain - Proto-Historic Period absent Confident Expert -
-
123 Xiongnu Imperial Confederation absent Confident Expert -
According to personal communication with N. Kradin. [1]

[1]: (Kradin 2015, personal communication)


124 Xianbei Confederation absent Confident Expert -
According to personal communication with N. Kradin. [1]

[1]: (Kradin 2015, personal communication)


125 Papal States - Early Modern Period II absent Confident Expert -
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126 Rouran Khaganate absent Confident Expert -
There were rivers, but the Rouran were nomads who did not have permanent settlements so no reason to use boats to travel from point A-B when they have horses to do so. Certainly would not have needed to use river vessels for military use. Half the year the rivers would be frozen.
127 Exarchate of Ravenna absent Confident Expert -
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128 Kachi Plain - Pre-Urban Period absent Confident Expert -
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129 Republic of St Peter I absent Confident Expert -
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130 Orokaiva - Colonial absent Confident Expert -
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131 Orokaiva - Pre-Colonial absent Confident Expert -
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132 Monte Alban Late I absent Confident Expert -
The Valley of Oaxaca is landlocked.
133 Early Monte Alban I absent Confident Expert -
The Valley of Oaxaca is landlocked.
134 Late Xiongnu absent Confident Expert -
According to personal communication with N. Kradin. [1]

[1]: (Kradin 2015, personal communication)


135 Early Xiongnu absent Inferred Expert -
The Xiongnu were land-based steppe nomads, unlikely to have had any sort of navy
136 Yemen Ziyad Dynasty present Inferred Expert -
Code inferred from Abbasid Caliphate [1] which occupied Yemen between 751-868 CE. Greek fire was being used: "by the year 850 even crew members of Arab trading vessels in the Indian Ocean would use it to protect their ships against pirates". [2]

[1]: (Gabrieli 1964, 57-65) Francesco Gabrieli. 1964. Greeks and Arabs in the Central Mediterranean Area. Papers 18. Dumbarton Oaks.

[2]: Z Bilkadi. 1984. Bitumen: A History. Saudi Aramco World. November/December. pp 2-9. https://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/198406/bitumen.-.a.history.htm


137 Jin Dynasty present Confident Expert -
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138 Great Yuan present Confident Expert -
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139 Ptolemaic Kingdom I present Confident Expert -
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140 Ptolemaic Kingdom II present Confident Expert -
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141 Late Qing present Confident Expert -
Yongzheng era, process of registering merchant vessels began [1]

[1]: (Po 2018, 168-169)


142 Tang Dynasty I present Inferred Expert -
"Supply ships." [1]

[1]: (Graff 2002, 199) Graff, D A. 2002. Medieval Chinese Warfare, 300-900. Routledge. London


143 Tang Dynasty II present Inferred Expert -
Inferred from Early Tang
144 Carolingian Empire I present Confident Expert -
David Baker says present. [1]

[1]: David Baker. Personal communication to Seshat Databank.


145 Carolingian Empire II present Confident Expert -
David Baker says present. [1]

[1]: David Baker. Personal communication to Seshat Databank.


146 Canaan present Confident Expert -
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147 Neo-Assyrian Empire present Confident Expert -
-
148 Abbasid Caliphate I present Confident Expert -
[1]

[1]: Gabrieli, Francesco. "Greeks and Arabs in the Central Mediterranean Area." Dumbarton Oaks Papers 18 (1964): 57-65.


149 Achaemenid Empire present Inferred Expert -
In 345 BCE vs Sidonians: "The fleet consisted of 300 warships and 500 cargo vessels." [1]

[1]: (Dandamaev 1989, 308) Dandamaev, M A. 1989. A Political History of the Achaemenid Empire. Brill.


150 Safavid Empire present Confident Expert -
Shah Abbas would recruit sailors from Arab vassal states to man converted merchant ships. [1]

[1]: Steven R. Ward, Immortal: A Military History of Iran and Its Armed Forces (Washington, D.C: Georgetown University Press, 2009), p.49.


151 Rome - Republic of St Peter II present Confident Expert -
-
152 Papal States - Early Modern Period I present Confident Expert -
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153 Papal States - Renaissance Period present Confident Expert -
-
154 Papal States - High Medieval Period present Confident Expert -
Present, because shipping was active on the Tiber and in the Tyrhennian throughout the period, and the papacy frequently used the fleets of allies such as the Angevins.
155 Middle Roman Republic present Confident Expert -
Likely for transportation of military overseas, e.g. at this time to Egypt or North Africa.
156 Phoenician Empire present Confident Expert -
The line between "merchant ship" and "warship" was blurry in any event, given the dangers of piracy in the Mediterranean. [1]

[1]: Moore/Lewis (2000).


157 East Roman Empire present Confident Expert -
-
158 Umayyad Caliphate present Confident Expert -
[1]

[1]: (Blankinship 1994, 26,87,105,304, 309)


159 Byzantine Empire III present Confident Expert -
Preiser-Kapeller says present. [1]

[1]: (Preiser-Kapeller 2015) Institute for Medieval Research, Division of Byzantine Research, Austrian Academy of Sciences)


160 Rasulid Dynasty present Inferred Expert -
-
161 Byzantine Empire II present Confident Expert -
Preiser-Kapeller says present. [1]

[1]: (Preiser-Kapeller 2015) Institute for Medieval Research, Division of Byzantine Research, Austrian Academy of Sciences)


162 Great Ming present Confident Expert -
The bulk good travel more cheaply by water than by land, hence the importance of rivers and canals for transporting grain and other bulk commodities. The nature flow of China was from its western mountains to its eastern plains, so the Grand Canal, the origins of which go back to seventh century, would become the core of the Ming state’s north-south transportation strategy. [1]

[1]: (Brook, 2010, p.110)


163 Sui Dynasty present Inferred Expert -
613 CE: Emperor Yang vs. Koguryo: A rebel had been "delaying the shipment of supplies northward through Hebei on the pretext that bandit activity had blocked traffic on the Yongji Canal." [1] Note: can infer that army used merchant ships for this?

[1]: (Graff 2002, 153) Graff, D A. 2002. Medieval Chinese Warfare, 300-900. Routledge. London.


164 Egypt - Mamluk Sultanate III present Confident Expert -
’Mamluk attack on Yemen ‘Husayn, with the main body of vessels, set out for Aden while Salman caught up with the trading vessels which were laden with goods. He left them unharmed and simply exchanged his own sea captain for the Tahirid on the sultan’s ship. This was in order to ensure that they obtained the revenues from the sale of the goods and he also took the precaution of sending a letter to the sultan of Gujarat telling him that Yemen now belonged to them. The ship’s captain was instructed to return with provisions, wood and iron.’"’ Husayn al-Kurdf then began his siege of Aden, heavily bombarding the city from the ships.’ [1]

[1]: Porter, Venetia Ann (1992) The history and monuments of the Tahirid dynasty of the Yemen 858-923/1454-1517, Durham theses, Durham University, p. 131, Available at Durham E-Theses Online: http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/5867/


165 Egypt - Tulunid-Ikhshidid Period present Inferred Expert -
present for Abbasid Caliphate: [1]

[1]: Gabrieli, Francesco. "Greeks and Arabs in the Central Mediterranean Area." Dumbarton Oaks Papers 18 (1964): 57-65.


166 French Kingdom - Late Capetian present Confident Expert -
"French fleets consisted mainly of merchant vessels recruited for royal service. Galleys were built or hired to fight, but by the 15th century these were replaced by large sailing ships over a hundred feet in length with carrying capacities of up to 1,000 tons." [1]

[1]: (Runyan 1995, 1246-1247) Timothy J Runyan. 1995. Naval Power. William W Kibler. Grover A Zinn. Lawrence Earp. John Bell Henneman Jr. Medieval France (1995): An Encyclopedia. Garland Publishing, Inc. New York.


167 French Kingdom - Early Valois present Confident Expert -
"French fleets consisted mainly of merchant vessels recruited for royal service. Galleys were built or hired to fight, but by the 15th century these were replaced by large sailing ships over a hundred feet in length with carrying capacities of up to 1,000 tons." [1]

[1]: (Runyan 1995, 1246-1247) Timothy J Runyan. 1995. Naval Power. William W Kibler. Grover A Zinn. Lawrence Earp. John Bell Henneman Jr. Medieval France (1995): An Encyclopedia. Garland Publishing, Inc. New York.


168 Iban - Brooke Raj and Colonial present Confident Expert -
Finally, armed with the Brunei permission, a Sarawak expeditionary force advanced toward Mukah. It consisted of twenty-five boats belonging to the Malay traders and three small, sail-powered gunboats. [1]

[1]: Pringle, Robert Maxwell. 1968. “Ibans Of Sarawak Under Brooke Rule, 1841-1941.”, 191


169 Yehuda present Inferred Expert -
Given the amount of trade taking place from Judean ports, and the amount of piracy in the Mediterranean, this is likely. Indeed, Hyrcanus II accused his brother Aristobulus of engaging in piracy himself. Various Hasmonean kings also used maritime motifs in their coinage. [1]

[1]: Patai (1999:75).


170 Late Roman Republic present Confident Expert -
Likely for transportation of military overseas, e.g. at this time to Egypt or North Africa.
171 Roman Empire - Principate present Confident Expert -
For example, Roman invasion of Britain. Did not have military transport ships.
172 Chenla present Confident Expert -
’We should think of Funan, therefore, not as a centralised kingdom extending from southern Vietnam all the way around to the Kra Isthmus, but rather as a mandala, the power of whose capital in southeastern Cambodia waxed and waned, and whose armed merchant ships succeeded in enforcing its temporary suzerainty over small coastal trading ports around the Gulf of Thailand. What gave Funan the edge over other such centres of power was clearly its position astride the India-China trade route. Its power, however, is unlikely to have spread far inland. Further north, on the middle Mekong and on the lower Chao Phraya River, other power centres were establishing themselves that in time would challenge and replace Funan.’ [1]

[1]: (Stuart-Fox 2003, 29-30)


173 Funan I present Inferred Expert -
’We should think of Funan, therefore, not as a centralised kingdom extending from southern Vietnam all the way around to the Kra Isthmus, but rather as a mandala, the power of whose capital in southeastern Cambodia waxed and waned, and whose armed merchant ships succeeded in enforcing its temporary suzerainty over small coastal trading ports around the Gulf of Thailand. What gave Funan the edge over other such centres of power was clearly its position astride the India-China trade route. Its power, however, is unlikely to have spread far inland. Further north, on the middle Mekong and on the lower Chao Phraya River, other power centres were establishing themselves that in time would challenge and replace Funan.’ [1]

[1]: (Stuart-Fox 2003, p. 29-30)


174 Funan II present Inferred Expert -
’We should think of Funan, therefore, not as a centralised kingdom extending from southern Vietnam all the way around to the Kra Isthmus, but rather as a mandala, the power of whose capital in southeastern Cambodia waxed and waned, and whose armed merchant ships succeeded in enforcing its temporary suzerainty over small coastal trading ports around the Gulf of Thailand. What gave Funan the edge over other such centres of power was clearly its position astride the India-China trade route. Its power, however, is unlikely to have spread far inland. Further north, on the middle Mekong and on the lower Chao Phraya River, other power centres were establishing themselves that in time would challenge and replace Funan.’ [1] ’By the end of the fifth century, Funan was losing ground to its northern neighbor Linyi (the future Champa), the sailors who had provided Funan’s navy had turned to piracy, and the Malay entrepoˆts had begun sending their own embassies to China. In this same period, as noted earlier, Funan’s canal and irrigation networks were expanding rapidly in the Mekong Delta, as part of its transition to a more intensive agricultural economy. However, Funan’s decline continued, as midway through the sixth century its Khmer vassals to the north broke away, and by the seventh century Funan was no more. Its irrigation networks in the Mekong Delta were reclaimed by jungle as the farmers moved northwest to the new Khmer-ruled centers in the central Cambodia Tonle Sap area.’ [2]

[1]: (Stuart-Fox 2003, p. 29-30)

[2]: (Hall 2010, pp. 60-61)


175 Saadi Sultanate present Confident Expert -
"The state budgets of the 16th century were not designed to sustain the expense of the continuous upkeep of large professional navies. Use was therefore made of the private profit motive. Individual adventurers, known as privateers or corsairs, were authorised to equip and man armed vessels. These might then attack the shipping of states with which the government of their owners was at war and make a profit from disposing of the booty taken. The proceeds were divided in legally fixed proportions between the owner, the government, the officers, and the crew; in this way war was made to pay for itself. In national emergencies this shipping and the crews formed a reserve for enlarging such regular forces as the state might possess. Captured privateers enjoyed the rights of prisoners of war. The finance might be provided by the monarch himself, by individuals, or by a syndicate. Officially such activities could only be carried on with previous permission of some national authority, against shipping belonging to enemies of the state and in accordance with internationally recognised conventions, modified or amplified by bilateral treaties between the states concerned." [1]

[1]: (Barbour 1969, 99) Nevill Barbour. North West Africa From the 15th to 19th Centuries. H K Kissling. F R C Bagley. N Barbour. J S Trimingham. H Braun. B Spuler. H Hartel. eds. 1969. The Muslim World. A Historical Survey. Part III. The Last Great Muslim Empires. EJ BRILL. Leiden.


176 Byzantine Empire I present Confident Expert -
Preiser-Kapeller says present. [1]

[1]: (Johannes Preiser-Kapeller 2015) Institute for Medieval Research, Division of Byzantine Research, Austrian Academy of Sciences)


177 Himyar I present Confident Expert -
"The Himyarite navy appears to have consisted of the dhow merchant ships meant either for trade in the Red Sea, Arabian Sea or Indian Ocean, and small numbers of pirate vessels." [1] "The bulk of the Himyarite naval assets lay in the ports of Mukhawan, Aden, Qana, and after its conquest also in Oman. These ports could house truly significant numbers of these ships. For example, on one occasion in the thrid century the Sabaeans destroyed forty-seven cargo vessels/sambuccas in one of the Hadramawt ports ..." [2]

[1]: (Syvanne 2015, 135) Ilkka Syvanne. 2015. Military History of Late Rome 284-361. Pen and Sword. Barnsley.

[2]: (Syvanne 2015, 136) Ilkka Syvanne. 2015. Military History of Late Rome 284-361. Pen and Sword. Barnsley.


178 Himyar II present Confident Expert -
"The Himyarite navy appears to have consisted of the dhow merchant ships meant either for trade in the Red Sea, Arabian Sea or Indian Ocean, and small numbers of pirate vessels." [1] "The bulk of the Himyarite naval assets lay in the ports of Mukhawan, Aden, Qana, and after its conquest also in Oman. These ports could house truly significant numbers of these ships. For example, on one occasion in the thrid century the Sabaeans destroyed forty-seven cargo vessels/sambuccas in one of the Hadramawt ports ..." [2]

[1]: (Syvanne 2015, 135) Ilkka Syvanne. 2015. Military History of Late Rome 284-361. Pen and Sword. Barnsley.

[2]: (Syvanne 2015, 136) Ilkka Syvanne. 2015. Military History of Late Rome 284-361. Pen and Sword. Barnsley.


179 Yemen - Era of Warlords present Inferred Expert -
Code inferred from Abbasid Caliphate [1] which occupied Yemen between 751-868 CE. Greek fire was being used: "by the year 850 even crew members of Arab trading vessels in the Indian Ocean would use it to protect their ships against pirates". [2]

[1]: (Gabrieli 1964, 57-65) Francesco Gabrieli. 1964. Greeks and Arabs in the Central Mediterranean Area. Papers 18. Dumbarton Oaks.

[2]: Z Bilkadi. 1984. Bitumen: A History. Saudi Aramco World. November/December. pp 2-9. https://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/198406/bitumen.-.a.history.htm


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181 Elam - Awan Dynasty I unknown Suspected Expert -
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182 Kachi Plain - Urban Period II unknown Suspected Expert -
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183 Sarazm unknown Suspected Expert -
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184 Fatimid Caliphate unknown Suspected Expert -
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185 Western Jin unknown Suspected Expert -
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186 Kingdom of Lydia unknown Suspected Expert -
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187 Ottoman Empire II unknown Suspected Expert -
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188 Phrygian Kingdom unknown Suspected Expert -
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189 Rum Sultanate unknown Suspected Expert -
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190 Akkadian Empire unknown Suspected Expert -
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192 Seleucids unknown Suspected Expert -
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193 Sasanid Empire II unknown Suspected Expert -
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194 Sasanid Empire I unknown Suspected Expert -
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199 Elymais II unknown Suspected Expert -
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201 Ur - Dynasty III unknown Suspected Expert -
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202 Ubaid unknown Suspected Expert -
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203 Oneota unknown Suspected Expert -
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204 Chagatai Khanate unknown Suspected Expert -
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205 Abbasid Caliphate II unknown Suspected Expert -
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206 Vijayanagara Empire unknown Suspected Expert -
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207 Vakataka Kingdom unknown Suspected Expert -
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208 Rashtrakuta Empire unknown Suspected Expert -
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209 Mughal Empire unknown Suspected Expert -
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210 Kampili Kingdom unknown Suspected Expert -
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211 Cuzco - Late Intermediate I unknown Suspected Expert -
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212 Kadamba Empire unknown Suspected Expert -
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213 Hoysala Kingdom unknown Suspected Expert -
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214 Gupta Empire unknown Suspected Expert -
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215 Gahadavala Dynasty unknown Suspected Expert -
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216 Post-Mauryan Kingdoms unknown Suspected Expert -
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217 Chalukyas of Kalyani unknown Suspected Expert -
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218 Chalukyas of Badami unknown Suspected Expert -
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219 Eastern Han Empire unknown Suspected Expert -
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220 Rattanakosin unknown Suspected Expert -
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221 Konya Plain - Early Bronze Age unknown Suspected Expert -
No information in the archaeological evidence for this time and code has yet to receive an expert check
222 Middle Bronze Age in Central Anatolia unknown Suspected Expert -
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223 Early Wei Dynasty unknown Suspected Expert -
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224 Kingdom of Ayodhya unknown Suspected Expert -
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225 Prepalatial Crete unknown Suspected Expert -
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226 La Tene B2-C1 unknown Suspected Expert -
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227 Middle Merovingian unknown Suspected Expert -
Not discussed in consulted literature - RA.
228 Proto-Carolingian unknown Suspected Expert -
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229 Hallstatt A-B1 unknown Suspected Expert -
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230 Tabal Kingdoms unknown Suspected Expert -
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231 Early Qing unknown Suspected Expert -
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232 Atlantic Complex unknown Suspected Expert -
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233 Hmong - Early Chinese unknown Suspected Expert -
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234 French Kingdom - Early Bourbon unknown Suspected Expert -
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235 Spanish Empire I unknown Suspected Expert -
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236 Hmong - Late Qing unknown Suspected Expert -
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237 Koktepe II unknown Suspected Expert -
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238 Koktepe I unknown Suspected Expert -
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239 Egypt - Saite Period unknown Suspected Expert -
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240 Ancient Khwarazm unknown Suspected Expert -
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241 Egypt - New Kingdom Thutmosid Period unknown Suspected Expert -
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242 Egypt - Dynasty 0 unknown Suspected Expert -
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243 Cuzco - Late Intermediate II unknown Suspected Expert -
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244 Sind - Abbasid-Fatimid Period unknown Suspected Expert -
"The Delhi Sultanate had no navy and the Mughal Empire made sporadic attempts to construct a navy. The Mughals maintained a riverine fleet for coastal warfare but lacked a Blue Water Navy." [1]

[1]: (Roy 2015, 9) Kaushik Roy. 2015. Warfare in Pre-British India - 1500 BCE to 1740 CE. Routledge. London.


245 French Kingdom - Late Bourbon unknown Suspected Expert -
Merchant marine increased 200-500 ships 1660-1680 CE. [1]

[1]: (Ladurie 1991, 152-153)


246 Proto-French Kingdom unknown Suspected Expert -
"French fleets consisted mainly of merchant vessels recruited for royal service." [1] Does this reference apply to this period? - Perhaps not. "The English possessions in France led to Anglo-French warfare in the 13th and 14th centuries. The French pieced together a navy for use in the Atlantic and the Channel, often hiring Genose galleys to fight the English, especially in the Hundred Years’ War (1337-1453 CE). France also built a naval base and shipyard, the Clos des Galées, at Rouen." [2]

[1]: (Runyan 1995, 1246-1247)

[2]: (Runyan 1995, 1246-1247) Timothy J Runyan. 1995. Naval Power. William W Kibler. Grover A Zinn. Lawrence Earp. John Bell Henneman Jr. Medieval France (1995): An Encyclopedia. Garland Publishing, Inc. New York.


247 Sind - Samma Dynasty unknown Suspected Expert -
"The Delhi Sultanate had no navy and the Mughal Empire made sporadic attempts to construct a navy. The Mughals maintained a riverine fleet for coastal warfare but lacked a Blue Water Navy." [1]

[1]: (Roy 2015, 9) Kaushik Roy. 2015. Warfare in Pre-British India - 1500 BCE to 1740 CE. Routledge. London.


248 Early Merovingian unknown Suspected Expert -
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249 La Tene A-B1 unknown Suspected Expert -
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250 Naqada II unknown Suspected Expert -
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251 Naqada I unknown Suspected Expert -
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252 Egypt - Middle Kingdom unknown Suspected Expert -
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253 Yemen - Tahirid Dynasty unknown Suspected Expert -
Naval battle recorded but the pressing of merchant ships into service is not mentioned
254 La Tene C2-D unknown Suspected Expert -
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255 Hellenistic Crete unknown Suspected Expert -
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256 Archaic Crete unknown Confident Expert -
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[1]: Everson, T. 2004. Warfare in Ancient Greece: Arms and Armour from the Heroes of Homer to Alexander the Great, Sutton.


257 Konya Plain - Late Bronze Age II unknown Suspected Expert -
"There was no Hittite fleet, and we do not know what ships were used for intercourse with the island of Cyprus, which the Hittites appear to have controlled. They used the services of the countries covered, especially Ugarit. However, the last king of Hatti, Suppiluliuma II actually boasts of victory in two sea battles (but does not describe them)." [1]

[1]: Gurney, O. R. (1952) The Hittites, Penguin. pp. 103


258 Tocharians unknown Suspected Expert -
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259 Egypt - Mamluk Sultanate II unknown Suspected Expert -
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260 Kannauj - Varman Dynasty unknown Suspected Expert -
"In north India, Bengal and the Indus valley played important role in naval affairs. We are informed that Jivitagupta II of Magadha and Dahir and Jaismha of Sind had also powerful naval forces. Jaisimha was defeated and killed by the Arabs after a hard fought naval battle." [1]

[1]: (Mishra 1977, 149) Shyam Manohar Mishra. 1977. Yaśovarman of Kanauj: A Study of Political History, Social, and Cultural Life of Northern India During the Reign of Yaśovarman. Abhinav Publications.


261 Mahajanapada era unknown Suspected Expert -
Boats are mentioned in the Rigveda but it is not clear if they were for rivers or the sea, or whether they were used for military activity. [1]

[1]: Singh, Upinder, A History of Ancient and Early Medieval India: From the Stone Age to the 12th Century (New Delhi: Pearson Education, 2008, p.199.


262 Uruk unknown Suspected Expert -
There are some proves for using the boats in river trade between southern and northern Mesopotamia, therefore the used the merchant ships cannot be completely excluded. [1]

[1]: Carter 2012, 356-7


263 Ak Koyunlu unknown Suspected Expert -
"A perhaps unexpected role that fell to Turcomans who had risen to power in the mountains of Anatolia, far from the sea, was to garrison forts along the Arabian Gulf coast to protect the rich trading links with India. Aq Qoyunlu vessels plied such waters, but whether any could be regarded as warships to suppress the endemic piracy of the Gulf is again unknown." [1] "The weapons used in the military forces of the Anatolian Principalities ... Principalities with an outlet on the sea are believed to have had small naval forces." [2]

[1]: (Nicolle 1990, 37) Nicolle, David. 1990. The Age of Tamerlane. Osprey Publishing.

[2]: (1994, 365) Ibrahim Kafesoglu. Ahmet Edip Uysal. Erdogan Mercil. Hidayet Yavuz Nuhoglu. 1994. A short history of Turkish-Islamic states (excluding the Ottoman state). Turkish Historical Society Printing House.


264 Elam - Crisis Period unknown Suspected Expert -
At the time of Ur III c2000 BCE Gu’abba was a seaport on the Persian Gulf that built ships and had a textile manufacturing sector. A trade route from Guabba ran east to the Karun River and beyond (the region of Susiana). The route was also used for the transport of troops. [1] The Karun River runs inland into Khuzestan which was the Elamite heartland. It would be logical for there to have been boats that sailed down this river to the Persian Gulf. The boats on the Karun could also have ferried troops.

[1]: (? 2018) Author?. Title?. Javier Alvarez-Mon. Gian Pietro Basello. Yasmina Wicks. ed. 2018. The Elamite World. Routledge. Abingdon.


265 Egypt - Mamluk Sultanate I unknown Suspected Expert -
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266 Elam - Kidinuid Period unknown Suspected Expert -
At the time of Ur III c2000 BCE Gu’abba was a seaport on the Persian Gulf that built ships and had a textile manufacturing sector. A trade route from Guabba ran east to the Karun River and beyond (the region of Susiana). The route was also used for the transport of troops. [1] The Karun River runs inland into Khuzestan which was the Elamite heartland. It would be logical for there to have been boats that sailed down this river to the Persian Gulf. The boats on the Karun could also have ferried troops.

[1]: (? 2018) Author?. Title?. Javier Alvarez-Mon. Gian Pietro Basello. Yasmina Wicks. ed. 2018. The Elamite World. Routledge. Abingdon.


267 Elam - Igihalkid Period unknown Suspected Expert -
At the time of Ur III c2000 BCE Gu’abba was a seaport on the Persian Gulf that built ships and had a textile manufacturing sector. A trade route from Guabba ran east to the Karun River and beyond (the region of Susiana). The route was also used for the transport of troops. [1] The Karun River runs inland into Khuzestan which was the Elamite heartland. It would be logical for there to have been boats that sailed down this river to the Persian Gulf. The boats on the Karun could also have ferried troops.

[1]: (? 2018) Author?. Title?. Javier Alvarez-Mon. Gian Pietro Basello. Yasmina Wicks. ed. 2018. The Elamite World. Routledge. Abingdon.


268 Elam - Shutrukid Period unknown Suspected Expert -
At the time of Ur III c2000 BCE Gu’abba was a seaport on the Persian Gulf that built ships and had a textile manufacturing sector. A trade route from Guabba ran east to the Karun River and beyond (the region of Susiana). The route was also used for the transport of troops. [1] The Karun River runs inland into Khuzestan which was the Elamite heartland. It would be logical for there to have been boats that sailed down this river to the Persian Gulf. The boats on the Karun could also have ferried troops.

[1]: (? 2018) Author?. Title?. Javier Alvarez-Mon. Gian Pietro Basello. Yasmina Wicks. ed. 2018. The Elamite World. Routledge. Abingdon.


269 Elam I unknown Suspected Expert -
At the time of Ur III c2000 BCE Gu’abba was a seaport on the Persian Gulf that built ships and had a textile manufacturing sector. A trade route from Guabba ran east to the Karun River and beyond (the region of Susiana). The route was also used for the transport of troops. [1] The Karun River runs inland into Khuzestan which was the Elamite heartland. It would be logical for there to have been boats that sailed down this river to the Persian Gulf. The boats on the Karun could also have ferried troops.

[1]: (? 2018) Author?. Title?. Javier Alvarez-Mon. Gian Pietro Basello. Yasmina Wicks. ed. 2018. The Elamite World. Routledge. Abingdon.


270 Elam II unknown Suspected Expert -
At the time of Ur III c2000 BCE Gu’abba was a seaport on the Persian Gulf that built ships and had a textile manufacturing sector. A trade route from Guabba ran east to the Karun River and beyond (the region of Susiana). The route was also used for the transport of troops. [1] The Karun River runs inland into Khuzestan which was the Elamite heartland. It would be logical for there to have been boats that sailed down this river to the Persian Gulf. The boats on the Karun could also have ferried troops.

[1]: (? 2018) Author?. Title?. Javier Alvarez-Mon. Gian Pietro Basello. Yasmina Wicks. ed. 2018. The Elamite World. Routledge. Abingdon.


271 Elam III unknown Suspected Expert -
At the time of Ur III c2000 BCE Gu’abba was a seaport on the Persian Gulf that built ships and had a textile manufacturing sector. A trade route from Guabba ran east to the Karun River and beyond (the region of Susiana). The route was also used for the transport of troops. [1] The Karun River runs inland into Khuzestan which was the Elamite heartland. It would be logical for there to have been boats that sailed down this river to the Persian Gulf. The boats on the Karun could also have ferried troops.

[1]: (? 2018) Author?. Title?. Javier Alvarez-Mon. Gian Pietro Basello. Yasmina Wicks. ed. 2018. The Elamite World. Routledge. Abingdon.


272 Elam - Shimashki Period unknown Suspected Expert -
At the time of Ur III c2000 BCE Gu’abba was a seaport on the Persian Gulf that built ships and had a textile manufacturing sector. A trade route from Guabba ran east to the Karun River and beyond (the region of Susiana). The route was also used for the transport of troops. [1] The Karun River runs inland into Khuzestan which was the Elamite heartland. It would be logical for there to have been boats that sailed down this river to the Persian Gulf. The boats on the Karun could also have ferried troops.

[1]: (? 2018) Author?. Title?. Javier Alvarez-Mon. Gian Pietro Basello. Yasmina Wicks. ed. 2018. The Elamite World. Routledge. Abingdon.


273 Elam - Early Sukkalmah unknown Suspected Expert -
At the time of Ur III c2000 BCE Gu’abba was a seaport on the Persian Gulf that built ships and had a textile manufacturing sector. A trade route from Guabba ran east to the Karun River and beyond (the region of Susiana). The route was also used for the transport of troops. [1] The Karun River runs inland into Khuzestan which was the Elamite heartland. It would be logical for there to have been boats that sailed down this river to the Persian Gulf. The boats on the Karun could also have ferried troops.

[1]: (? 2018) Author?. Title?. Javier Alvarez-Mon. Gian Pietro Basello. Yasmina Wicks. ed. 2018. The Elamite World. Routledge. Abingdon.


274 Elam - Late Sukkalmah unknown Suspected Expert -
At the time of Ur III c2000 BCE Gu’abba was a seaport on the Persian Gulf that built ships and had a textile manufacturing sector. A trade route from Guabba ran east to the Karun River and beyond (the region of Susiana). The route was also used for the transport of troops. [1] The Karun River runs inland into Khuzestan which was the Elamite heartland. It would be logical for there to have been boats that sailed down this river to the Persian Gulf. The boats on the Karun could also have ferried troops.

[1]: (? 2018) Author?. Title?. Javier Alvarez-Mon. Gian Pietro Basello. Yasmina Wicks. ed. 2018. The Elamite World. Routledge. Abingdon.


275 Egypt - Inter-Occupation Period unknown Suspected Expert -
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276 Egypt - Dynasty II unknown Suspected Expert -
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277 Hatti - New Kingdom unknown Suspected Expert -
"There was no Hittite fleet, and we do not know what ships were used for intercourse with the island of Cyprus, which the Hittites appear to have controlled. They used the services of the countries covered, especially Ugarit. However, the last king of Hatti, Suppiluliuma II actually boasts of victory in two sea battles (but does not describe them)." [1]

[1]: Gurney, O. R. (1952) The Hittites, Penguin. pp. 103


278 Hatti - Old Kingdom unknown Suspected Expert -
’There was no Hittite fleet, and we do not know what ships were used for intercourse with the island of Cyprus, which the Hittites appear to have controlled. They used the services of the countries covered, especially Ugarit. However, the last king of Hatti, Suppiluliuma II actually boasts of victory in two sea battles (but does not describe them).’ [1]

[1]: Gurney, O. R. (1952) The Hittites, Penguin. pp. 103


279 Western Roman Empire - Late Antiquity unknown Confident Expert -
"A further consequence of the loss of Africa to the Vandals was the fact that in capturing Carthage the Vandals also appeared to have taken control of the Roman fleet. ... concerning the nature of this ’fleet’, ... most likely that the majority of the ships stationed at Carthage were merchant ships, although there may have been a few warships in Carthage as a precautionary measure against attack, and as encouragement to traders to maintain their belief in Roman domination of the Mediterranean." [1]

[1]: (Huges 2015) Huges, Ian. 2015. Patricians and Emperors: The Last Rulers of the Western Roman Empire. Pen and Sword Military.


280 Badarian unknown Suspected Expert -
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281 Ayyubid Sultanate unknown Suspected Expert -
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282 Tairona unknown Suspected Expert -
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283 OOpsian unknown Suspected Expert -
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284 Western Han Empire unknown Suspected Expert -
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285 Northern Wei unknown Suspected Expert -
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286 Northern Song unknown Suspected Expert -
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287 Neo-Hittite Kingdoms unknown Suspected Expert -
’There was no Hittite fleet, and we do not know what ships were used for intercourse with the island of Cyprus, which the Hittites appear to have controlled. They used the services of the countries covered, especially Ugarit. However, the last king of Hatti, Suppiluliuma II actually boasts of victory in two sea battles (but does not describe them).’ [1]

[1]: Gurney, O. R. (1952) The Hittites, Penguin. pp. 103


288 The Emirate of Crete unknown Suspected Expert -
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289 Later Wagadu Empire unknown Suspected Expert -
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290 Zungharian Empire unknown Suspected Expert -
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291 Uigur Khaganate unknown Suspected Expert -
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292 Shiwei unknown Suspected Expert -
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293 British Empire II unknown Suspected Expert -
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294 French Kingdom - Late Valois unknown Suspected Expert -
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295 Late Mongols unknown Suspected Expert -
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296 Mongol Empire unknown Suspected Expert -
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297 Segou Kingdom unknown Suspected Expert -
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298 Mali Empire unknown Suspected Expert -
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299 Kansai - Kofun Period unknown Suspected Expert -
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300 Bamana kingdom unknown Suspected Expert -
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301 Andronovo unknown Suspected Expert -
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302 Jin unknown Suspected Expert -
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303 Kara-Khanids unknown Suspected Expert -
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304 Tokugawa Shogunate unknown Suspected Expert -
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305 Warring States Japan unknown Suspected Expert -
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306 Nara Kingdom unknown Suspected Expert -
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307 Kamakura Shogunate unknown Suspected Expert -
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308 Heian unknown Suspected Expert -
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309 Japan - Azuchi-Momoyama unknown Suspected Expert -
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310 Inca Empire unknown Suspected Expert -
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311 Wari Empire unknown Suspected Expert -
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312 Asuka unknown Suspected Expert -
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313 Ashikaga Shogunate unknown Suspected Expert -
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314 Early Roman Republic unknown Confident Expert -
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