Section: Specialized Buildings: polity owned

Trading Emporia

Trading settlements characterised by their peripheral locations, on the shore at the edge of a polity, a lack of infrastructure (typically those in Europe contained no churches) and often of a short-lived nature. They include isolated caravanserai along trade routes.  
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
Trading Emporia The absence or presence of "Trading Emporia" for a polity.

Trading Emporia
#    Polity     Year(s)      Trading Emporia   Confidence     Disputed?     Expert?   Edit
1 Kingdom of Waalo 1287 CE 1685 CE unknown Suspected No Edit
2 Kingdom of Sine 1350 CE 1549 CE unknown Suspected No Edit
3 Kingdom of Kaffa 1390 CE 1844 CE unknown Suspected No Edit
4 Kingdom of Saloum 1490 CE 1549 CE unknown Suspected No Edit
5 Kingdom of Saloum 1550 CE 1863 CE present Confident No Edit
6 Kingdom of Sine 1550 CE 1887 CE present Confident No Edit
7 Kingdom of Waalo 1686 CE 1855 CE present Confident No Edit
8 Kingdom of Kaffa 1845 CE 1854 CE present Confident No Edit
9 Holy Roman Empire - Ottonian-Salian Dynasty * Year Range of Holy Roman Empire - Ottonian-Salian Dynasty is assumed.
[919, 1125]
present Confident No Edit
10 Early Modern Sierra Leone * Year Range of Early Modern Sierra Leone is assumed.
[1650, 1896]
present Inferred No Edit
11 Kaabu * Year Range of Kaabu is assumed.
[1500, 1867]
present Inferred No Edit
12 Mutapa * Year Range of Mutapa is assumed.
[1450, 1880]
present Inferred No Edit
13 Anurādhapura IV * Year Range of Anurādhapura IV is assumed.
[614, 1017]
present Inferred No Edit
14 Kingdom of Jimma * Year Range of Kingdom of Jimma is assumed.
[1790, 1932]
present Inferred No Edit
15 Adal Sultanate * Year Range of Adal Sultanate is assumed.
[1375, 1543]
present Inferred No Edit
16 Ajuran Sultanate * Year Range of Ajuran Sultanate is assumed.
[1250, 1700]
present Inferred No Edit
17 Habr Yunis * Year Range of Habr Yunis is assumed.
[1300, 1886]
present Inferred No Edit
18 Kingdom of Gomma * Year Range of Kingdom of Gomma is assumed.
[1780, 1886]
present Inferred No Edit
19 Sultanate of Geledi * Year Range of Sultanate of Geledi is assumed.
[1750, 1911]
present Inferred No Edit
20 Shoa Sultanate * Year Range of Shoa Sultanate is assumed.
[1108, 1285]
present Inferred No Edit
21 Harla Kingdom * Year Range of Harla Kingdom is assumed.
[-10000, 2000]
present Inferred No Edit
22 Hadiya Sultanate * Year Range of Hadiya Sultanate is assumed.
[1300, 1680]
present Inferred No Edit
23 Medri Bahri * Year Range of Medri Bahri is assumed.
[1310, 1889]
present Inferred No Edit
24 Funj Sultanate * Year Range of Funj Sultanate is assumed.
[1504, 1820]
present Inferred No Edit
25 Kingdom of Gumma * Year Range of Kingdom of Gumma is assumed.
[1800, 1897]
present Inferred No Edit
26 Emirate of Harar * Year Range of Emirate of Harar is assumed.
[1650, 1875]
present Inferred No Edit
27 Early Sultanate of Aussa * Year Range of Early Sultanate of Aussa is assumed.
[1734, 1895]
present Inferred No Edit
28 Allada * Year Range of Allada is assumed.
[1100, 1724]
present Inferred No Edit
29 Sokoto Caliphate * Year Range of Sokoto Caliphate is assumed.
[1804, 1904]
present Inferred No Edit
30 Kingdom of Cayor * Year Range of Kingdom of Cayor is assumed.
[1549, 1864]
present Inferred No Edit
31 Hohokam Culture * Year Range of Hohokam Culture is assumed.
[300, 1500]
present Inferred No Edit
32 Kingdom of Baol * Year Range of Kingdom of Baol is assumed.
[1550, 1890]
present Inferred No Edit
33 Jolof Empire * Year Range of Jolof Empire is assumed.
[1360, 1549]
present Inferred No Edit
34 Imamate of Futa Toro * Year Range of Imamate of Futa Toro is assumed.
[1776, 1860]
present Inferred No Edit
35 Denyanke Kingdom * Year Range of Denyanke Kingdom is assumed.
[1490, 1776]
present Inferred No Edit
36 Pandya Dynasty * Year Range of Pandya Dynasty is assumed.
[590, 915]
present Inferred No Edit
37 Thanjavur Maratha Kingdom * Year Range of Thanjavur Maratha Kingdom is assumed.
[1675, 1799]
present Inferred No Edit
38 Late Pallava Empire * Year Range of Late Pallava Empire is assumed.
[300, 890]
present Inferred No Edit
39 Middle and Late Nok * Year Range of Middle and Late Nok is assumed.
[-1500, -901]
absent Inferred No Edit
40 Armenian Kingdom * Year Range of Armenian Kingdom is assumed.
[-188, 6]
present Inferred No Edit
41 West Burkina Faso Yellow I * Year Range of West Burkina Faso Yellow I is assumed.
[100, 500]
absent Inferred No Edit
42 Middle and Late Nok * Year Range of Middle and Late Nok is assumed.
[-900, 0]
absent Inferred No Edit
43 Kingdom of Niynginya * Year Range of Kingdom of Niynginya is assumed.
[1650, 1897]
absent Inferred No Edit
44 Oyo * Year Range of Oyo is assumed.
[1300, 1535]
unknown Suspected No Edit
45 Tudor and Early Stuart England * Year Range of Tudor and Early Stuart England is assumed.
[1486, 1689]
present Confident No Edit
46 Anglo-Saxon England II * Year Range of Anglo-Saxon England II is assumed.
[927, 1065]
present Confident No Edit
47 Austria - Habsburg Dynasty II * Year Range of Austria - Habsburg Dynasty II is assumed.
[1649, 1918]
present Confident No Edit
48 Golden Horde * Year Range of Golden Horde is assumed.
[1240, 1440]
present Confident No Edit
49 British Empire I * Year Range of British Empire I is assumed.
[1690, 1849]
present Confident No Edit
50 Anglo-Saxon England I * Year Range of Anglo-Saxon England I is assumed.
[410, 926]
present Confident No Edit
51 Napoleonic France * Year Range of Napoleonic France is assumed.
[1816, 1870]
present Confident No Edit
52 British Empire IIIIIIIIII * Year Range of British Empire IIIIIIIIII is assumed.
[1850, 1968]
present Confident No Edit
53 Russian Empire, Romanov Dynasty II * Year Range of Russian Empire, Romanov Dynasty II is assumed.
[1776, 1917]
present Confident No Edit
54 Polonnaruwa * Year Range of Polonnaruwa is assumed.
[1070, 1255]
present Inferred No Edit
55 Russian Empire, Romanov Dynasty I * Year Range of Russian Empire, Romanov Dynasty I is assumed.
[1614, 1775]
present Confident No Edit
56 Lombard Kingdom * Year Range of Lombard Kingdom is assumed.
[568, 774]
unknown Suspected No Edit
57 Plantagenet England * Year Range of Plantagenet England is assumed.
[1154, 1485]
present Confident No Edit
58 Us Reconstruction-Progressive * Year Range of Us Reconstruction-Progressive is assumed.
[1866, 1933]
present Confident No Edit
59 Ifat Sultanate * Year Range of Ifat Sultanate is assumed.
[1280, 1375]
present Confident No Edit
60 Classical Ife * Year Range of Classical Ife is assumed.
[1000, 1400]
present Confident No Edit
61 Kanem-Borno * Year Range of Kanem-Borno is assumed.
[1380, 1893]
present Confident No Edit
62 Early Pandyas * Year Range of Early Pandyas is assumed.
[-600, 300]
present Confident No Edit