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

Preceding Entity:

No Polity found. Add one here.

Succeeding Entity:

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No General Descriptions provided.

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
370,000 km²	600 BCE
[200,000 to 300,000] km²	500 BCE

Polity Population

Largest Communication Distance

800

Hierarchical Complexity

Settlement Hierarchy

Religious Level

[1 to 2]

Military Level

Administrative Level

Professions

Professional Soldier

inferred present

Professional Priesthood

inferred present

Professional Military Officer

uncoded

Source Of Support

land

Occupational Complexity

uncoded

Bureaucracy Characteristics

Specialized Government Building

inferred present

Merit Promotion

present

Full Time Bureaucrat

present

Examination System

absent

Law

Judge

inferred present

Formal Legal Code

present

Court

inferred present

Specialized Buildings: polity owned

Market

inferred present

Irrigation System

present

Food Storage Site

present

Drinking Water Supply System

uncoded

Communal Building

inferred present

Utilitarian Public Building

present

Symbolic Building

inferred present

Knowledge Or Information Building

inferred present

Entertainment Building

uncoded

Transport Infrastructure

Road

inferred present

Port

uncoded

Canal

inferred present

Bridge

inferred present

Special-purpose Sites

Mines or Quarry

Special Purpose Site

Enclosure

Ceremonial Site

Burial Site

uncoded

Information / Writing System

Written Record

present

Script

present

Phonetic Alphabetic Writing

absent

Nonwritten Record

present

Non Phonetic Writing

present

Mnemonic Device

uncoded

Information / Kinds of Written Documents

Scientific Literature

inferred present

Sacred Text

absent

Religious Literature

Practical Literature

Philosophy

History

Fiction

Calendar

Information / Money

Token

present

Precious Metal

present

Paper Currency

absent

Indigenous Coin

inferred absent

Foreign Coin

inferred absent

Article

present

Debt And Credit Structure

uncoded

Information / Postal System

Postal Station

inferred present

General Postal Service

inferred absent

Courier

inferred 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	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}

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Polity Territory:
370,000 km² ^{600

BCE}

Confident

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Polity Territory:
[200,000 to 300,000] km² ^{500

BCE}

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Polity Population:
-

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Largest Communication Distance:
800

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Hierarchical Complexity

Settlement Hierarchy:
4

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Religious Level:
[1 to 2]

Confident

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Military Level:
5

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Administrative Level:
5

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Professions

Professional Soldier:
present

Inferred

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Professional Priesthood:
present

Inferred

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Professional Military Officer:
uncoded

Undecided

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Source Of Support:
land

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Occupational Complexity:
uncoded

Undecided

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Bureaucracy Characteristics

Specialized Government Building:
present

Inferred

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Merit Promotion:
present

Confident

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Full Time Bureaucrat:
present

Confident

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Examination System:
absent

Confident

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Law

Judge:
present

Inferred

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Formal Legal Code:
present

Confident

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Court:
present

Inferred

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Specialized Buildings: polity owned

Market:
present

Inferred

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Irrigation System:
present

Confident

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Food Storage Site:
present

Confident

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Drinking Water Supply System:
uncoded

Undecided

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Communal Building:
present

Inferred

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Utilitarian Public Building:
present

Confident

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Symbolic Building:
present

Inferred

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Knowledge Or Information Building:
present

Inferred

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Entertainment Building:
uncoded

Undecided

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Transport Infrastructure

Road:
present

Inferred

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Port:
uncoded

Undecided

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Canal:
present

Inferred

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Bridge:
present

Inferred

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Special-purpose Sites

Mines or Quarry:
present

Inferred

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Special Purpose Site:
present

Inferred

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Enclosure:
present

Inferred

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Ceremonial Site:
present

Inferred

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Burial Site:
uncoded

Undecided

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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:
absent

Confident

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Nonwritten Record:
present

Confident

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Non Phonetic Writing:
present

Confident

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Mnemonic Device:
uncoded

Undecided

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Information / Kinds of Written Documents

Scientific Literature:
present

Inferred

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Sacred Text:
absent

Confident

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Religious Literature:
present

Inferred

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Practical Literature:
present

Inferred

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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

Inferred

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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

Inferred

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Foreign Coin:
absent

Inferred

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Article:
present

Confident

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Debt And Credit Structure:
uncoded

Undecided

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Information / Postal System

Postal Station:
present

Inferred

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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:
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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Power Transitions

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Coding in Progress.

Chu Kingdom - Spring and Autumn Period

740 BCE 489 BCE

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.