Home Region:  Mongolia (Central and Northern Eurasia)

Shiwei

600 CE 1000 CE
D G SC WF RG EQ 2020  mn_shiwei / MnShiwe
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  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
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
Economy Variables (Luxury Goods) Coding in Progress.
Religion Variables Coding in Progress.
Crisis Consequences Coding in Progress.
Power Transitions Coding in Progress.

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)
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Utm Zone 48 T Confident 600 CE  1000 CE
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Original Name Shiwei Confident 600 CE  1000 CE
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Alternative Name Tatar Confident 600 CE  1000 CE
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Alternative Name Shih-wei Confident 600 CE  1000 CE
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Temporal Bounds Shiwei (mn_shiwei)
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Duration [600 CE ➜ 1000 CE] Confident
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Political and Cultural Relations Shiwei (mn_shiwei)
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Succeeding Entity Khitan Empire Confident 600 CE  1000 CE
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Preceding Entity
583 CE 630 CE
Eastern Turk Khaganate (mn_turk_khaganate_1)   [None]  Confident
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Degree of Centralization quasi-polity Confident 600 CE  1000 CE
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Language Shiwei (mn_shiwei)
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Linguistic Family Mongolic Confident 600 CE  1000 CE
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Linguistic Family Manchu-Tungusic Confident 600 CE  1000 CE
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Language Khitan Confident 600 CE  1000 CE
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Religion Shiwei (mn_shiwei)
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Social Complexity Variables
Social Scale Shiwei (mn_shiwei)
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Polity Territory - Undecided 600 CE  1000 CE
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Polity Population - Undecided 600 CE  1000 CE
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Hierarchical Complexity Shiwei (mn_shiwei)
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Administrative Level 1 Confident 600 CE  1000 CE
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Professions Shiwei (mn_shiwei)
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Professional Soldier Absent Inferred 600 CE  1000 CE
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Professional Priesthood Absent Inferred 600 CE  1000 CE
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Professional Military Officer Absent Inferred 600 CE  1000 CE
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Bureaucracy Characteristics Shiwei (mn_shiwei)
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Specialized Government Building Absent Confident 600 CE  1000 CE
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Merit Promotion Absent Inferred 600 CE  1000 CE
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Full Time Bureaucrat Absent Inferred 600 CE  1000 CE
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Examination System Absent Inferred 600 CE  1000 CE
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Law Shiwei (mn_shiwei)
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Specialized Buildings: polity owned Shiwei (mn_shiwei)
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Food Storage Site Unknown Suspected 600 CE  1000 CE
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Transport Infrastructure Shiwei (mn_shiwei)
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Road Uncoded Undecided 600 CE  1000 CE
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Special-purpose Sites Shiwei (mn_shiwei)
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Information / Writing System Shiwei (mn_shiwei)
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Information / Kinds of Written Documents Shiwei (mn_shiwei)
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Information / Money Shiwei (mn_shiwei)
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Token Absent Confident 600 CE  1000 CE
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Precious Metal Absent Confident 600 CE  1000 CE
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Paper Currency Absent Confident 600 CE  1000 CE
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Indigenous Coin Absent Confident 600 CE  1000 CE
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Foreign Coin Absent Confident 600 CE  1000 CE
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Article Present Confident 600 CE  1000 CE
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Information / Postal System Shiwei (mn_shiwei)
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Information / Measurement System Shiwei (mn_shiwei)
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Warfare Variables (Military Technologies)
Fortifications Shiwei (mn_shiwei)
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Wooden Palisade Unknown Suspected 600 CE  1000 CE
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Stone Walls Non Mortared Unknown Suspected 600 CE  1000 CE
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Stone Walls Mortared Unknown Suspected 600 CE  1000 CE
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Settlements in a Defensive Position Unknown Suspected 600 CE  1000 CE
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Modern Fortification Absent Confident 600 CE  1000 CE
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Moat Unknown Suspected 600 CE  1000 CE
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Fortified Camp Unknown Suspected 600 CE  1000 CE
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Earth Rampart Unknown Suspected 600 CE  1000 CE
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Ditch Unknown Suspected 600 CE  1000 CE
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Complex Fortification Unknown Suspected 600 CE  1000 CE
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Long Wall absent Confident 600 CE  1000 CE
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Military use of Metals Shiwei (mn_shiwei)
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Steel Unknown Suspected 600 CE  1000 CE
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Iron Present Confident 600 CE  1000 CE
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Copper Present Inferred 600 CE  1000 CE
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Bronze Present Inferred 600 CE  1000 CE
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Projectiles Shiwei (mn_shiwei)
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Tension Siege Engine Unknown Suspected 600 CE  1000 CE
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Sling Siege Engine Absent Confident 600 CE  1000 CE
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Sling Unknown Suspected 600 CE  1000 CE
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Self Bow Unknown Suspected 600 CE  1000 CE
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Javelin Unknown Suspected 600 CE  1000 CE
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Handheld Firearm Absent Confident 600 CE  1000 CE
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Gunpowder Siege Artillery Absent Confident 600 CE  1000 CE
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Crossbow Unknown Suspected 600 CE  1000 CE
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Composite Bow Present Confident 600 CE  1000 CE
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Atlatl Unknown Suspected 600 CE  1000 CE
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Handheld weapons Shiwei (mn_shiwei)
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War Club Unknown Suspected 600 CE  1000 CE
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Sword Present Inferred 600 CE  1000 CE
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Spear Unknown Suspected 600 CE  1000 CE
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Polearm Unknown Suspected 600 CE  1000 CE
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Dagger Present Confident 600 CE  1000 CE
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Battle Axe Unknown Suspected 600 CE  1000 CE
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Animals used in warfare Shiwei (mn_shiwei)
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Horse Present Confident 600 CE  1000 CE
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Elephant Unknown Suspected 600 CE  1000 CE
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Donkey Unknown Suspected 600 CE  1000 CE
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Dog Unknown Suspected 600 CE  1000 CE
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Camel Unknown Suspected 600 CE  1000 CE
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Armor Shiwei (mn_shiwei)
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Wood Bark Etc Unknown Suspected 600 CE  1000 CE
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Shield Present Inferred 600 CE  1000 CE
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Scaled Armor Unknown Suspected 600 CE  1000 CE
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Plate Armor Unknown Suspected 600 CE  1000 CE
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Limb Protection Unknown Suspected 600 CE  1000 CE
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Leather Cloth Present Inferred 600 CE  1000 CE
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Laminar Armor Unknown Suspected 600 CE  1000 CE
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Helmet Unknown Suspected 600 CE  1000 CE
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Chainmail Unknown Suspected 600 CE  1000 CE
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Breastplate Unknown Suspected 600 CE  1000 CE
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Naval technology Shiwei (mn_shiwei)
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Specialized Military Vessel Unknown Suspected 600 CE  1000 CE
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Small Vessels Canoes Etc Unknown Suspected 600 CE  1000 CE
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Merchant Ships Pressed Into Service Unknown Suspected 600 CE  1000 CE
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Economy Variables (Luxury Goods)
Religion Variables
Moralizing Supernatural Punishment and Reward Shiwei (mn_shiwei)
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Moralizing Enforcement is Broad Absent Inferred 600 CE  1000 CE
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Moralizing Supernatural Concern is Primary Absent Inferred 600 CE  1000 CE
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Moralizing Enforcement is Agentic Absent Inferred 600 CE  1000 CE
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Moralizing Enforcement in This Life Absent Inferred 600 CE  1000 CE
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Moralizing Supernatural Punishment And Reward Absent Inferred 600 CE  1000 CE
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Moralizing Religion Adopted by Commoners Absent Inferred 600 CE  1000 CE
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Moralizing Enforcement is Targeted Absent Inferred 600 CE  1000 CE
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Moralizing Enforcement in Afterlife Absent Inferred 600 CE  1000 CE
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Moralizing Religion Adopted by Elites Absent Inferred 600 CE  1000 CE
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Moralizing Enforcement of Rulers Absent Inferred 600 CE  1000 CE
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Moralizing Enforcement is Certain Absent Inferred 600 CE  1000 CE
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Human Sacrifice Shiwei (mn_shiwei)
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Crisis Cases
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Power Transitions
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