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Qatabanian Commonwealth

450 BCE 111 BCE
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110 BCE 149 CE Kingdom of Saba and Dhu Raydan (ye_saba_k)    [None]

Displayed: 350 BCE

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  General Description   The Yemeni Coastal Plain or Plateau is the northwestern region of modern Yemen that lies between the Red Sea and the Yemeni Mountains. Beginning in the ninth and eighth centuries BCE, this region became part of a wider "Sabaean" culture region (from the name of the dominant kingdom, Saba), in which many relatively small kingdoms across south and western Arabia, as well as Ethiopia, shared the same alphabet, the same iconographic repertoire (e.g. widespread depiction of animals such as ibexes and oryxes, and use of symbols such as hands, crescents, and circles), and the same vocabulary and turns of phrases in inscriptions. [1]
At this time, the largest town in the Yemeni Coastal Plain was Marib, which covered an area of 100 hectares, for a population of about 30,000-40,000. [2] It is unclear, however, what the average population of a single kingdom would have been.

[1]: (Robin 2015: 94-96) Robin, Christian Julien. 2015. “Before Himyar: Epigraphic Evidence for the Kingdoms of South Arabia.” In Arabs and Empires before Islam, edited by Greg Fisher, 91-126. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Seshat URL: https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/ZMFH42PE.

[2]: (Edens and Wilkinson 1998: 96) Seshat URL: https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/itemKey/HGK23ABQ.

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 Qatabanian Commonwealth (ye_qatabanian_commonwealth) was in:
 (450 BCE 111 BCE)   Yemeni Coastal Plain
Home NGA: Yemeni Coastal Plain
General Variables
Identity and Location Qatabanian Commonwealth (ye_qatabanian_commonwealth)
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Original Name Qatabanian Commonwealth Confident 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Capital None (Absent Capital) Confident 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Temporal Bounds Qatabanian Commonwealth (ye_qatabanian_commonwealth)
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Duration [450 BCE ➜ 111 BCE] Confident
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Political and Cultural Relations Qatabanian Commonwealth (ye_qatabanian_commonwealth)
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Supracultural Entity Sabaean Culture Confident 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Succeeding Entity YeSaRay Confident 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Preceding Entity
800 BCE 451 BCE
Sabaean Commonwealth (ye_sabaean_commonwealth)   [None]  Confident
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Succeeding Entity
110 BCE 149 CE
Kingdom of Saba and Dhu Raydan (ye_saba_k)   [None]  Confident
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Degree of Centralization quasi-polity Confident 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Language Qatabanian Commonwealth (ye_qatabanian_commonwealth)
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Linguistic Family Semitic Confident 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Language Genus Afro-Asiatic Confident 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Language Qatabanic Confident 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Language Hadramawtic Confident 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Language Old Arabic Confident 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Language Sabaic Confident 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Language Mainic Confident 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Religion Qatabanian Commonwealth (ye_qatabanian_commonwealth)
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Religious Tradition South Arabian Religions Confident 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Social Complexity Variables
Social Scale Qatabanian Commonwealth (ye_qatabanian_commonwealth)
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Population of the Largest Settlement [30,000 to 40,000] people Confident 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Hierarchical Complexity Qatabanian Commonwealth (ye_qatabanian_commonwealth)
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Settlement Hierarchy [3 to 4] Confident 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Professions Qatabanian Commonwealth (ye_qatabanian_commonwealth)
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Professional Priesthood Present Inferred 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Bureaucracy Characteristics Qatabanian Commonwealth (ye_qatabanian_commonwealth)
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Specialized Government Building Unknown Confident 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Full Time Bureaucrat Present Inferred 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Law Qatabanian Commonwealth (ye_qatabanian_commonwealth)
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Professional Lawyer Absent Confident 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Judge Absent Confident 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Absent Confident 450 BCE  111 BCE
Court Absent Confident 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Specialized Buildings: polity owned Qatabanian Commonwealth (ye_qatabanian_commonwealth)
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Market Present Confident 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Irrigation System Present Confident 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Food Storage Site Present Inferred 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Transport Infrastructure Qatabanian Commonwealth (ye_qatabanian_commonwealth)
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Road Present Confident 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Special-purpose Sites Qatabanian Commonwealth (ye_qatabanian_commonwealth)
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Information / Writing System Qatabanian Commonwealth (ye_qatabanian_commonwealth)
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Written Record Present Confident 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Script Present Confident 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Phonetic Alphabetic Writing Present Confident 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Non Phonetic Writing Absent Confident 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Information / Kinds of Written Documents Qatabanian Commonwealth (ye_qatabanian_commonwealth)
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Scientific Literature Absent Confident 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Sacred Text Absent Confident 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Religious Literature Absent Confident 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Practical Literature Absent Confident 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Philosophy Absent Confident 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Lists Tables and Classification Absent Inferred 450 BCE  111 BCE
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History Absent Confident 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Fiction Absent Confident 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Calendar Present Inferred 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Information / Money Qatabanian Commonwealth (ye_qatabanian_commonwealth)
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Paper Currency Absent Confident 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Indigenous Coin Transitional (Absent -> Present) Inferred 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Foreign Coin Present Inferred 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Article Present Confident 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Information / Postal System Qatabanian Commonwealth (ye_qatabanian_commonwealth)
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Postal Station Present Inferred 450 BCE  111 BCE
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General Postal Service Present Inferred 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Courier Present Inferred 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Information / Measurement System Qatabanian Commonwealth (ye_qatabanian_commonwealth)
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Warfare Variables (Military Technologies)
Fortifications Qatabanian Commonwealth (ye_qatabanian_commonwealth)
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Wooden Palisade Unknown Suspected 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Stone Walls Non Mortared Present Inferred 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Stone Walls Mortared Unknown Suspected 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Settlements in a Defensive Position Unknown Suspected 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Modern Fortification Absent Confident 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Moat Unknown Suspected 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Fortified Camp Unknown Suspected 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Earth Rampart Present Inferred 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Ditch Unknown Suspected 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Complex Fortification Absent Inferred 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Military use of Metals Qatabanian Commonwealth (ye_qatabanian_commonwealth)
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Iron Present Confident 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Copper Present Confident 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Bronze Present Confident 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Projectiles Qatabanian Commonwealth (ye_qatabanian_commonwealth)
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Sling Unknown Confident 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Self Bow Unknown Confident 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Javelin Unknown Confident 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Composite Bow Unknown Confident 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Atlatl Absent Confident 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Handheld weapons Qatabanian Commonwealth (ye_qatabanian_commonwealth)
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War Club Unknown Confident 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Sword Unknown Confident 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Spear Present Confident 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Polearm Unknown Confident 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Dagger Present Confident 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Battle Axe Unknown Confident 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Animals used in warfare Qatabanian Commonwealth (ye_qatabanian_commonwealth)
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Horse Present Confident 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Donkey Absent Inferred 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Camel Present Confident 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Armor Qatabanian Commonwealth (ye_qatabanian_commonwealth)
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Shield Unknown Confident 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Limb Protection Unknown Confident 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Helmet Unknown Confident 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Breastplate Unknown Confident 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Naval technology Qatabanian Commonwealth (ye_qatabanian_commonwealth)
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Economy Variables (Luxury Goods)
Religion Variables
Moralizing Supernatural Punishment and Reward Qatabanian Commonwealth (ye_qatabanian_commonwealth)
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Human Sacrifice Qatabanian Commonwealth (ye_qatabanian_commonwealth)
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Power Transitions
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