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