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Pre-Sape Sierra Leone

600 CE 1400 CE
D G SC RG New WA  si_pre_sape
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1400 CE 1550 CE Sape (si_sape)    [None]


  General Description   "It is generally accepted that the Limba, Bullom, Kissi, Krim, Vai, and Themne peoples were in Sierra Leone before the 16th century. The Limba and Bullom groups are regarded as the earliest autochthonous groups. The Limba preceded every other group, including the Bullom, in settling the area. Cecil Magbaily Fyle places Limba presence in the Wara Wara Mountains of northern Sierra Leone in the 7th century, based on the research findings of the archeologist John Atherton. Atherton discovered stone tools and other artifacts in the Wara Wara hills that are dated to the 7th century. [...] After settling the Wara Wara Mountains, the Limba expanded their territory and interaction with other groups. Their cultural encounters with later arrivals, such as the Themne and Loko, would produce Limba subgroups including the Biriwa, Wara Wara, Saffroko, and Sela, who inhabit the present-day Sierra Leone districts of Bombali, Kambia, and Koinadugu. [...] While the Limba may have preceded the Bullom in Sierra Leone, Rodney notes that the Bullom were the “single dominant element along the coast” by the 12th century. He associates the Bullom with the Kissi and Krim groups, who all shared “extremely closely related” languages. Rodney points out that the Kissi occupied much of the “eastern portion of the present Republic of Guinea and the region along the present Sierra Leone–Liberia frontier, with the Krim to their south or near the coast.” The Kissi continue to be a transnational group, found in the southeastern region where the borders of Sierra Leone, Guinea, and Liberia converge." [1] ">https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/collections/GWWIKDDM/items/WBFJ8QU5/collection.§REF§

[1]: (Cole 2021) Seshat URL: 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.

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Year Range Pre-Sape Sierra Leone (si_pre_sape) was in:
Home NGA: None
General Variables
Identity and Location Pre-Sape Sierra Leone (si_pre_sape)
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Utm Zone 28 N Confident 600 CE  1400 CE
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Capital None (Absent Capital) Confident 600 CE  1400 CE
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Temporal Bounds Pre-Sape Sierra Leone (si_pre_sape)
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Duration [600 CE ➜ 1400 CE] Confident
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Political and Cultural Relations Pre-Sape Sierra Leone (si_pre_sape)
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Succeeding Entity Sape Confederacy Confident 600 CE  1400 CE
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Succeeding Entity
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Sape (si_sape)   [None]  Confident
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Degree of Centralization quasi-polity Confident 600 CE  1400 CE
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Language Pre-Sape Sierra Leone (si_pre_sape)
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Linguistic Family Niger-Congo Confident 600 CE  1400 CE
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Language Vai Confident 600 CE  1400 CE
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Language Temne Confident 600 CE  1400 CE
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Language Limba Confident 600 CE  1400 CE
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Language Bullom Confident 600 CE  1400 CE
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Language Kissi Confident 600 CE  1400 CE
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Language Krim Confident 600 CE  1400 CE
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Religion Pre-Sape Sierra Leone (si_pre_sape)
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Social Complexity Variables
Social Scale Pre-Sape Sierra Leone (si_pre_sape)
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Hierarchical Complexity Pre-Sape Sierra Leone (si_pre_sape)
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Professions Pre-Sape Sierra Leone (si_pre_sape)
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Bureaucracy Characteristics Pre-Sape Sierra Leone (si_pre_sape)
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Law Pre-Sape Sierra Leone (si_pre_sape)
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Specialized Buildings: polity owned Pre-Sape Sierra Leone (si_pre_sape)
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Transport Infrastructure Pre-Sape Sierra Leone (si_pre_sape)
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Special-purpose Sites Pre-Sape Sierra Leone (si_pre_sape)
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Information / Writing System Pre-Sape Sierra Leone (si_pre_sape)
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Written Record Absent Inferred 600 CE  1400 CE
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Script Absent Inferred 600 CE  1400 CE
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Phonetic Alphabetic Writing Absent Inferred 600 CE  1400 CE
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Non Phonetic Writing Absent Inferred 600 CE  1400 CE
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Information / Kinds of Written Documents Pre-Sape Sierra Leone (si_pre_sape)
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Scientific Literature Absent Inferred 600 CE  1400 CE
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Sacred Text Absent Inferred 600 CE  1400 CE
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Religious Literature Absent Inferred 600 CE  1400 CE
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Practical Literature Absent Inferred 600 CE  1400 CE
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Philosophy Absent Inferred 600 CE  1400 CE
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Lists Tables and Classification Absent Inferred 600 CE  1400 CE
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History Absent Inferred 600 CE  1400 CE
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Fiction Absent Inferred 600 CE  1400 CE
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Calendar Absent Inferred 600 CE  1400 CE
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Information / Money Pre-Sape Sierra Leone (si_pre_sape)
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Token Absent Confident 600 CE  1400 CE
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Precious Metal Absent Inferred 600 CE  1400 CE
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Paper Currency Absent Inferred 600 CE  1400 CE
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Indigenous Coin Absent Inferred 600 CE  1400 CE
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Foreign Coin Absent Inferred 600 CE  1400 CE
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Article Absent Inferred 600 CE  1400 CE
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Information / Postal System Pre-Sape Sierra Leone (si_pre_sape)
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Information / Measurement System Pre-Sape Sierra Leone (si_pre_sape)
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Warfare Variables (Military Technologies)
Fortifications Pre-Sape Sierra Leone (si_pre_sape)
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Military use of Metals Pre-Sape Sierra Leone (si_pre_sape)
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Projectiles Pre-Sape Sierra Leone (si_pre_sape)
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Handheld weapons Pre-Sape Sierra Leone (si_pre_sape)
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Animals used in warfare Pre-Sape Sierra Leone (si_pre_sape)
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Armor Pre-Sape Sierra Leone (si_pre_sape)
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Naval technology Pre-Sape Sierra Leone (si_pre_sape)
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Economy Variables (Luxury Goods)
Religion Variables
Moralizing Supernatural Punishment and Reward Pre-Sape Sierra Leone (si_pre_sape)
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Moralizing Enforcement is Broad Unknown Confident 600 CE  1400 CE
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Moralizing Supernatural Concern is Primary Unknown Confident 600 CE  1400 CE
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Moralizing Enforcement is Agentic Unknown Confident 600 CE  1400 CE
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Moralizing Enforcement in This Life Unknown Confident 600 CE  1400 CE
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Moralizing Supernatural Punishment And Reward Unknown Confident 600 CE  1400 CE
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Moralizing Religion Adopted by Commoners Unknown Confident 600 CE  1400 CE
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Moralizing Enforcement is Targeted Unknown Confident 600 CE  1400 CE
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Moralizing Enforcement in Afterlife Unknown Confident 600 CE  1400 CE
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Moralizing Religion Adopted by Elites Unknown Confident 600 CE  1400 CE
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Moralizing Enforcement of Rulers Unknown Confident 600 CE  1400 CE
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Moralizing Enforcement is Certain Unknown Confident 600 CE  1400 CE
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Human Sacrifice Pre-Sape Sierra Leone (si_pre_sape)
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Crisis Cases
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Instability Data
Power Transitions
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