Home Region:  North China (East Asia)

Qin Empire

338 BCE 207 BCE

SC CC PT EQ 2020  cn_qin_emp / CnImQin

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Preceding Entity:
No Polity found. Add one here.

Succeeding Entity:
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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
Religion Tolerance Coding in Progress.
Human Sacrifice Coding in Progress.
Crisis Consequences Coding in Progress.
Power Transitions Coding in Progress.

NGA Settlements:

Year Range Qin Empire (cn_qin_emp) 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:
350,000 people
300 BCE
Population of the Largest Settlement:
200,000 people
200 BCE *Bad Years, polity duration: [-338, -207]
Population of the Largest Settlement:
200,000 people
100 BCE *Bad Years, polity duration: [-338, -207]

Polity Territory:
340,000 km2
290 BCE
Polity Territory:
820,000 km2
270 BCE
Polity Territory:
1,300,000 km2
250 BCE
Polity Territory:
1,967,000 km2
230 BCE
Polity Territory:
2,433,000 km2
210 BCE

Polity Population:
40,000,000 people
207 BCE

Largest Communication Distance:
1100

Hierarchical Complexity
Settlement Hierarchy:
5

Religious Level:
-

Military Level:
6

Administrative Level:
7

Professions
Professional Soldier:
present

Professional Priesthood:
absent

Professional Military Officer:
present

Source Of Support:
land
Source Of Support:
state salary

Bureaucracy Characteristics
Specialized Government Building:
present

Merit Promotion:
present

Full Time Bureaucrat:
present

Examination System:
present

Law
Professional Lawyer:
unknown

Judge:
unknown

Formal Legal Code:
present

Court:
present

Specialized Buildings: polity owned
Market:
present

Irrigation System:
present

Food Storage Site:
present

Drinking Water Supply System:
present

Communal Building:
present

Utilitarian Public Building:
present

Symbolic Building:
present

Knowledge Or Information Building:
present

Entertainment Building:
absent

Special Purpose House:
present

Transport Infrastructure
Road:
present

Canal:
present

Bridge:
present

Special-purpose Sites
Mines or Quarry:
present

Information / Writing System
Written Record:
present

Script:
present

Phonetic Alphabetic Writing:
absent

Nonwritten Record:
present

Non Phonetic Writing:
present

Mnemonic Device:
present

Information / Kinds of Written Documents
Scientific Literature:
present

Sacred Text:
absent

Religious Literature:
present

Practical Literature:
present

Philosophy:
present

History:
present

Fiction:
present

Calendar:
present

Information / Money
Token:
present

Precious Metal:
present

Paper Currency:
absent

Indigenous Coin:
present

Foreign Coin:
absent

Article:
unknown

Debt And Credit Structure:
present

Information / Postal System
Postal Station:
present

General Postal Service:
present

Courier:
present

Information / Measurement System
Weight Measurement System:
present

Volume Measurement System:
present

Time Measurement System:
present

Length Measurement System:
present

Geometrical Measurement System:
present

Area Measurement System:
present


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.
Power Transitions