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Qatabanian Commonwealth

450 BCE 111 BCE
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EQ 2020  ye_qatabanian_commonwealth / YeQatab
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110 BCE 149 CE Kingdom of Saba and Dhu Raydan (ye_saba_k)    [None]

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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 Consequence Cases Coding in Progress.
Power Transitions Coding in Progress.
Instability Events 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 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Capital 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Temporal Bounds Qatabanian Commonwealth (ye_qatabanian_commonwealth)
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Duration [450 BCE ➜ 111 BCE]
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Political and Cultural Relations Qatabanian Commonwealth (ye_qatabanian_commonwealth)
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Supracultural Entity 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Succeeding Entity YeSaRay 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Preceding Entity
800 BCE 451 BCE
Sabaean Commonwealth (ye_sabaean_commonwealth)   [None] 
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Succeeding Entity
110 BCE 149 CE
Kingdom of Saba and Dhu Raydan (ye_saba_k)   [None] 
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Degree of Centralization 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Language Qatabanian Commonwealth (ye_qatabanian_commonwealth)
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Linguistic Family Semitic 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Language Genus Afro-Asiatic 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Language 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Language 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Language 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Language 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Language 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Religion Qatabanian Commonwealth (ye_qatabanian_commonwealth)
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Religious Tradition South Arabian Religions 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 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Hierarchical Complexity Qatabanian Commonwealth (ye_qatabanian_commonwealth)
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Settlement Hierarchy 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Professions Qatabanian Commonwealth (ye_qatabanian_commonwealth)
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Professional Priesthood 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Bureaucracy Characteristics Qatabanian Commonwealth (ye_qatabanian_commonwealth)
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Specialized Government Building 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Full Time Bureaucrat 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Law Qatabanian Commonwealth (ye_qatabanian_commonwealth)
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Professional Lawyer 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Judge 450 BCE  111 BCE
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450 BCE  111 BCE
Court 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Specialized Buildings: polity owned Qatabanian Commonwealth (ye_qatabanian_commonwealth)
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Market 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Irrigation System 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Food Storage Site 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Transport Infrastructure Qatabanian Commonwealth (ye_qatabanian_commonwealth)
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Road 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 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Script 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Phonetic Alphabetic Writing 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Non Phonetic Writing 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Information / Kinds of Written Documents Qatabanian Commonwealth (ye_qatabanian_commonwealth)
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Scientific Literature 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Sacred Text 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Religious Literature 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Practical Literature 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Philosophy 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Lists Tables and Classification 450 BCE  111 BCE
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History 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Fiction 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Calendar 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Information / Money Qatabanian Commonwealth (ye_qatabanian_commonwealth)
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Paper Currency Absent 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Indigenous Coin 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Foreign Coin 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Article 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Information / Postal System Qatabanian Commonwealth (ye_qatabanian_commonwealth)
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Postal Station 450 BCE  111 BCE
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General Postal Service 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Courier 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 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Stone Walls Mortared 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 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 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Military use of Metals Qatabanian Commonwealth (ye_qatabanian_commonwealth)
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Iron 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Copper Present 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Bronze Present 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Projectiles Qatabanian Commonwealth (ye_qatabanian_commonwealth)
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Sling 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Self Bow 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Javelin 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Composite Bow 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Atlatl 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Handheld weapons Qatabanian Commonwealth (ye_qatabanian_commonwealth)
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War Club 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Sword 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Spear 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Polearm 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Dagger 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Battle Axe 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Animals used in warfare Qatabanian Commonwealth (ye_qatabanian_commonwealth)
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Horse 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Donkey 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Camel 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Armor Qatabanian Commonwealth (ye_qatabanian_commonwealth)
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Shield 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Limb Protection 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Helmet 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Breastplate 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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Moralizing Enforcement is Broad 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Moralizing Supernatural Concern is Primary 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Moralizing Enforcement is Agentic 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Moralizing Enforcement in This Life 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Moralizing Supernatural Punishment And Reward 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Moralizing Religion Adopted by Commoners 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Moralizing Enforcement is Targeted 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Moralizing Enforcement in Afterlife 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Moralizing Religion Adopted by Elites 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Moralizing Enforcement of Rulers 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Moralizing Enforcement is Certain 450 BCE  111 BCE
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Human Sacrifice Qatabanian Commonwealth (ye_qatabanian_commonwealth)
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