Home Region: Mongolia (Central and Northern Eurasia)

Shiwei

600 CE 1000 CE

D G SC WF R

EQ 2020 mn_shiwei / MnShiwe

Preceding Entity: Add one more here.

583 CE 630 CE Eastern Turk Khaganate (mn_turk_khaganate_1) [None]

Succeeding Entity:

No Polity found. Add one here.

General Description

According to the earliest known references to the Shiwei in Chinese records dating to the fifth century CE, they occupied the Hulun Buir, Ergüne, Nonni, Middle Amur, and Zeya watersheds, they were divided into between five and twenty tribes, they lived on agriculture and pastoralism, and they traded sable skins. They may have been the ancestors to the Mongols. ^[1]
Population and political organization
Sources do not provide clear descriptions of Shiwei political organization, but it is worth noting that the Wuluohou, one of the Shiwei peoples, was believed by Chinese record-keepers to have no supreme leader, only tribal chiefs. ^[2] Similarly, sources do not provide clear population estimates for the Shiwei.

[1]: (Atwood 2004, 502)

[2]: (Xu 2005, 127)

General Variables

Identity and Location

1 Utm Zone

1 Original Name

2 Alternative Name

Temporal Bounds

1 Duration

Political and Cultural Relations

1 Succeeding Entity

1 Polity Succession

1 Degree of Centralization

Language

2 Linguistic Family

1 Language

Religion

Social Complexity Variables

Social Scale

1 Polity Territory

1 Polity Population

Hierarchical Complexity

1 Administrative Level

Professions

1 Professional Soldier

1 Professional Priesthood

1 Professional Military Officer

Bureaucracy Characteristics

1 Specialized Government Building

1 Merit Promotion

1 Full Time Bureaucrat

1 Examination System

Law

Specialized Buildings: polity owned

1 Food Storage Site

Transport Infrastructure

1 Road

Special-purpose Sites

Information / Writing System

Information / Kinds of Written Documents

Information / Money

1 Token

1 Precious Metal

1 Paper Currency

1 Indigenous Coin

1 Foreign Coin

1 Article

Information / Postal System

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

1 Copper

1 Bronze

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 Dog

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

4 Instability Event

NGA Settlements:

Year Range	Shiwei (mn_shiwei) was in:
(841 CE 907 CE)	Orkhon Valley

Home NGA: Orkhon Valley

General Variables

Identity and Location Shiwei (mn_shiwei)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Utm Zone	48 T	600 CE 1000 CE
Loading...

Original Name	Shiwei	600 CE 1000 CE
Loading...

Alternative Name	Tatar	600 CE 1000 CE
Loading...

Alternative Name	Shih-wei	600 CE 1000 CE
Loading...

Temporal Bounds Shiwei (mn_shiwei)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)	See More
Duration	[600 CE ➜ 1000 CE]
Loading...

Political and Cultural Relations Shiwei (mn_shiwei)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Succeeding Entity	Khitan Empire	600 CE 1000 CE
Loading...

Preceding Entity 583 CE 630 CE	Eastern Turk Khaganate (mn_turk_khaganate_1) [None]
Loading...

Degree of Centralization	quasi-polity	600 CE 1000 CE
Loading...

Language Shiwei (mn_shiwei)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Linguistic Family	Mongolic	600 CE 1000 CE
Loading...

Linguistic Family	Manchu-Tungusic	600 CE 1000 CE
Loading...

Language	Khitan	600 CE 1000 CE
Loading...

Religion Shiwei (mn_shiwei)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)	See More

Social Complexity Variables

Social Scale Shiwei (mn_shiwei)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Polity Territory	- Undecided	600 CE 1000 CE
Loading...

Polity Population	- Undecided	600 CE 1000 CE
Loading...

Hierarchical Complexity Shiwei (mn_shiwei)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Administrative Level	1	600 CE 1000 CE
Loading...

Professions Shiwei (mn_shiwei)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Professional Soldier	Absent Inferred	600 CE 1000 CE
Loading...

Professional Priesthood	Absent Inferred	600 CE 1000 CE
Loading...

Professional Military Officer	Absent Inferred	600 CE 1000 CE
Loading...

Bureaucracy Characteristics Shiwei (mn_shiwei)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Specialized Government Building	Absent	600 CE 1000 CE
Loading...

Merit Promotion	Absent Inferred	600 CE 1000 CE
Loading...

Full Time Bureaucrat	Absent Inferred	600 CE 1000 CE
Loading...

Examination System	Absent Inferred	600 CE 1000 CE
Loading...

Law Shiwei (mn_shiwei)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)	See More

Specialized Buildings: polity owned Shiwei (mn_shiwei)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Food Storage Site	Unknown Suspected	600 CE 1000 CE
Loading...

Transport Infrastructure Shiwei (mn_shiwei)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Road	Uncoded Undecided	600 CE 1000 CE
Loading...

Special-purpose Sites Shiwei (mn_shiwei)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)	See More

Information / Writing System Shiwei (mn_shiwei)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)	See More

Information / Kinds of Written Documents Shiwei (mn_shiwei)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)	See More

Information / Money Shiwei (mn_shiwei)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Token	Absent	600 CE 1000 CE
Loading...

Precious Metal	Absent	600 CE 1000 CE
Loading...

Paper Currency	Absent	600 CE 1000 CE
Loading...

Indigenous Coin	Absent	600 CE 1000 CE
Loading...

Foreign Coin	Absent	600 CE 1000 CE
Loading...

Article	Present	600 CE 1000 CE
Loading...

Information / Postal System Shiwei (mn_shiwei)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)	See More

Information / Measurement System Shiwei (mn_shiwei)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)	See More

Warfare Variables (Military Technologies)

Fortifications Shiwei (mn_shiwei)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Wooden Palisade	Unknown Suspected	600 CE 1000 CE
Loading...

Stone Walls Non Mortared	Unknown Suspected	600 CE 1000 CE
Loading...

Stone Walls Mortared	Unknown Suspected	600 CE 1000 CE
Loading...

Settlements in a Defensive Position	Unknown Suspected	600 CE 1000 CE
Loading...

Modern Fortification	Absent	600 CE 1000 CE
Loading...

Moat	Unknown Suspected	600 CE 1000 CE
Loading...

Fortified Camp	Unknown Suspected	600 CE 1000 CE
Loading...

Earth Rampart	Unknown Suspected	600 CE 1000 CE
Loading...

Ditch	Unknown Suspected	600 CE 1000 CE
Loading...

Complex Fortification	Unknown Suspected	600 CE 1000 CE
Loading...

Long Wall	absent	600 CE 1000 CE
Loading...

Military use of Metals Shiwei (mn_shiwei)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Steel	Unknown Suspected	600 CE 1000 CE
Loading...

Iron	Present	600 CE 1000 CE
Loading...

Copper	Present Inferred	600 CE 1000 CE
Loading...

Bronze	Present Inferred	600 CE 1000 CE
Loading...

Projectiles Shiwei (mn_shiwei)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Tension Siege Engine	Unknown Suspected	600 CE 1000 CE
Loading...

Sling Siege Engine	Absent	600 CE 1000 CE
Loading...

Sling	Unknown Suspected	600 CE 1000 CE
Loading...

Self Bow	Unknown Suspected	600 CE 1000 CE
Loading...

Javelin	Unknown Suspected	600 CE 1000 CE
Loading...

Handheld Firearm	Absent	600 CE 1000 CE
Loading...

Gunpowder Siege Artillery	Absent	600 CE 1000 CE
Loading...

Crossbow	Unknown Suspected	600 CE 1000 CE
Loading...

Composite Bow	Present	600 CE 1000 CE
Loading...

Atlatl	Unknown Suspected	600 CE 1000 CE
Loading...

Handheld weapons Shiwei (mn_shiwei)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
War Club	Unknown Suspected	600 CE 1000 CE
Loading...

Sword	Present Inferred	600 CE 1000 CE
Loading...

Spear	Unknown Suspected	600 CE 1000 CE
Loading...

Polearm	Unknown Suspected	600 CE 1000 CE
Loading...

Dagger	Present	600 CE 1000 CE
Loading...

Battle Axe	Unknown Suspected	600 CE 1000 CE
Loading...

Animals used in warfare Shiwei (mn_shiwei)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Horse	Present	600 CE 1000 CE
Loading...

Elephant	Unknown Suspected	600 CE 1000 CE
Loading...

Donkey	Unknown Suspected	600 CE 1000 CE
Loading...

Dog	Unknown Suspected	600 CE 1000 CE
Loading...

Camel	Unknown Suspected	600 CE 1000 CE
Loading...

Armor Shiwei (mn_shiwei)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Wood Bark Etc	Unknown Suspected	600 CE 1000 CE
Loading...

Shield	Present Inferred	600 CE 1000 CE
Loading...

Scaled Armor	Unknown Suspected	600 CE 1000 CE
Loading...

Plate Armor	Unknown Suspected	600 CE 1000 CE
Loading...

Limb Protection	Unknown Suspected	600 CE 1000 CE
Loading...

Leather Cloth	Present Inferred	600 CE 1000 CE
Loading...

Laminar Armor	Unknown Suspected	600 CE 1000 CE
Loading...

Helmet	Unknown Suspected	600 CE 1000 CE
Loading...

Chainmail	Unknown Suspected	600 CE 1000 CE
Loading...

Breastplate	Unknown Suspected	600 CE 1000 CE
Loading...

Naval technology Shiwei (mn_shiwei)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Specialized Military Vessel	Unknown Suspected	600 CE 1000 CE
Loading...

Small Vessels Canoes Etc	Unknown Suspected	600 CE 1000 CE
Loading...

Merchant Ships Pressed Into Service	Unknown Suspected	600 CE 1000 CE
Loading...

Economy Variables (Luxury Goods)

Religion Variables

Moralizing Supernatural Punishment and Reward Shiwei (mn_shiwei)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Moralizing Enforcement is Broad	Absent Inferred	600 CE 1000 CE
Loading...

Moralizing Supernatural Concern is Primary	Absent Inferred	600 CE 1000 CE
Loading...

Moralizing Enforcement is Agentic	Absent Inferred	600 CE 1000 CE
Loading...

Moralizing Enforcement in This Life	Absent Inferred	600 CE 1000 CE
Loading...

Moralizing Supernatural Punishment And Reward	Absent Inferred	600 CE 1000 CE
Loading...

Moralizing Religion Adopted by Commoners	Absent Inferred	600 CE 1000 CE
Loading...

Moralizing Enforcement is Targeted	Absent Inferred	600 CE 1000 CE
Loading...

Moralizing Enforcement in Afterlife	Absent Inferred	600 CE 1000 CE
Loading...

Moralizing Religion Adopted by Elites	Absent Inferred	600 CE 1000 CE
Loading...

Moralizing Enforcement of Rulers	Absent Inferred	600 CE 1000 CE
Loading...

Moralizing Enforcement is Certain	Absent Inferred	600 CE 1000 CE
Loading...

Human Sacrifice Shiwei (mn_shiwei)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)	See More