Home Region:  South China (East Asia)

Chu Kingdom - Spring and Autumn Period

740 BCE 489 BCE

SC EQ 2020  cn_chu_dyn_spring_autumn / CnChuSA

Displayed: 700 BCE








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-700-676-651-627-603-578-554-530-505-481


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Preceding Entity:
No Polity found. Add one here.

Succeeding Entity:
No Polity found. Add one here.

No General Descriptions provided.

General Variables
Identity and Location
Temporal Bounds
Political and Cultural Relations
Language
Religion
Social Complexity Variables
Social Scale
Hierarchical Complexity
Professions
Bureaucracy Characteristics
Law
Specialized Buildings: polity owned
Transport Infrastructure
Special-purpose Sites
Information / Writing System
Information / Kinds of Written Documents
Information / Money
Information / Postal System
Information / Measurement System
Warfare Variables (Military Technologies)
Fortifications
Military use of Metals
Projectiles
Handheld weapons
Animals used in warfare
Armor
Naval technology
Economy Variables (Luxury Goods)
Luxury Goods
Religion Variables Coding in Progress.
Human Sacrifice Coding in Progress.
Crisis Consequences Coding in Progress.
Power Transitions Coding in Progress.

NGA Settlements:

Year Range Chu Kingdom - Spring and Autumn Period (cn_chu_dyn_spring_autumn) 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:
[50,000 to 70,000] km2
700 BCE
Polity Territory:
370,000 km2
600 BCE
Polity Territory:
[200,000 to 300,000] km2
500 BCE

Polity Population:
-
[-740, -489]

Largest Communication Distance:
800
[-740, -489]

Hierarchical Complexity
Settlement Hierarchy:
4
[-740, -489]

Religious Level:
[1 to 2]
[-740, -489]

Military Level:
5
[-740, -489]

Administrative Level:
5
[-740, -489]

Professions
Professional Soldier:
Present
[-740, -489]

Professional Priesthood:
Present
[-740, -489]

Professional Military Officer:
Uncoded
[-740, -489]

Source Of Support:
land
[-740, -489]

Occupational Complexity:
Uncoded
[-740, -489]

Bureaucracy Characteristics
Specialized Government Building:
Present
[-740, -489]

Merit Promotion:
Present
[-740, -489]

Full Time Bureaucrat:
Present
[-740, -489]

Examination System:
Absent
[-740, -489]

Law
Judge:
Present
[-740, -489]

Formal Legal Code:
Present
[-740, -489]

Court:
Present
[-740, -489]

Specialized Buildings: polity owned
Market:
Present
[-740, -489]

Irrigation System:
Present
[-740, -489]

Food Storage Site:
Present
[-740, -489]

Drinking Water Supply System:
Uncoded
[-740, -489]

Communal Building:
Present
[-740, -489]

Utilitarian Public Building:
Present
[-740, -489]

Symbolic Building:
Present
[-740, -489]

Knowledge Or Information Building:
Present
[-740, -489]

Entertainment Building:
Uncoded
[-740, -489]

Transport Infrastructure
Road:
Present
[-740, -489]

Port:
Uncoded
[-740, -489]

Canal:
Present
[-740, -489]

Bridge:
Present
[-740, -489]

Special-purpose Sites
Mines or Quarry:
Present
[-740, -489]

Special Purpose Site:
Present
[-740, -489]

Enclosure:
Present
[-740, -489]

Ceremonial Site:
Present
[-740, -489]

Burial Site:
Uncoded
[-740, -489]

Information / Writing System
Written Record:
Present
[-740, -489]

Script:
Present
[-740, -489]

Phonetic Alphabetic Writing:
Absent
[-740, -489]

Nonwritten Record:
Present
[-740, -489]

Non Phonetic Writing:
Present
[-740, -489]

Mnemonic Device:
Uncoded
[-740, -489]

Information / Kinds of Written Documents
Scientific Literature:
Present
[-740, -489]

Sacred Text:
Absent
[-740, -489]

Religious Literature:
Present
[-740, -489]

Practical Literature:
Present
[-740, -489]

Philosophy:
Present
[-740, -489]

History:
Present
[-740, -489]

Fiction:
Present
[-740, -489]

Calendar:
Present
[-740, -489]

Information / Money
Token:
Present
[-740, -489]

Precious Metal:
Present
[-740, -489]

Paper Currency:
Absent
[-740, -489]

Indigenous Coin:
Absent
[-740, -489]

Foreign Coin:
Absent
[-740, -489]

Article:
Present
[-740, -489]

Debt And Credit Structure:
Uncoded
[-740, -489]

Information / Postal System
Postal Station:
Present
[-740, -489]

General Postal Service:
Absent
[-740, -489]

Courier:
Present
[-740, -489]

Information / Measurement System
Weight Measurement System:
Present
[-740, -489]

Volume Measurement System:
Present
[-740, -489]

Time Measurement System:
Present
[-740, -489]

Length Measurement System:
Present
[-740, -489]

Geometrical Measurement System:
Present
[-740, -489]

Area Measurement System:
Present
[-740, -489]


Warfare Variables (Military Technologies)
Fortifications
Military use of Metals
Projectiles
Handheld weapons
Animals used in warfare
Armor
Naval technology

Economy Variables (Luxury Goods)
Luxury Goods

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.
Coding in Progress.
Power Transitions
Coding in Progress.