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Macedonian Empire

G SC HS CC PT EQ 2020  gr_macedonian_emp / GrMaced

Preceding Entity:
No Polity found. Add one here.

Succeeding Entity: Add one more here.
305 BCE 217 BCE Ptolemaic Kingdom I (eg_ptolemaic_k_1)    [continuity]
312 BCE 63 BCE Seleucids (ir_seleucid_emp)    [continuity]
323 BCE 281 BCE Lysimachus Kingdom (tr_lysimachus_k)    [continuity]

No General Descriptions provided.

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
Religion Tolerance Coding in Progress.
Human Sacrifice Coding in Progress.
Crisis Consequences Coding in Progress.
Power Transitions Coding in Progress.

NGA Settlements:

Year Range Macedonian Empire (gr_macedonian_emp) was in:
Home NGA: None

General Variables
Identity and Location
Temporal Bounds
Political and Cultural Relations
Preceding Entity:
gr_macedonian_emp   continuity   eg_ptolemaic_k_1
 
Preceding Entity:
gr_macedonian_emp   continuity   ir_seleucid_emp
 
Preceding Entity:
gr_macedonian_emp   continuity   tr_lysimachus_k
 

Language
Religion

Social Complexity Variables
Social Scale
Population of the Largest Settlement:
[20,000 to 80,000] people

Polity Territory:
10,000 km2
359 BCE *Bad Years, polity duration: [-330, -312]
Polity Territory:
5,200,000 km2
320 BCE
Polity Territory:
4,400,000 km2
300 BCE *Bad Years, polity duration: [-330, -312]

Polity Population:
1,000,000 people
359 BCE 336 BCE *Bad Years, polity duration: [-330, -312]
Polity Population:
20,000,000 people
321 BCE 294 BCE *Bad Years, polity duration: [-330, -312]

Largest Communication Distance:
4500

Hierarchical Complexity
Settlement Hierarchy:
5

Religious Level:
2

Military Level:
[5 to 8]

Administrative Level:
3
359 BCE 330 BCE *Bad Years, polity duration: [-330, -312]
Administrative Level:
5
330 BCE 294 BCE *Bad Years, polity duration: [-330, -312]

Professions
Professional Soldier:
present

Professional Military Officer:
present

Source Of Support:
governed population
Source Of Support:
land

Occupational Complexity:
uncoded

Bureaucracy Characteristics
Specialized Government Building:
present

Merit Promotion:
absent

Examination System:
absent

Law
Professional Lawyer:
absent

Specialized Buildings: polity owned
Market:
present

Irrigation System:
present

Food Storage Site:
present

Drinking Water Supply System:
present

Communal Building:
present

Utilitarian Public Building:
present

Symbolic Building:
present

Knowledge Or Information Building:
present

Entertainment Building:
present

Special Purpose House:
present

Transport Infrastructure
Road:
present

Port:
present

Canal:
uncoded

Bridge:
present

Special-purpose Sites
Mines or Quarry:
present

Information / Writing System
Written Record:
present

Script:
present

Phonetic Alphabetic Writing:
present

Nonwritten Record:
present

Non Phonetic Writing:
absent

Mnemonic Device:
present

Information / Kinds of Written Documents
Scientific Literature:
present

Practical Literature:
present

Philosophy:
present

History:
present

Fiction:
present

Information / Money
Indigenous Coin:
present

Foreign Coin:
present

Information / Postal System
Information / Measurement System
Weight Measurement System:
present

Volume Measurement System:
present

Time Measurement System:
present

Length Measurement System:
present

Geometrical Measurement System:
present

Area Measurement System:
present


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.
Power Transitions