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Isaaq Sultanate

1300 CE 1886 CE
D G SC RG New EA  so_isaaq_sultanate
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1300 CE 1886 CE Habr Yunis (so_habr_yunis)    [None]


  General Description   The Isaaq Sultanate or clan group originated roughly around the fourteenth century with the arrival of Sheikh Isaq, the founder of the Isaaq Somali people, from the Arabian Peninsula. Sheikh Isaq settled in the northeast coast of Somalia at the town of Mait. Today Shiekh Isaq’s domed tomb is still venerated. ref> (Lewis 2002, 22-23) Lewis, Ioan M. 2002. A Modern History of the Somali: Nation and State in the Horn of Africa. Athens: Ohio University Press. Seshat URL: https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/collections/GWWIKDDM/items/KHB7VSJK/collection [1] (Lewis 2008, 1-2) Lewis, Ioan M. 2008. Understanding Somalia and Somaliland: Culture, History, Society. New York, Columbia University Press. Seshat URL: https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/search/Understanding%20Somalia/titleCreatorYear/items/7J425GTZ/item-list [2] (Albaharna et. al. 1986, 88) Albaharna, Husain M. 1986. The Legal Status of the Arabian Gulf States: A Study of Their Treaty Relations and Their International Problems. Manchester: Manchester University Press. Seshat URL: https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/collections/GWWIKDDM/items/G6NP7HE4/collection §REF§

[1]: The Isaaq Sultanate was a Sunni Islamic clan who practiced Sha afi Islamic law.

[2]: By the late nineteenth century, the Isaaq Sultanate was absorbed into British Somaliland officially ending the sultanate.

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Social Complexity Variables
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 Isaaq Sultanate (so_isaaq_sultanate)
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Utm Zone 39 N Confident 1300 CE  1886 CE
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Original Name Isaaq Sultanate Confident 1300 CE  1886 CE
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Alternative Name Isaq Confident 1300 CE  1886 CE
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Alternative Name Isaaq Clan Confident 1300 CE  1886 CE
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Temporal Bounds Isaaq Sultanate (so_isaaq_sultanate)
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Duration [1750 CE ➜ 1886 CE] Confident
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Political and Cultural Relations Isaaq Sultanate (so_isaaq_sultanate)
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Succeeding Entity British Somaliland Confident 1300 CE  1886 CE
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Succeeding Entity
1300 CE 1886 CE
Habr Yunis (so_habr_yunis)   [None]  Confident
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Language Isaaq Sultanate (so_isaaq_sultanate)
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Linguistic Family Afro-Asiatic Confident 1300 CE  1886 CE
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Language Arabic Confident 1300 CE  1886 CE
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Language Somali Confident 1300 CE  1886 CE
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Religion Isaaq Sultanate (so_isaaq_sultanate)
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Religious Tradition Islam Confident 1300 CE  1886 CE
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Religion Family Sunni Islam Confident 1300 CE  1886 CE
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Social Complexity Variables
Social Scale Isaaq Sultanate (so_isaaq_sultanate)
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Hierarchical Complexity Isaaq Sultanate (so_isaaq_sultanate)
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Professions Isaaq Sultanate (so_isaaq_sultanate)
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Bureaucracy Characteristics Isaaq Sultanate (so_isaaq_sultanate)
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Law Isaaq Sultanate (so_isaaq_sultanate)
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Judge Present Inferred 1300 CE  1886 CE
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Present Confident 1300 CE  1886 CE
Court Present Inferred 1300 CE  1886 CE
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Specialized Buildings: polity owned Isaaq Sultanate (so_isaaq_sultanate)
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Communal Building Present Inferred 1300 CE  1886 CE
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Symbolic Building Present Confident 1300 CE  1886 CE
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Transport Infrastructure Isaaq Sultanate (so_isaaq_sultanate)
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Port Present Confident 1300 CE  1886 CE
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Special-purpose Sites Isaaq Sultanate (so_isaaq_sultanate)
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Special Purpose Site Present Confident 1300 CE  1886 CE
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Ceremonial Site Present Confident 1300 CE  1886 CE
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Burial Site Present Confident 1300 CE  1886 CE
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Information / Writing System Isaaq Sultanate (so_isaaq_sultanate)
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Written Record Present Confident 1300 CE  1886 CE
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Script Present Confident 1300 CE  1886 CE
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Phonetic Alphabetic Writing Present Confident 1300 CE  1886 CE
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Information / Kinds of Written Documents Isaaq Sultanate (so_isaaq_sultanate)
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Sacred Text Present Confident 1300 CE  1886 CE
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Religious Literature Present Inferred 1300 CE  1886 CE
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Calendar Present Confident 1300 CE  1886 CE
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Information / Money Isaaq Sultanate (so_isaaq_sultanate)
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Information / Postal System Isaaq Sultanate (so_isaaq_sultanate)
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Information / Measurement System Isaaq Sultanate (so_isaaq_sultanate)
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Weight Measurement System Present Inferred 1300 CE  1886 CE
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Volume Measurement System Present Inferred 1300 CE  1886 CE
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Time Measurement System Present Confident 1300 CE  1886 CE
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Other Measurement System Present Confident 1300 CE  1886 CE
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Length Measurement System Present Inferred 1300 CE  1886 CE
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Area Measurement System Present Inferred 1300 CE  1886 CE
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Warfare Variables (Military Technologies)
Fortifications Isaaq Sultanate (so_isaaq_sultanate)
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Military use of Metals Isaaq Sultanate (so_isaaq_sultanate)
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Projectiles Isaaq Sultanate (so_isaaq_sultanate)
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Handheld weapons Isaaq Sultanate (so_isaaq_sultanate)
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Animals used in warfare Isaaq Sultanate (so_isaaq_sultanate)
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Armor Isaaq Sultanate (so_isaaq_sultanate)
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Naval technology Isaaq Sultanate (so_isaaq_sultanate)
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Economy Variables (Luxury Goods)
Religion Variables
Moralizing Supernatural Punishment and Reward Isaaq Sultanate (so_isaaq_sultanate)
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Moralizing Enforcement is Broad Present Confident 1300 CE  1886 CE
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Moralizing Supernatural Concern is Primary Present Confident 1300 CE  1886 CE
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Moralizing Enforcement is Agentic Present Confident 1300 CE  1886 CE
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Moralizing Enforcement in This Life Present Confident 1300 CE  1886 CE
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Moralizing Supernatural Punishment And Reward Present Confident 1300 CE  1886 CE
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Moralizing Religion Adopted by Commoners Present Confident 1300 CE  1886 CE
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Moralizing Enforcement is Targeted Present Confident 1300 CE  1886 CE
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Moralizing Enforcement in Afterlife Present Confident 1300 CE  1886 CE
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Moralizing Religion Adopted by Elites Present Confident 1300 CE  1886 CE
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Moralizing Enforcement of Rulers Present Confident 1300 CE  1886 CE
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Moralizing Enforcement is Certain Present Confident 1300 CE  1886 CE
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Human Sacrifice Isaaq Sultanate (so_isaaq_sultanate)
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Instability Data
Power Transitions