Home Region: Southeastern Europe (Europe)

Bulgaria - Middle

865 CE 1018 CE

SC EQ 2020 bg_bulgaria_medieval / BgMdBlg

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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

Polity Territory

280,000 km²	900 CE
330,000 km²	1000 CE

Polity Population

Hierarchical Complexity

Settlement Hierarchy

[3 to 4]

Religious Level

[3 to 4]

Military Level

Administrative Level

Professions

Professional Military Officer

present
absent

Bureaucracy Characteristics

Merit Promotion

inferred present

Full Time Bureaucrat

present
absent

Law

Professional Lawyer

inferred absent

Judge

absent	681 CE 803 CE
present	804 CE 863 CE
absent	804 CE 863 CE
inferred present

Formal Legal Code

present

Specialized Buildings: polity owned

Food Storage Site

inferred present

Drinking Water Supply System

present

Communal Building

present

Utilitarian Public Building

present

Symbolic Building

present

Knowledge Or Information Building

present

Entertainment Building

uncoded

Special Purpose House

present

Transport Infrastructure

Road

inferred present

Port

inferred present

Special-purpose Sites

Special Purpose Site

present

Burial Site

present

Information / Writing System

Written Record

present

Script

present

Phonetic Alphabetic Writing

uncoded

Non Phonetic Writing

uncoded

Information / Kinds of Written Documents

Scientific Literature

inferred present

Sacred Text

present

Religious Literature

present

Practical Literature

present

Philosophy

inferred present

History

inferred present

Fiction

present

Calendar

present

Information / Money

Paper Currency

absent

Indigenous Coin

inferred absent

Foreign Coin

present

Article

present

Information / Postal System

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	Bulgaria - Middle (bg_bulgaria_medieval) 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:
-

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Polity Territory:
280,000 km² ^{900

CE}

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Polity Territory:
330,000 km² ^{1000

CE}

Confident

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Polity Population:
-

Undecided

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Hierarchical Complexity

Settlement Hierarchy:
[3 to 4]

Confident

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Religious Level:
[3 to 4]

Confident

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Military Level:
-

Undecided

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Administrative Level:
4

Confident

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Professions

Professional Military Officer:
present

Confident Uncertain

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Professional Military Officer:
absent

Confident Uncertain

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Bureaucracy Characteristics

Merit Promotion:
present

Inferred

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Full Time Bureaucrat:
present

Confident Uncertain

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Full Time Bureaucrat:
absent

Confident Uncertain

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Law

Professional Lawyer:
absent

Inferred

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Judge:
absent ^{681
CE
803
CE

*Bad Years, polity duration: [865, 1018]}

Confident

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Judge:
present ^{804
CE
863
CE

*Bad Years, polity duration: [865, 1018]}

Confident Uncertain

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Judge:
absent ^{804
CE
863
CE

*Bad Years, polity duration: [865, 1018]}

Confident Uncertain

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Judge:
present

Inferred

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Formal Legal Code:
present

Confident

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Specialized Buildings: polity owned

Food Storage Site:
present

Inferred

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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:
present

Confident

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Entertainment Building:
uncoded

Undecided

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Special Purpose House:
present

Confident

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Transport Infrastructure

Road:
present

Inferred

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Port:
present

Inferred

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Special-purpose Sites

Special Purpose 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:
uncoded

Undecided

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Non Phonetic Writing:
uncoded

Undecided

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Information / Kinds of Written Documents

Scientific Literature:
present

Inferred

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Sacred Text:
present

Confident

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Religious Literature:
present

Confident

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Practical Literature:
present

Confident

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Philosophy:
present

Inferred

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History:
present

Inferred

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Fiction:
present

Confident

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Calendar:
present

Confident

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Information / Money

Paper Currency:
absent

Confident

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Indigenous Coin:
absent

Inferred

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Foreign Coin:
present

Confident

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Article:
present

Confident

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Information / Postal System

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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Coding in Progress.

Power Transitions

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Coding in Progress.

Bulgaria - Middle

865 CE 1018 CE

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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.