Military Signal Flags
Standard visual signals using flags, banners, smoke, lamps, and formations to coordinate armies and fleets.
Core metadata
- ID: military_signal_flags
- Era: Classical
- First known date: -500 (century)
- Region: Mediterranean, South Asia, East Asia, and other classical societies
- Review status: structurally_validated
- Maturity: N/A
Prerequisites
- Organized Military Formations (organized_military_formations)
- Roads (roads)
- State Armories (state_armories)
Dependents
Fields
- None.
Node sources
- Road (Encyclopaedia Britannica, 2026, textbook) • Supports: edge, node
Prerequisite edge evidence
Edge/source evidence summary:
- Prerequisite edges: 3
- Average edge confidence: 68%
- Prerequisite sources: 1
- expert_inference: 3
| Prerequisite | Type | Confidence | Evidence level | Note | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Organized Military Formations (organized_military_formations) | enabling | 68% | expert_inference | Organized Military Formations provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path. | No sources recorded. |
| State Armories (state_armories) | enabling | 68% | expert_inference | State Armories provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path. | No sources recorded. |
| Roads (roads) | enabling | 68% | expert_inference | Roads provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path. |
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