Home Region: Northeast Africa (Africa)

Makuria Kingdom III

850 CE 1099 CE

SC EQ 2020 sd_makuria_k_3 / SdMakur3

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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

Population of the Largest Settlement

Polity Territory

[40,000 to 50,000] km²

Polity Population

[150,000 to 200,000] people

Hierarchical Complexity

Settlement Hierarchy

Religious Level

[3 to 5]

Military Level

Administrative Level

[4 to 5]

Professions

Professional Soldier

uncoded

Professional Priesthood

present

Professional Military Officer

inferred present

Bureaucracy Characteristics

Specialized Government Building

present

Full Time Bureaucrat

present

Law

Judge

inferred absent

Formal Legal Code

inferred present

Court

unknown

Specialized Buildings: polity owned

Market

present

Irrigation System

inferred present

Food Storage Site

present

Drinking Water Supply System

present

Communal Building

present

Utilitarian Public Building

present

Symbolic Building

present

Knowledge Or Information Building

present

Special Purpose House

present

Transport Infrastructure

Port

present

Special-purpose Sites

Information / Writing System

Written Record

present

Script

present

Information / Kinds of Written Documents

Scientific Literature

present

Sacred Text

present

Religious Literature

present

Practical Literature

present

Philosophy

inferred present

History

inferred present

Fiction

inferred present

Calendar

present

Information / Money

Token

unknown

Precious Metal

present

Paper Currency

absent

Indigenous Coin

absent

Foreign Coin

present

Article

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

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	Makuria Kingdom III (sd_makuria_k_3) 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:
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Polity Territory:
[40,000 to 50,000] km²

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Polity Population:
[150,000 to 200,000] people

Confident

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Hierarchical Complexity

Settlement Hierarchy:
3

Confident

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Religious Level:
[3 to 5]

Confident

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Military Level:
-

Undecided

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Administrative Level:
[4 to 5]

Confident

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Professions

Professional Soldier:
uncoded

Undecided

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Professional Priesthood:
present

Confident

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Professional Military Officer:
present

Inferred

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Bureaucracy Characteristics

Specialized Government Building:
present

Confident

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Full Time Bureaucrat:
present

Confident

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Law

Judge:
absent

Inferred

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Formal Legal Code:
present

Inferred

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Court:
unknown

Suspected

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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

Confident

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Drinking Water Supply System:
present

Confident

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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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Knowledge Or Information Building:
present

Confident

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Special Purpose House:
present

Confident

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Transport Infrastructure

Port:
present

Confident

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Special-purpose Sites

Information / Writing System

Written Record:
present

Confident

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Script:
present

Confident

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Information / Kinds of Written Documents

Scientific Literature:
present

Confident

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Sacred Text:
present

Confident

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Religious Literature:
present

Confident

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Practical Literature:
present

Confident

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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

Confident

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Information / Money

Token:
unknown

Suspected

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Precious Metal:
present

Confident

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Paper Currency:
absent

Confident

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Indigenous Coin:
absent

Confident

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Foreign Coin:
present

Confident

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Article:
present

Confident

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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:
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.

Makuria Kingdom III

850 CE 1099 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.