Home Region: South China (East Asia)

Chu Kingdom - Warring States Period

488 BCE 223 BCE

SC EQ 2020 cn_chu_k_warring_states / CnChuWS

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General Variables

Identity and Location

Temporal Bounds

Political and Cultural Relations

Language

Religion

Social Complexity Variables

Social Scale

Polity Territory

460,000 km²

Largest Communication Distance

800

Hierarchical Complexity

Settlement Hierarchy

[4 to 5]

Military Level

[5 to 6]

Administrative Level

Professions

Professional Soldier

present

Professional Military Officer

inferred present

Source Of Support

land
state salary

Bureaucracy Characteristics

Merit Promotion

inferred present

Full Time Bureaucrat

present

Examination System

absent

Law

Professional Lawyer

uncoded

Judge

inferred present

Formal Legal Code

present

Court

inferred present

Specialized Buildings: polity owned

Market

present

Irrigation System

inferred present

Food Storage Site

inferred present

Drinking Water Supply System

inferred present

Communal Building

inferred present

Utilitarian Public Building

inferred present

Symbolic Building

inferred present

Knowledge Or Information Building

inferred present

Transport Infrastructure

Road

inferred present

Canal

inferred present

Special-purpose Sites

Information / Writing System

Written Record

present

Script

uncoded

Phonetic Alphabetic Writing

absent

Nonwritten Record

inferred present

Non Phonetic Writing

present

Mnemonic Device

uncoded

Information / Kinds of Written Documents

Scientific Literature

uncoded

Sacred Text

absent

Religious Literature

inferred present

Practical Literature

uncoded

Philosophy

inferred present

History

present

Fiction

uncoded

Calendar

inferred present

Information / Money

Token

present

Precious Metal

present

Paper Currency

inferred absent

Indigenous Coin

uncoded

Store Of Wealth

uncoded

Debt And Credit Structure

uncoded

Information / Postal System

Postal Station

inferred present

General Postal Service

inferred absent

Courier

present

Information / Measurement System

Weight Measurement System

present

Volume Measurement System

present

Time Measurement System

inferred present

Length Measurement System

present

Geometrical Measurement System

uncoded

Area Measurement System

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 - Warring States Period (cn_chu_k_warring_states) was in:

Home NGA: Middle Yellow River Valley

General Variables

Identity and Location

Temporal Bounds

Political and Cultural Relations

Language

Religion

Social Complexity Variables

Social Scale

Polity Territory:
460,000 km²

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Largest Communication Distance:
800

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Hierarchical Complexity

Settlement Hierarchy:
[4 to 5]

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Military Level:
[5 to 6]

Confident

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Administrative Level:
7

Confident

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Professions

Professional Soldier:
present

Confident

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Professional Military Officer:
present

Inferred

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Source Of Support:
land

Confident

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Source Of Support:
state salary

Confident

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Bureaucracy Characteristics

Merit Promotion:
present

Inferred

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Full Time Bureaucrat:
present

Confident

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Examination System:
absent

Confident

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Law

Professional Lawyer:
uncoded

Undecided

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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

Confident

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Irrigation System:
present

Inferred

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Food Storage Site:
present

Inferred

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Drinking Water Supply System:
present

Inferred

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Communal Building:
present

Inferred

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Utilitarian Public Building:
present

Inferred

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Symbolic Building:
present

Inferred

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Knowledge Or Information Building:
present

Inferred

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Transport Infrastructure

Road:
present

Inferred

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Canal:
present

Inferred

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Special-purpose Sites

Information / Writing System

Written Record:
present

Confident

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Script:
uncoded

Undecided

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Phonetic Alphabetic Writing:
absent

Confident

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Nonwritten Record:
present

Inferred

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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:
uncoded

Undecided

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Sacred Text:
absent

Confident

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Religious Literature:
present

Inferred

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Practical Literature:
uncoded

Undecided

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Philosophy:
present

Inferred

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History:
present

Confident

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Fiction:
uncoded

Undecided

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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

Inferred

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Indigenous Coin:
uncoded

Undecided

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Store Of Wealth:
uncoded

Undecided

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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

Confident

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Information / Measurement System

Weight Measurement System:
present

Confident

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Volume Measurement System:
present

Confident

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Time Measurement System:
present

Inferred

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Length Measurement System:
present

Confident

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Geometrical Measurement System:
uncoded

Undecided

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Area Measurement System:
present

Confident

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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.

Chu Kingdom - Warring States Period

488 BCE 223 BCE

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NGA Settlements:

Home NGA: Middle Yellow River Valley

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.