Weapons fielded roughly 1500 to 1774: muzzle-loading flintlock muskets and sidearms, smoothbore artillery, and the Ottoman Empire's own gunpowder-era weapons. Belongs here: a hand or crew-served gunpowder weapon fielded before the age of mass national conscription. Does not belong here: an industrial-era weapon fielded by a nineteenth or twentieth century national force, which belongs to Modern.
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1. War and Military Atlas Periodization (Ruling 761)
InteractiveAtlas owner ruling registerWar and Military DataBrief, SubLabel convention paragraph, boundaries sentence
Boundaries: Ancient below 500 CE, Medieval 500 to 1499, Early Modern 1500 to 1774, Modern 1775 onward (the 1775 cutover, not the round year 1800, matches the American Revolutionary War already being tagged Modern in the live data).
War and Military DataBrief, SubLabel convention paragraph, boundaries sentence, end-year clause
Boundaries: Ancient below 500 CE, Medieval 500 to 1499, Early Modern 1500 to 1774, Modern 1775 onward (the 1775 cutover, not the round year 1800, matches the American Revolutionary War already being tagged Modern in the live data).
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