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

Dependents

Castle Signal Beacons (castle_signal_beacons)

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.	Road (Encyclopaedia Britannica, 2026, textbook) • Supports: edge

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