Home Region: Sahel (Africa)

Mauretania

125 BCE 44 CE

SC EQ 2020 ma_mauretania / MaKgMau

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General Variables

Identity and Location

Temporal Bounds

Political and Cultural Relations

Language

Religion

Social Complexity Variables

Social Scale

Population of the Largest Settlement

Polity Territory

[100,000 to 120,000] km²

Polity Population

[300,000 to 700,000] people

Largest Communication Distance

800

Hierarchical Complexity

Settlement Hierarchy

[3 to 4]

Religious Level

Military Level

Administrative Level

Professions

Professional Soldier

inferred present

Professional Priesthood

inferred present

Professional Military Officer

unknown

Bureaucracy Characteristics

Specialized Government Building

inferred present

Merit Promotion

unknown

Full Time Bureaucrat

inferred present

Examination System

unknown

Law

Judge

uncoded

Formal Legal Code

uncoded

Court

uncoded

Specialized Buildings: polity owned

Market

present

Irrigation System

inferred present

Food Storage Site

inferred present

Drinking Water Supply System

unknown

Communal Building

present

Utilitarian Public Building

inferred present

Symbolic Building

inferred present

Knowledge Or Information Building

inferred present

Entertainment Building

unknown

Special Purpose House

present

Transport Infrastructure

Road

inferred present

Port

present

Canal

unknown

Bridge

unknown

Special-purpose Sites

Information / Writing System

Written Record

inferred present

Script

present

Information / Kinds of Written Documents

Scientific Literature

Religious Literature

Practical Literature

Philosophy

History

Fiction

Calendar

Information / Money

Token

unknown

Precious Metal

inferred present

Paper Currency

absent

Indigenous Coin

present

Foreign Coin

unknown

Article

present

Store Of Wealth

inferred present

Information / Postal System

Postal Station

unknown

General Postal Service

unknown

Courier

present

Information / Measurement System

Weight Measurement System

inferred present

Volume Measurement System

inferred present

Time Measurement System

inferred present

Length Measurement System

inferred present

Geometrical Measurement System

inferred present

Area Measurement System

inferred present

Warfare Variables (Military Technologies)

Fortifications

Military use of Metals

Projectiles

Handheld weapons

Animals used in warfare

Armor

Naval technology

Religion Tolerance Coding in Progress.

Human Sacrifice Coding in Progress.

Crisis Consequences Coding in Progress.

Power Transitions Coding in Progress.

NGA Settlements:

Year Range	Mauretania (ma_mauretania) was in:

Home NGA: None

General Variables

Identity and Location

Temporal Bounds

Political and Cultural Relations

Language

Religion

Social Complexity Variables

Social Scale

Population of the Largest Settlement:
-

Undecided

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Polity Territory:
[100,000 to 120,000] km²

Confident

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Polity Population:
[300,000 to 700,000] people

Confident

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Largest Communication Distance:
800

Confident

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Hierarchical Complexity

Settlement Hierarchy:
[3 to 4]

Confident

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Religious Level:
-

Undecided

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Military Level:
-

Undecided

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Administrative Level:
4

Confident

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Professions

Professional Soldier:
present

Inferred

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Professional Priesthood:
present

Inferred

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Professional Military Officer:
unknown

Suspected

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Bureaucracy Characteristics

Specialized Government Building:
present

Inferred

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Merit Promotion:
unknown

Suspected

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Full Time Bureaucrat:
present

Inferred

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Examination System:
unknown

Suspected

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Law

Judge:
uncoded

Undecided

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Formal Legal Code:
uncoded

Undecided

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Court:
uncoded

Undecided

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Specialized Buildings: polity owned

Market:
present

Confident

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Irrigation System:
present

Inferred

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Food Storage Site:
present

Inferred

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Drinking Water Supply System:
unknown

Suspected

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Communal Building:
present

Confident

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Utilitarian Public Building:
present

Inferred

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Symbolic Building:
present

Inferred

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Knowledge Or Information Building:
present

Inferred

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Entertainment Building:
unknown

Suspected

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Special Purpose House:
present

Confident

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Transport Infrastructure

Road:
present

Inferred

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Port:
present

Confident

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Canal:
unknown

Suspected

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Bridge:
unknown

Suspected

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Special-purpose Sites

Information / Writing System

Written Record:
present

Inferred

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Script:
present

Confident

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Information / Kinds of Written Documents

Scientific Literature:
present

Inferred

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Religious Literature:
present

Inferred

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Practical Literature:
present

Inferred

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Philosophy:
present

Inferred

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History:
present

Inferred

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Fiction:
present

Inferred

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Calendar:
present

Inferred

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Information / Money

Token:
unknown

Suspected

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Precious Metal:
present

Inferred

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Paper Currency:
absent

Confident

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Indigenous Coin:
present

Confident

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Foreign Coin:
unknown

Suspected

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Article:
present

Confident

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Store Of Wealth:
present

Inferred

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Information / Postal System

Postal Station:
unknown

Suspected

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General Postal Service:
unknown

Suspected

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Courier:
present

Confident

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Information / Measurement System

Weight Measurement System:
present

Inferred

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Volume Measurement System:
present

Inferred

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Time Measurement System:
present

Inferred

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Length Measurement System:
present

Inferred

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Geometrical Measurement System:
present

Inferred

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Area Measurement System:
present

Inferred

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Warfare Variables (Military Technologies)

Fortifications

Military use of Metals

Projectiles

Handheld weapons

Animals used in warfare

Armor

Naval technology

Human Sacrifice Data

Human Sacrifice is the deliberate and ritualized killing of a person to please or placate supernatural entities (including gods, spirits, and ancestors) or gain other supernatural benefits.

Coding in Progress.

Crisis Cases

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Coding in Progress.

Power Transitions

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Coding in Progress.

Mauretania

125 BCE 44 CE

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General Description D

NGA Settlements:

Home NGA: None

Human Sacrifice is the deliberate and ritualized killing of a person to please or placate supernatural entities (including gods, spirits, and ancestors) or gain other supernatural benefits.