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Kingdom of Gumma

1800 CE 1897 CE
D G SC RG New EA  et_gumma_k
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  General Description   The Kingdom of Gumma was one of the five Oromo kingdoms located in Western Ethiopia. The Kingdom of Gumma originated in the early nineteenth century CE and had its capital located in Chora. [1] Like its neighbouring Oromo kingdoms, the Kingdom of Gumma seemed to be politically and administratively similar to the Kingdom of Jimma. [2] The Kingdom of Gumma was an Islamic kingdom and was particularly active in Jihadis movements in the second half of the nineteenth century. [3] The Kingdom of Gumma was eventually annexed into the Ethiopian Empire by Menelik II at the turn of the twentieth century. [4]

[1]: (Recluse 1892, 212) Recluse, Elisee. 1892. The Earth and Its Inhabitance: North-East Africa. Edited by A.H. Keane. New York: D. Appleton and Company. Seshat URL: https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/collections/GWWIKDDM/items/ISD6B4K2/collection

[2]: (Lewis 2001, 124-125) Lewis, Herbert S. 2001. Jimma Abba Jifar, an Oromo Monarchy: Ethiopia, 1830-1932. Lawrenceville, New Jersey: The Red Sea Press. Seshat URL: https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/collections/GWWIKDDM/items/NRZVWSCD/collection

[3]: (Hassen 1992, 96) Hassen, Mohammed. ‘Islam as a Resistance Ideology Among the Oromo of Ethiopia.’ In In The Shadow of Conquest: Islam in Colonial Northeast Africa. Trenton, New Jersey: The Red Sea Press. Seshat URL: https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/collections/GWWIKDDM/search/Hassen/titleCreatorYear/items/PJ3UMMX5/item-list

[4]: (Trimingham 2013, 200) Trimingham, Spencer. 2013. Islam in Ethiopia. London: Routledge. Seshat URL: https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/collections/GWWIKDDM/search/Trimingham/titleCreatorYear/items/RB7C87QZ/item-list

General Variables
Identity and Location
Temporal Bounds
Political and Cultural Relations
Language
Religion
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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 Kingdom of Gumma (et_gumma_k)
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Utm Zone 37 N Confident 1800 CE  1897 CE
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Original Name Kingdom of Gumma Confident 1800 CE  1897 CE
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Capital Chora Confident 1800 CE  1897 CE
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Alternative Name Kingdom of Guma Confident 1800 CE  1897 CE
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Temporal Bounds Kingdom of Gumma (et_gumma_k)
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Duration [1800 CE ➜ 1897 CE] Confident
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Political and Cultural Relations Kingdom of Gumma (et_gumma_k)
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Succeeding Entity Ethiopian Empire Confident 1800 CE  1897 CE
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Language Kingdom of Gumma (et_gumma_k)
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Linguistic Family Afro-Asiatic Confident 1800 CE  1897 CE
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Language Oromo Confident 1800 CE  1897 CE
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Religion Kingdom of Gumma (et_gumma_k)
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Religious Tradition Islam Confident 1800 CE  1897 CE
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Social Complexity Variables
Social Scale Kingdom of Gumma (et_gumma_k)
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Hierarchical Complexity Kingdom of Gumma (et_gumma_k)
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Military Level 5 Confident 1800 CE  1897 CE
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Administrative Level [7 to 12] Confident 1800 CE  1897 CE
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Professions Kingdom of Gumma (et_gumma_k)
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Bureaucracy Characteristics Kingdom of Gumma (et_gumma_k)
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Law Kingdom of Gumma (et_gumma_k)
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Specialized Buildings: polity owned Kingdom of Gumma (et_gumma_k)
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Market Present Inferred 1800 CE  1897 CE
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Communal Building Present Inferred 1800 CE  1897 CE
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Utilitarian Public Building Present Inferred 1800 CE  1897 CE
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Transport Infrastructure Kingdom of Gumma (et_gumma_k)
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Road Present Inferred 1800 CE  1897 CE
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Special-purpose Sites Kingdom of Gumma (et_gumma_k)
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Trading Emporia Present Inferred 1800 CE  1897 CE
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Special Purpose Site Present Inferred 1800 CE  1897 CE
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Information / Writing System Kingdom of Gumma (et_gumma_k)
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Written Record Present Inferred 1800 CE  1897 CE
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Script Present Confident 1800 CE  1897 CE
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Information / Kinds of Written Documents Kingdom of Gumma (et_gumma_k)
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Sacred Text Present Confident 1800 CE  1897 CE
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Religious Literature Present Inferred 1800 CE  1897 CE
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Calendar Present Confident 1800 CE  1897 CE
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Information / Money Kingdom of Gumma (et_gumma_k)
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Foreign Coin Present Confident 1800 CE  1897 CE
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Article Present Inferred 1800 CE  1897 CE
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Information / Postal System Kingdom of Gumma (et_gumma_k)
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Information / Measurement System Kingdom of Gumma (et_gumma_k)
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Weight Measurement System Present Inferred 1800 CE  1897 CE
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Volume Measurement System Present Inferred 1800 CE  1897 CE
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Time Measurement System Present Confident 1800 CE  1897 CE
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Length Measurement System Present Inferred 1800 CE  1897 CE
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Area Measurement System Present Inferred 1800 CE  1897 CE
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Warfare Variables (Military Technologies)
Fortifications Kingdom of Gumma (et_gumma_k)
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Military use of Metals Kingdom of Gumma (et_gumma_k)
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Projectiles Kingdom of Gumma (et_gumma_k)
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Handheld weapons Kingdom of Gumma (et_gumma_k)
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Animals used in warfare Kingdom of Gumma (et_gumma_k)
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Armor Kingdom of Gumma (et_gumma_k)
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Naval technology Kingdom of Gumma (et_gumma_k)
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Economy Variables (Luxury Goods)
Religion Variables
Moralizing Supernatural Punishment and Reward Kingdom of Gumma (et_gumma_k)
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Moralizing Enforcement is Broad Present Confident 1800 CE  1897 CE
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Moralizing Supernatural Concern is Primary Present Confident 1800 CE  1897 CE
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Moralizing Enforcement is Agentic Present Confident 1800 CE  1897 CE
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Moralizing Enforcement in This Life Present Confident 1800 CE  1897 CE
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Moralizing Supernatural Punishment And Reward Present Confident 1800 CE  1897 CE
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Moralizing Religion Adopted by Commoners Present Confident 1800 CE  1897 CE
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Moralizing Enforcement is Targeted Present Confident 1800 CE  1897 CE
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Moralizing Enforcement in Afterlife Present Confident 1800 CE  1897 CE
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Moralizing Religion Adopted by Elites Present Confident 1800 CE  1897 CE
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Moralizing Enforcement of Rulers Present Confident 1800 CE  1897 CE
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Moralizing Enforcement is Certain Present Confident 1800 CE  1897 CE
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Human Sacrifice Kingdom of Gumma (et_gumma_k)
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