Home Region: Sahel (Africa)

Songhai Empire

1376 CE 1493 CE

SC EQ 2020 ml_songhai_1 / MlSong1

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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

15,000 people

1492 CE

Polity Territory

[250,000 to 300,000] km²

Polity Population

Largest Communication Distance

220

Hierarchical Complexity

Settlement Hierarchy

Religious Level

Military Level

Administrative Level

[4 to 5]

Professions

Professional Soldier

present
absent

Professional Priesthood

inferred absent

Professional Military Officer

present
absent

Source Of Support

land

Occupational Complexity

uncoded

Bureaucracy Characteristics

Specialized Government Building

unknown

Merit Promotion

absent

Full Time Bureaucrat

inferred absent

Examination System

absent

Law

Professional Lawyer

absent

Judge

inferred absent

Formal Legal Code

inferred absent

Court

inferred absent

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

inferred absent

Entertainment Building

unknown

Special Purpose House

present

Transport Infrastructure

Road

inferred present

Port

present

Canal

present

Bridge

unknown

Special-purpose Sites

Mines or Quarry

present

Trading Emporia

present

Special Purpose Site

present

Enclosure

present

Ceremonial Site

present

Burial Site

present

Information / Writing System

Written Record

present

Script

present

Phonetic Alphabetic Writing

inferred present

Nonwritten Record

present

Non Phonetic Writing

inferred absent

Mnemonic Device

present

Information / Kinds of Written Documents

Scientific Literature

present

Sacred Text

present

Religious Literature

present

Practical Literature

inferred present

History

unknown

Fiction

present

Calendar

present

Information / Money

Token

present

Precious Metal

present

Paper Currency

absent

Indigenous Coin

absent

Foreign Coin

inferred present

Article

present

Store Of Wealth

inferred present

Debt And Credit Structure

unknown

Information / Postal System

Postal Station

unknown

General Postal Service

absent

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

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	Songhai Empire (ml_songhai_1) 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:
15,000 people ^{1492

CE}

Confident

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Polity Territory:
[250,000 to 300,000] km²

Confident

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Polity Population:
-

Undecided

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Largest Communication Distance:
220

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Hierarchical Complexity

Settlement Hierarchy:
-

Undecided

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Religious Level:
0

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:
present

Confident Disputed

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Professional Soldier:
absent

Confident Disputed

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Professional Priesthood:
absent

Inferred

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Professional Military Officer:
present

Confident Disputed

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Professional Military Officer:
absent

Confident Disputed

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Source Of Support:
land

Confident

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Occupational Complexity:
uncoded

Undecided

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Bureaucracy Characteristics

Specialized Government Building:
unknown

Confident

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Merit Promotion:
absent

Confident

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Full Time Bureaucrat:
absent

Inferred

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Examination System:
absent

Confident

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Law

Professional Lawyer:
absent

Confident

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Judge:
absent

Inferred

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Formal Legal Code:
absent

Inferred

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Court:
absent

Inferred

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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:
absent

Inferred

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Entertainment Building:
unknown

Confident

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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:
present

Confident

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Bridge:
unknown

Confident

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Special-purpose Sites

Mines or Quarry:
present

Confident

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Trading Emporia:
present

Confident

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Special Purpose Site:
present

Confident

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Enclosure:
present

Confident

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Ceremonial Site:
present

Confident

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Burial Site:
present

Confident

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Information / Writing System

Written Record:
present

Confident

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Script:
present

Confident

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Phonetic Alphabetic Writing:
present

Inferred

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Nonwritten Record:
present

Confident

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Non Phonetic Writing:
absent

Inferred

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Mnemonic Device:
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

Inferred

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History:
unknown

Confident

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Fiction:
present

Confident

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Calendar:
present

Confident

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Information / Money

Token:
present

Confident

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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

Inferred

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Article:
present

Confident

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Store Of Wealth:
present

Inferred

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Debt And Credit Structure:
unknown

Confident

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Information / Postal System

Postal Station:
unknown

Confident

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General Postal Service:
absent

Confident

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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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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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Power Transitions

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Songhai Empire

1376 CE 1493 CE

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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.