Home Region: East Africa (Africa)

Zagwe

1137 CE 1269 CE

SC EQ 2020 et_zagwe / EtZagwe

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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

Hierarchical Complexity

Religious Level

Military Level

Administrative Level

[3 to 5]

Professions

Professional Soldier

unknown

Professional Priesthood

present

Professional Military Officer

unknown

Bureaucracy Characteristics

Specialized Government Building

unknown

Merit Promotion

unknown

Full Time Bureaucrat

inferred present

Examination System

inferred absent

Law

Professional Lawyer

inferred absent

Judge

unknown

Formal Legal Code

uncoded

Court

unknown

Specialized Buildings: polity owned

Market

unknown

Irrigation System

unknown

Food Storage Site

unknown

Drinking Water Supply System

unknown

Communal Building

present

Utilitarian Public Building

unknown

Symbolic Building

present

Knowledge Or Information Building

inferred present

Special Purpose House

present

Transport Infrastructure

Road

unknown

Port

inferred absent

Canal

unknown

Bridge

unknown

Special-purpose Sites

Information / Writing System

Written Record

inferred present

Script

inferred 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

inferred absent

Indigenous Coin

absent

Foreign Coin

unknown

Article

inferred present

Information / Postal System

Postal Station

unknown

General Postal Service

inferred absent

Courier

inferred 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

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	Zagwe (et_zagwe) 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

Confident

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Hierarchical Complexity

Religious Level:
3

Confident

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Military Level:
-

Undecided

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Administrative Level:
[3 to 5]

Confident

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Professions

Professional Soldier:
unknown

Suspected

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Professional Priesthood:
present

Confident

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Professional Military Officer:
unknown

Suspected

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Bureaucracy Characteristics

Specialized Government Building:
unknown

Suspected

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Merit Promotion:
unknown

Suspected

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Full Time Bureaucrat:
present

Inferred

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Examination System:
absent

Inferred

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Law

Professional Lawyer:
absent

Inferred

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Judge:
unknown

Suspected

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Formal Legal Code:
uncoded

Undecided

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Court:
unknown

Suspected

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Specialized Buildings: polity owned

Market:
unknown

Suspected

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Irrigation System:
unknown

Suspected

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Food Storage Site:
unknown

Suspected

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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:
unknown

Suspected

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Symbolic Building:
present

Confident

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Knowledge Or Information Building:
present

Inferred

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Special Purpose House:
present

Confident

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Transport Infrastructure

Road:
unknown

Suspected

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Port:
absent

Inferred

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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

Inferred

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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

Inferred

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Indigenous Coin:
absent

Confident

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Foreign Coin:
unknown

Suspected

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Article:
present

Inferred

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Information / Postal System

Postal Station:
unknown

Suspected

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General Postal Service:
absent

Inferred

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Courier:
present

Inferred

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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:
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.

Zagwe

1137 CE 1269 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.