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Tunni Sultanate

800 CE 1200 CE
D G SC RG New EA  so_tunni_sultanate
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  General Description   The Tunni Sultanate was a Somalian Sultanate that originated sometime in the nineth century CE on the Benadir Coast. The Tunni Sultanate had established its capital at Qoryooley. [1] The Tunni Sultanate was one of the first groups in Somalia to embrace Islam. The language spoken within the Sultanate was a local language called Af-Maay, while inscriptions from the twelfth century CE suggest that some within the Sultante knew the Arabic language. [1] ; [2] The Sultanate ended sometime within the thirteenth century CE.

[1]: (Mukhtar 2003, 50) Mukhtar, Mohamed H. 2003. Historical Dictionary of Somalia. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press. Seshat URL: https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/collections/TWITJWK4/items/J8WZB6VI/collection

[2]: (Tamrat 2008, 137) Tamrat, Taddesse. 2008. ‘Ethiopia, the Red Sea and the Horn’ In the Cambridge History of Africa: c. 1050 – c.1600 vol. 3. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Pp 98-182. Seshat URL: https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/collections/TWITJWK4/search/tam/titleCreatorYear/items/A68FCWWI/item-list

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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General Variables
Identity and Location Tunni Sultanate (so_tunni_sultanate)
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Utm Zone 39 N Confident 800 CE  1200 CE
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Original Name Tunni Sultanate Confident 800 CE  1200 CE
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Capital Qoryooley Confident 800 CE  1200 CE
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Temporal Bounds Tunni Sultanate (so_tunni_sultanate)
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Duration [800 CE ➜ 1200 CE] Confident
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Political and Cultural Relations Tunni Sultanate (so_tunni_sultanate)
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Suprapolity Relations none Confident 800 CE  1200 CE
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Language Tunni Sultanate (so_tunni_sultanate)
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Linguistic Family Afro-Asiatic Confident 800 CE  1200 CE
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Language Arabic Confident 800 CE  1200 CE
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Language Maay Confident 800 CE  1200 CE
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Religion Tunni Sultanate (so_tunni_sultanate)
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Religious Tradition Islam Confident 800 CE  1200 CE
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Social Complexity Variables
Social Scale Tunni Sultanate (so_tunni_sultanate)
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Hierarchical Complexity Tunni Sultanate (so_tunni_sultanate)
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Professions Tunni Sultanate (so_tunni_sultanate)
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Bureaucracy Characteristics Tunni Sultanate (so_tunni_sultanate)
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Law Tunni Sultanate (so_tunni_sultanate)
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Judge Present Inferred 800 CE  1200 CE
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Present Inferred 800 CE  1200 CE
Court Present Inferred 800 CE  1200 CE
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Specialized Buildings: polity owned Tunni Sultanate (so_tunni_sultanate)
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Market Present Confident 800 CE  1200 CE
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Communal Building Present Confident 800 CE  1200 CE
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Utilitarian Public Building Present Confident 800 CE  1200 CE
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Knowledge Or Information Building Present Inferred 800 CE  1200 CE
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Transport Infrastructure Tunni Sultanate (so_tunni_sultanate)
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Port Present Inferred 800 CE  1200 CE
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Bridge Present Confident 800 CE  1200 CE
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Special-purpose Sites Tunni Sultanate (so_tunni_sultanate)
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Mines or Quarry Present Confident 800 CE  1200 CE
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Special Purpose Site Present Confident 800 CE  1200 CE
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Information / Writing System Tunni Sultanate (so_tunni_sultanate)
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Written Record Present Confident 800 CE  1200 CE
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Script Present Confident 800 CE  1200 CE
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Phonetic Alphabetic Writing Present Confident 800 CE  1200 CE
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Information / Kinds of Written Documents Tunni Sultanate (so_tunni_sultanate)
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Sacred Text Present Confident 800 CE  1200 CE
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Religious Literature Present Inferred 800 CE  1200 CE
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Calendar Present Confident 800 CE  1200 CE
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Information / Money Tunni Sultanate (so_tunni_sultanate)
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Information / Postal System Tunni Sultanate (so_tunni_sultanate)
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Information / Measurement System Tunni Sultanate (so_tunni_sultanate)
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Weight Measurement System Present Confident 800 CE  1200 CE
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Volume Measurement System Present Confident 800 CE  1200 CE
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Time Measurement System Present Confident 800 CE  1200 CE
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Other Measurement System Present Inferred 800 CE  1200 CE
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Length Measurement System Present Confident 800 CE  1200 CE
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Warfare Variables (Military Technologies)
Fortifications Tunni Sultanate (so_tunni_sultanate)
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Military use of Metals Tunni Sultanate (so_tunni_sultanate)
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Projectiles Tunni Sultanate (so_tunni_sultanate)
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Handheld weapons Tunni Sultanate (so_tunni_sultanate)
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Animals used in warfare Tunni Sultanate (so_tunni_sultanate)
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Armor Tunni Sultanate (so_tunni_sultanate)
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Naval technology Tunni Sultanate (so_tunni_sultanate)
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Economy Variables (Luxury Goods)
Religion Variables
Moralizing Supernatural Punishment and Reward Tunni Sultanate (so_tunni_sultanate)
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Moralizing Enforcement is Broad Present Confident 800 CE  1200 CE
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Moralizing Supernatural Concern is Primary Present Confident 800 CE  1200 CE
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Moralizing Enforcement is Agentic Present Confident 800 CE  1200 CE
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Moralizing Enforcement in This Life Present Confident 800 CE  1200 CE
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Moralizing Supernatural Punishment And Reward Present Confident 800 CE  1200 CE
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Moralizing Religion Adopted by Commoners Present Confident 800 CE  1200 CE
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Moralizing Enforcement is Targeted Present Confident 800 CE  1200 CE
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Moralizing Enforcement in Afterlife Present Confident 800 CE  1200 CE
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Moralizing Religion Adopted by Elites Present Confident 800 CE  1200 CE
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Moralizing Enforcement of Rulers Present Confident 800 CE  1200 CE
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Moralizing Enforcement is Certain Present Confident 800 CE  1200 CE
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Human Sacrifice Tunni Sultanate (so_tunni_sultanate)
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