Rise of the war machines: Charting the evolution of military technologies from the Neolithic to the Industrial Revolution
PLOS ONE • Vol/Iss. 16(10) • PLOS • • Published In • Pages: ??•
By Turchin, Peter, Hoyer, Daniel, Korotayev, Andrey V., Kradin, Nikolay, Nefedov, Sergey, Feinman, Gary M., Levine, Jill, Reddish, Jenny, Cioni, Enrico, Thorpe, Chelsea, Bennett, James S., François, Pieter, Whitehouse, Harvey
Hypothesis
Larger and more complex states develop more advanced military technologies.
Note
Polity-level variables were not consistently statistically significant once demographic and diffusion variables were included.
| Test Name | Support | Significance | Coefficient | Tail |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dynamic multiple regression | Not Supported | p > 0.10 | UNKNOWN | UNKNOWN |
| Variable Name | Variable Type | OCM Term(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Military Technology | Dependent | Military Installations, Ordnance, Weapons |
| Territorial size | Independent | Composition Of Population, Territorial Organization |
| Polity population | Independent | Demography, Population |
| Polity Scale | Independent | Community Structure, Settlement Patterns, Territorial Hierarchy |