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Home Region:
Iran (Southwest Asia)
Median Persian Empire
SC
EQ 2020
ir_median_emp
/ IrMedes
Preceding Entity:
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Succeeding Entity:
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General Description
D
No General Descriptions provided.
General Variables
Identity and Location
Temporal Bounds
Political and Cultural Relations
Language
Religion
Social Complexity Variables
Social Scale
Polity Territory
[
2,500,000
to
3,000,000
]
km
2
Largest Communication Distance
[1,500 to 2,000]
Hierarchical Complexity
Settlement Hierarchy
4
Administrative Level
[4 to 5]
Professions
Professional Soldier
present
Professional Priesthood
inferred
present
Bureaucracy Characteristics
Merit Promotion
uncoded
Law
Specialized Buildings: polity owned
Irrigation System
inferred
present
Food Storage Site
present
Communal Building
present
Utilitarian Public Building
inferred
present
Symbolic Building
present
Transport Infrastructure
Special-purpose Sites
Information
/ Writing System
Script
present
Phonetic Alphabetic Writing
uncoded
Nonwritten Record
present
Information
/ Kinds of Written Documents
Information
/ Money
Article
present
Information
/ Postal System
Information
/ Measurement System
Other Measurement System
uncoded
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
Median Persian Empire (ir_median_emp) 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:
[
2,500,000
to
3,000,000
]
km
2
Confident
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Largest Communication Distance:
[1,500 to 2,000]
Confident
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Hierarchical Complexity
Settlement Hierarchy:
4
Confident
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Administrative Level:
[4 to 5]
Confident
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Professions
Professional Soldier:
present
Confident
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Professional Priesthood:
present
Inferred
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Bureaucracy Characteristics
Merit Promotion:
uncoded
Undecided
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Law
Specialized Buildings: polity owned
Irrigation System:
present
Inferred
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Food Storage Site:
present
Confident
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Communal Building:
present
Confident
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Utilitarian Public Building:
present
Inferred
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Symbolic Building:
present
Confident
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Transport Infrastructure
Special-purpose Sites
Information
/ Writing System
Script:
present
Confident
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Phonetic Alphabetic Writing:
uncoded
Undecided
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Nonwritten Record:
present
Confident
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Information
/ Kinds of Written Documents
Information
/ Money
Article:
present
Confident
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Information
/ Postal System
Information
/ Measurement System
Other Measurement System:
uncoded
Undecided
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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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Crisis Consequences
Coding in Progress.
Power Transitions
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Power Transitions
Coding in Progress.