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Yemen Ziyadid Dynasty

822 CE 1037 CE

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EQ 2020 ye_ziyad_dyn / YeZiyad

Preceding Entity: Add one more here.

750 CE 946 CE Abbasid Caliphate I (iq_abbasid_cal_1) [None]

Succeeding Entity: Add one more here.

1038 CE 1174 CE Yemen - Era of Warlords (ye_warlords) [continuity]

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General Description

The Ziyadid dynasty occupied and ruled southern Tihama coastal plains between 822 CE and 1037 CE from the city of Zabid in the Red Sea coastal desert. In 893 CE, Al-Hadi ila al-Haqq (al-Hadi) founds the Zaydi imamate based on the Zaydi Shii teachings, which popularized throughout at least part of North Yemen until the 1962 Revolution. ^[1] In 1007 CE, Yu’frid prince ‘Abdullah ibn Qahtan ruled Sanaa and “made a successful foray against the stronghold of Sunnism.” ^[2]
No population estimates could be found in the consulted literature; however, the polity territory is estimated to be around 100,000 square kilometers. ^[3]
Moreover, the Ziyadid dynasty had a loose political organization under the control of a sultan at Aden, who held less authority over the highlands. The settlement hierarchy is three-tiered, while administrative levels are four-tiered. The Abbasid court sent governors to Sanaa with lower hierarchy levels governed by rulers of petty states and tribal chiefs. ^[4]

[1]: (Burrows 2010, xxiv) Robert D Burrows. 2010. Historical Dictionary of Yemen. Second Edition. The Scarecrow Press, Inc. Lanham.

[2]: (Stookey 1978, 57) Robert W Stookey. 1978. Yemen: The Politics of the Yemen Arab Republic. Westview Press. Boulder.

[3]: (Stookey 1978, 54) Robert W Stookey. 1978. Yemen: The Politics of the Yemen Arab Republic. Westview Press. Boulder.

[4]: (Stookey 1978, 50-54) Robert W Stookey. 1978. Yemen: The Politics of the Yemen Arab Republic. Westview Press. Boulder.

General Variables

Identity and Location

1 Utm Zone

1 Capital

2 Alternative Name

Temporal Bounds

1 Peak Years

1 Duration

Political and Cultural Relations

2 Suprapolity Relations

1 Succeeding Entity

2 Polity Succession

1 Degree of Centralization

Language

1 Linguistic Family

1 Language

Religion

1 Religion Family

1 Religion

1 Alternate Religion

Social Complexity Variables

Social Scale

1 Population of the Largest Settlement

1 Polity Territory

Hierarchical Complexity

1 Settlement Hierarchy

1 Religious Level

1 Military Level

1 Administrative Level

Professions

1 Professional Soldier

1 Professional Priesthood

1 Professional Military Officer

Bureaucracy Characteristics

1 Specialized Government Building

1 Full Time Bureaucrat

Law

1 Professional Lawyer

1 Judge

1 Formal Legal Code

1 Court

Specialized Buildings: polity owned

1 Market

1 Food Storage Site

1 Knowledge Or Information Building

Transport Infrastructure

1 Road

1 Port

Special-purpose Sites

1 Mines or Quarry

Information / Writing System

1 Written Record

1 Script

1 Phonetic Alphabetic Writing

1 Non Phonetic Writing

Information / Kinds of Written Documents

1 Sacred Text

1 Religious Literature

1 History

1 Calendar

Information / Money

1 Paper Currency

1 Indigenous Coin

Information / Postal System

1 Postal Station

1 General Postal Service

1 Courier

Information / Measurement System

Warfare Variables (Military Technologies)

Fortifications

1 Wooden Palisade

1 Stone Walls Non Mortared

1 Stone Walls Mortared

1 Settlements in a Defensive Position

1 Modern Fortification

1 Moat

1 Fortified Camp

1 Earth Rampart

1 Ditch

1 Complex Fortification

1 Long Wall

Military use of Metals

1 Steel

1 Iron

Projectiles

1 Tension Siege Engine

1 Sling Siege Engine

1 Sling

1 Self Bow

1 Javelin

1 Handheld Firearm

1 Gunpowder Siege Artillery

1 Crossbow

1 Composite Bow

1 Atlatl

Handheld weapons

1 War Club

1 Sword

1 Spear

1 Polearm

1 Dagger

1 Battle Axe

Animals used in warfare

1 Horse

1 Elephant

1 Donkey

1 Camel

Armor

1 Wood Bark Etc

1 Shield

1 Scaled Armor

1 Plate Armor

1 Limb Protection

1 Leather Cloth

1 Laminar Armor

1 Helmet

1 Chainmail

1 Breastplate

Naval technology

1 Specialized Military Vessel

1 Small Vessels Canoes Etc

1 Merchant Ships Pressed Into Service

Economy Variables (Luxury Goods) Coding in Progress.

Religion Variables Coding in Progress.

Crisis Consequence Cases Coding in Progress.

Power Transitions Coding in Progress.

Instability Events Coding in Progress.

NGA Settlements:

Year Range	Yemen Ziyadid Dynasty (ye_ziyad_dyn) was in:
(869 CE 1037 CE)	Yemeni Coastal Plain

Home NGA: Yemeni Coastal Plain

General Variables

Identity and Location Yemen Ziyadid Dynasty (ye_ziyad_dyn)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Utm Zone	38 P	822 CE 1037 CE
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Capital	Zabid	822 CE 1037 CE
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Alternative Name	Banu Ziyad	822 CE 1037 CE
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Alternative Name	Ziyadid Dynasty	822 CE 1037 CE
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Temporal Bounds Yemen Ziyadid Dynasty (ye_ziyad_dyn)

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Peak Years	1000 CE
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Duration	[822 CE ➜ 1037 CE]
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Political and Cultural Relations Yemen Ziyadid Dynasty (ye_ziyad_dyn)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Suprapolity Relations	ye_ziyad_dyn nominal allegiance to iq_abbasid_cal_1	822 CE 1037 CE
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Suprapolity Relations	uz_samanid_emp alliance with ye_ziyad_dyn	819 CE 999 CE
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Succeeding Entity	YeWarLd	822 CE 1037 CE
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Succeeding Entity 1038 CE 1174 CE	Yemen - Era of Warlords (ye_warlords) [continuity]
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Preceding Entity 750 CE 946 CE	Abbasid Caliphate I (iq_abbasid_cal_1) [None]
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Degree of Centralization	loose	822 CE 1037 CE
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Language Yemen Ziyadid Dynasty (ye_ziyad_dyn)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Linguistic Family	Afro-Asiatic	822 CE 1037 CE
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Language	Arabic	822 CE 1037 CE
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Religion Yemen Ziyadid Dynasty (ye_ziyad_dyn)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Religion Family	Sunni	822 CE 1037 CE
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Religion	Islam	822 CE 1037 CE
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Alternate Religion	Uncoded Undecided	822 CE 1037 CE
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Social Complexity Variables

Social Scale Yemen Ziyadid Dynasty (ye_ziyad_dyn)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Population of the Largest Settlement	-	822 CE 1037 CE
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Polity Territory	[100,000 to 555,000] km²	822 CE 1037 CE
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Hierarchical Complexity Yemen Ziyadid Dynasty (ye_ziyad_dyn)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Settlement Hierarchy	3	822 CE 1037 CE
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Religious Level	- Undecided	822 CE 1037 CE
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Military Level	- Undecided	822 CE 1037 CE
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Administrative Level	[3 to 4]	822 CE 1037 CE
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Professions Yemen Ziyadid Dynasty (ye_ziyad_dyn)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Professional Soldier	Present Inferred	822 CE 1037 CE
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Professional Priesthood	Present	822 CE 1037 CE
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Professional Military Officer	Uncoded Undecided	822 CE 1037 CE
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Bureaucracy Characteristics Yemen Ziyadid Dynasty (ye_ziyad_dyn)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Specialized Government Building	Present	822 CE 1037 CE
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Full Time Bureaucrat	Present	822 CE 1037 CE
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Law Yemen Ziyadid Dynasty (ye_ziyad_dyn)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Professional Lawyer	Present Inferred	822 CE 1037 CE
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Judge	Present Inferred	822 CE 1037 CE
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Formal Legal Code	Present Inferred	822 CE 1037 CE
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Court	Uncoded Undecided	822 CE 1037 CE
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Specialized Buildings: polity owned Yemen Ziyadid Dynasty (ye_ziyad_dyn)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Market	Present	822 CE 1037 CE
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Food Storage Site	Present Inferred	822 CE 1037 CE
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Knowledge Or Information Building	Uncoded Undecided	822 CE 1037 CE
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Transport Infrastructure Yemen Ziyadid Dynasty (ye_ziyad_dyn)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Road	Present	822 CE 1037 CE
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Port	Present	822 CE 1037 CE
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Special-purpose Sites Yemen Ziyadid Dynasty (ye_ziyad_dyn)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Mines or Quarry	Present	822 CE 1037 CE
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Information / Writing System Yemen Ziyadid Dynasty (ye_ziyad_dyn)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Written Record	Present	822 CE 1037 CE
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Script	Present	822 CE 1037 CE
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Phonetic Alphabetic Writing	Present	822 CE 1037 CE
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Non Phonetic Writing	Absent	822 CE 1037 CE
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Information / Kinds of Written Documents Yemen Ziyadid Dynasty (ye_ziyad_dyn)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Sacred Text	Present Inferred	822 CE 1037 CE
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Religious Literature	Present Inferred	822 CE 1037 CE
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History	Present	822 CE 1037 CE
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Calendar	Present Inferred	822 CE 1037 CE
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Information / Money Yemen Ziyadid Dynasty (ye_ziyad_dyn)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Paper Currency	Absent	822 CE 1037 CE
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Indigenous Coin	Present	822 CE 1037 CE
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Information / Postal System Yemen Ziyadid Dynasty (ye_ziyad_dyn)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Postal Station	Present Inferred	822 CE 1037 CE
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General Postal Service	Present Inferred	822 CE 1037 CE
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Courier	Present Inferred	822 CE 1037 CE
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Information / Measurement System Yemen Ziyadid Dynasty (ye_ziyad_dyn)

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Warfare Variables (Military Technologies)

Fortifications Yemen Ziyadid Dynasty (ye_ziyad_dyn)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Wooden Palisade	Present Inferred	822 CE 1037 CE
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Stone Walls Non Mortared	Unknown Suspected	822 CE 1037 CE
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Stone Walls Mortared	Present Inferred	822 CE 1037 CE
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Settlements in a Defensive Position	Present Inferred	822 CE 1037 CE
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Modern Fortification	Absent	822 CE 1037 CE
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Moat	Present Inferred	822 CE 1037 CE
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Fortified Camp	Unknown Suspected	822 CE 1037 CE
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Earth Rampart	Present Inferred	822 CE 1037 CE
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Ditch	Present Inferred	822 CE 1037 CE
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Complex Fortification	Unknown Suspected	822 CE 1037 CE
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Long Wall	unknown Suspected	822 CE 1037 CE
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Military use of Metals Yemen Ziyadid Dynasty (ye_ziyad_dyn)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Steel	Present Inferred	822 CE 1037 CE
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Iron	Present Inferred	822 CE 1037 CE
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Projectiles Yemen Ziyadid Dynasty (ye_ziyad_dyn)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Tension Siege Engine	Present Inferred	822 CE 1037 CE
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Sling Siege Engine	Absent Inferred	822 CE 1037 CE
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Sling	Unknown Suspected	822 CE 1037 CE
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Self Bow	Unknown Suspected	822 CE 1037 CE
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Javelin	Present Inferred	822 CE 1037 CE
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Handheld Firearm	Absent	822 CE 1037 CE
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Gunpowder Siege Artillery	Absent	822 CE 1037 CE
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Crossbow	Present Inferred	822 CE 1037 CE
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Composite Bow	Present Inferred	822 CE 1037 CE
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Atlatl	Absent	822 CE 1037 CE
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Handheld weapons Yemen Ziyadid Dynasty (ye_ziyad_dyn)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
War Club	Present Inferred	822 CE 1037 CE
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Sword	Present Inferred	822 CE 1037 CE
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Spear	Unknown Suspected	822 CE 1037 CE
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Polearm	Present Inferred	822 CE 1037 CE
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Dagger	Present Inferred	822 CE 1037 CE
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Battle Axe	Unknown Suspected	822 CE 1037 CE
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Animals used in warfare Yemen Ziyadid Dynasty (ye_ziyad_dyn)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Horse	Present Inferred	822 CE 1037 CE
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Elephant	Unknown Suspected	822 CE 1037 CE
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Donkey	Present Inferred	822 CE 1037 CE
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Camel	Present Inferred	822 CE 1037 CE
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Armor Yemen Ziyadid Dynasty (ye_ziyad_dyn)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Wood Bark Etc	Present Inferred	822 CE 1037 CE
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Shield	Present Inferred	822 CE 1037 CE
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Scaled Armor	Present Inferred	822 CE 1037 CE
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Plate Armor	Absent Inferred	822 CE 1037 CE
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Limb Protection	Present Inferred	822 CE 1037 CE
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Leather Cloth	Present Inferred	822 CE 1037 CE
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Laminar Armor	Present Inferred	822 CE 1037 CE
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Helmet	Present Inferred	822 CE 1037 CE
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Chainmail	Present Inferred	822 CE 1037 CE
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Breastplate	Present Inferred	822 CE 1037 CE
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Naval technology Yemen Ziyadid Dynasty (ye_ziyad_dyn)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Specialized Military Vessel	Unknown Suspected	822 CE 1037 CE
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Small Vessels Canoes Etc	Present Inferred	822 CE 1037 CE
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Merchant Ships Pressed Into Service	Present Inferred	822 CE 1037 CE
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Economy Variables (Luxury Goods)

Religion Variables

Moralizing Supernatural Punishment and Reward Yemen Ziyadid Dynasty (ye_ziyad_dyn)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Moralizing Enforcement is Broad	Present	822 CE 1037 CE
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Moralizing Supernatural Concern is Primary	Present	822 CE 1037 CE
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Moralizing Enforcement is Agentic	Present	822 CE 1037 CE
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Moralizing Enforcement in This Life	Present	822 CE 1037 CE
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Moralizing Supernatural Punishment And Reward	Present	822 CE 1037 CE
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Moralizing Religion Adopted by Commoners	Present	822 CE 1037 CE
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Moralizing Enforcement is Targeted	Present	822 CE 1037 CE
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Moralizing Enforcement in Afterlife	Present	822 CE 1037 CE
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Moralizing Religion Adopted by Elites	Present	822 CE 1037 CE
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Moralizing Enforcement of Rulers	Present	822 CE 1037 CE
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Moralizing Enforcement is Certain	Present	822 CE 1037 CE
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Human Sacrifice Yemen Ziyadid Dynasty (ye_ziyad_dyn)

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