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