Section: Specialized Buildings: polity owned

Communal Building

This code distinguishes between settlements that consist of only private households (code 'absent') and settlements where there are communal buildings which could be used for a variety of uses (code 'present').  
Contributors: Seshat RAs and Experts

Variable Definition
Polity The Seshat Polity Name
Year(s) The years for which we have the data. [negative = BCE]
Confidence Inferred : The value is inferred.
Suspected : The value is suspected (Expert Check Needed).
Evidenced : The value is backed up by sufficient evidence.
Disputed? No : No disagreement among scholars.
Yes : There is disagreement among scholars.
Expert? : Not yet Checked by a Seshat Expert.
: Checked and accepted by a Seshat Expert (or RA).

Variable Definition
Communal Building The absence or presence of "Communal Building" for a polity.

Communal Building
#    Polity     Year(s)      Communal Building   Confidence     Disputed?     Expert?   Edit
1 Kingdom of Waalo 1287 CE 1681 CE unknown Suspected No Edit
2 Kingdom of Kaffa 1390 CE 1797 CE unknown Suspected No Edit
3 Kingdom of Waalo 1682 CE 1855 CE present Confident No Edit
4 Kingdom of Kaffa 1798 CE 1897 CE present Confident No Edit
5 Soviet Union 1923 CE 1991 CE present Confident No Edit
6 Austria - Habsburg Dynasty I * Year Range of Austria - Habsburg Dynasty I is assumed.
[1454, 1648]
present Confident No Edit
7 Golden Horde * Year Range of Golden Horde is assumed.
[1240, 1440]
present Confident No Edit
8 West Burkina Faso Yellow I * Year Range of West Burkina Faso Yellow I is assumed.
[100, 500]
absent Confident No Edit
9 West Burkina Faso Red II and III * Year Range of West Burkina Faso Red II and III is assumed.
[1100, 1400]
present Confident No Edit
10 Kingdom of Jimma * Year Range of Kingdom of Jimma is assumed.
[1790, 1932]
present Confident No Edit
11 Tunni Sultanate * Year Range of Tunni Sultanate is assumed.
[800, 1200]
present Confident No Edit
12 Ajuran Sultanate * Year Range of Ajuran Sultanate is assumed.
[1250, 1700]
present Confident No Edit
13 Pandya Dynasty * Year Range of Pandya Dynasty is assumed.
[590, 915]
present Confident No Edit
14 Russian Empire, Romanov Dynasty II * Year Range of Russian Empire, Romanov Dynasty II is assumed.
[1776, 1917]
present Confident No Edit
15 Habr Yunis * Year Range of Habr Yunis is assumed.
[1300, 1886]
present Confident No Edit
16 Sultanate of Geledi * Year Range of Sultanate of Geledi is assumed.
[1750, 1911]
present Confident No Edit
17 Harla Kingdom * Year Range of Harla Kingdom is assumed.
[-10000, 2000]
present Confident No Edit
18 Hadiya Sultanate * Year Range of Hadiya Sultanate is assumed.
[1300, 1680]
present Confident No Edit
19 Ifat Sultanate * Year Range of Ifat Sultanate is assumed.
[1280, 1375]
present Confident No Edit
20 Majeerteen Sultanate * Year Range of Majeerteen Sultanate is assumed.
[1750, 1926]
present Confident No Edit
21 Funj Sultanate * Year Range of Funj Sultanate is assumed.
[1504, 1820]
present Confident No Edit
22 Emirate of Harar * Year Range of Emirate of Harar is assumed.
[1650, 1875]
present Confident No Edit
23 Early Sultanate of Aussa * Year Range of Early Sultanate of Aussa is assumed.
[1734, 1895]
present Confident No Edit
24 Kingdom of Saloum * Year Range of Kingdom of Saloum is assumed.
[1490, 1863]
present Confident No Edit
25 Kingdom of Baol * Year Range of Kingdom of Baol is assumed.
[1550, 1890]
present Confident No Edit
26 Early Cholas * Year Range of Early Cholas is assumed.
[-600, 300]
present Confident No Edit
27 Thanjavur Maratha Kingdom * Year Range of Thanjavur Maratha Kingdom is assumed.
[1675, 1799]
present Confident No Edit
28 Early Pandyas * Year Range of Early Pandyas is assumed.
[-600, 300]
present Confident No Edit
29 Carnatic Sultanate * Year Range of Carnatic Sultanate is assumed.
[1710, 1801]
present Confident No Edit
30 Late Pallava Empire * Year Range of Late Pallava Empire is assumed.
[300, 890]
present Confident No Edit
31 Kalabhra Dynasty * Year Range of Kalabhra Dynasty is assumed.
[200, 600]
present Confident No Edit
32 Nayaks of Thanjavur * Year Range of Nayaks of Thanjavur is assumed.
[1532, 1676]
present Confident No Edit
33 Nayaks of Madurai * Year Range of Nayaks of Madurai is assumed.
[1529, 1736]
present Confident No Edit
34 West Burkina Faso Red IV * Year Range of West Burkina Faso Red IV is assumed.
[1401, 1500]
present Inferred No Edit
35 Adal Sultanate * Year Range of Adal Sultanate is assumed.
[1375, 1543]
present Inferred No Edit
36 Kingdom of Gumma * Year Range of Kingdom of Gumma is assumed.
[1800, 1897]
present Inferred No Edit
37 Isaaq Sultanate * Year Range of Isaaq Sultanate is assumed.
[1300, 1886]
present Inferred No Edit
38 Imamate of Futa Toro * Year Range of Imamate of Futa Toro is assumed.
[1776, 1860]
present Inferred No Edit
39 Kingdom of Jolof * Year Range of Kingdom of Jolof is assumed.
[1549, 1865]
present Inferred No Edit
40 West Burkina Faso Red I * Year Range of West Burkina Faso Red I is assumed.
[701, 1100]
absent Inferred No Edit
41 Kanem * Year Range of Kanem is assumed.
[800, 1379]
unknown Suspected No Edit
42 Oyo * Year Range of Oyo is assumed.
[1300, 1535]
unknown Suspected No Edit
43 Kingdom of the Huns * Year Range of Kingdom of the Huns is assumed.
[376, 469]
present Confident No Edit
44 Early United Mexican States * Year Range of Early United Mexican States is assumed.
[1810, 1920]
present Confident No Edit
45 Kingdom of Bohemia - Luxembourgian and Jagiellonian Dynasty * Year Range of Kingdom of Bohemia - Luxembourgian and Jagiellonian Dynasty is assumed.
[1310, 1526]
present Confident No Edit
46 Us Reconstruction-Progressive * Year Range of Us Reconstruction-Progressive is assumed.
[1866, 1933]
present Confident No Edit
47 Chaco Canyon - Late Bonito phase * Year Range of Chaco Canyon - Late Bonito phase is assumed.
[1101, 1140]
present Confident No Edit
48 Antebellum US * Year Range of Antebellum US is assumed.
[1776, 1865]
present Confident No Edit
49 Tudor and Early Stuart England * Year Range of Tudor and Early Stuart England is assumed.
[1486, 1689]
present Confident No Edit
50 Austria - Habsburg Dynasty II * Year Range of Austria - Habsburg Dynasty II is assumed.
[1649, 1918]
present Confident No Edit
51 Khwarezmid Empire * Year Range of Khwarezmid Empire is assumed.
[1157, 1231]
present Confident No Edit
52 Hohokam Culture * Year Range of Hohokam Culture is assumed.
[300, 1500]
present Confident No Edit
53 Alaouite Dynasty I * Year Range of Alaouite Dynasty I is assumed.
[1631, 1727]
present Confident No Edit
54 Armenian Kingdom * Year Range of Armenian Kingdom is assumed.
[-188, 6]
present Confident No Edit
55 Saffarid Caliphate * Year Range of Saffarid Caliphate is assumed.
[861, 1003]
present Confident No Edit
56 British Empire I * Year Range of British Empire I is assumed.
[1690, 1849]
present Confident No Edit
57 Kingdom of Hawaii - Post-Kamehameha Period * Year Range of Kingdom of Hawaii - Post-Kamehameha Period is assumed.
[1820, 1898]
present Confident No Edit
58 Napoleonic France * Year Range of Napoleonic France is assumed.
[1816, 1870]
present Confident No Edit
59 British Empire IIIIIIIIII * Year Range of British Empire IIIIIIIIII is assumed.
[1850, 1968]
present Confident No Edit
60 Austro-Hungarian Monarchy * Year Range of Austro-Hungarian Monarchy is assumed.
[1867, 1918]
present Confident No Edit
61 Holy Roman Empire - Ottonian-Salian Dynasty * Year Range of Holy Roman Empire - Ottonian-Salian Dynasty is assumed.
[919, 1125]
present Confident No Edit
62 Middle and Late Nok * Year Range of Middle and Late Nok is assumed.
[-1500, -901]
absent Inferred No Edit
63 Russian Empire, Romanov Dynasty I * Year Range of Russian Empire, Romanov Dynasty I is assumed.
[1614, 1775]
present Confident No Edit
64 Middle and Late Nok * Year Range of Middle and Late Nok is assumed.
[-900, 0]
absent Inferred No Edit
65 Plantagenet England * Year Range of Plantagenet England is assumed.
[1154, 1485]
present Confident No Edit
66 Lombard Kingdom * Year Range of Lombard Kingdom is assumed.
[568, 774]
present Confident No Edit
67 Kingdom of Sine * Year Range of Kingdom of Sine is assumed.
[1350, 1887]
present Confident No Edit