Home Region: Northeast Africa (Africa)

Makuria Kingdom I

568 CE 618 CE

SC EQ 2020 sd_makuria_k_1 / SdMakur1

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Preceding Entity:

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General Variables

Identity and Location

Temporal Bounds

Political and Cultural Relations

Language

Religion

Social Complexity Variables

Social Scale

Polity Territory

20,000 km²

Polity Population

[100,000 to 150,000] people

Hierarchical Complexity

Settlement Hierarchy

Religious Level

Military Level

Administrative Level

[3 to 4]

Professions

Professional Priesthood

present

Professional Military Officer

unknown

Bureaucracy Characteristics

Specialized Government Building

inferred present

Full Time Bureaucrat

inferred present

Law

Professional Lawyer

inferred absent

Judge

unknown

Formal Legal Code

unknown

Court

unknown

Specialized Buildings: polity owned

Irrigation System

present

Food Storage Site

inferred present

Drinking Water Supply System

unknown

Communal Building

present

Utilitarian Public Building

present

Symbolic Building

present
present

Knowledge Or Information Building

unknown

Special Purpose House

present

Transport Infrastructure

Special-purpose Sites

Special Purpose Site

present

Burial Site

present

Information / Writing System

Written Record

inferred present

Script

present

Information / Kinds of Written Documents

Scientific Literature

unknown

Sacred Text

present

Religious Literature

inferred present

Practical Literature

inferred present

Philosophy

unknown

History

unknown

Fiction

unknown

Calendar

inferred present

Information / Money

Token

unknown

Precious Metal

unknown

Paper Currency

absent

Indigenous Coin

absent

Foreign Coin

absent

Article

inferred present

Debt And Credit Structure

unknown

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

unknown

Length Measurement System

inferred present

Geometrical Measurement System

unknown

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	Makuria Kingdom I (sd_makuria_k_1) was in:

Home NGA: None

General Variables

Identity and Location

Temporal Bounds

Political and Cultural Relations

Language

Religion

Social Complexity Variables

Social Scale

Polity Territory:
20,000 km²

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Polity Population:
[100,000 to 150,000] people

Confident

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Hierarchical Complexity

Settlement Hierarchy:
3

Confident

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Religious Level:
-

Undecided

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Military Level:
-

Undecided

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Administrative Level:
[3 to 4]

Confident

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Professions

Professional Priesthood:
present

Confident

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Professional Military Officer:
unknown

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Bureaucracy Characteristics

Specialized Government Building:
present

Inferred

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Full Time Bureaucrat:
present

Inferred

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Law

Professional Lawyer:
absent

Inferred

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Judge:
unknown

Suspected

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Formal Legal Code:
unknown

Suspected

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Court:
unknown

Suspected

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Specialized Buildings: polity owned

Irrigation System:
present

Confident

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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

Confident

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Symbolic Building:
present

Confident

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Symbolic Building:
present

Confident

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Knowledge Or Information Building:
unknown

Suspected

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Special Purpose House:
present

Confident

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Transport Infrastructure

Special-purpose Sites

Special Purpose Site:
present

Confident

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Burial Site:
present

Confident

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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:
unknown

Suspected

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Sacred Text:
present

Confident

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Religious Literature:
present

Inferred

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Practical Literature:
present

Inferred

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Philosophy:
unknown

Suspected

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History:
unknown

Suspected

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Fiction:
unknown

Suspected

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Calendar:
present

Inferred

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Information / Money

Token:
unknown

Suspected

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Precious Metal:
unknown

Suspected

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Paper Currency:
absent

Confident

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Indigenous Coin:
absent

Confident

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Foreign Coin:
absent

Confident

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Article:
present

Inferred

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Debt And Credit Structure:
unknown

Suspected

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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:
unknown

Suspected

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Length Measurement System:
present

Inferred

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Geometrical Measurement System:
unknown

Suspected

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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.

Makuria Kingdom I

568 CE 618 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.