Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Utm Zone	31 N	1715 CE 1894 CE
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Original Name	Foys	1715 CE 1894 CE
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Capital	Abomey Disputed	1715 CE 1894 CE
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Capital	Cana Disputed	1715 CE 1894 CE
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Alternative Name	Foys	1715 CE 1894 CE
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Temporal Bounds Foys (ni_dahomey_k)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)	See More
Peak Years	[1818 CE ➜ 1858 CE]
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Duration	[1715 CE ➜ 1894 CE]
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Political and Cultural Relations Foys (ni_dahomey_k)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Suprapolity Relations	ni_dahomey_k nominal allegiance to ni_oyo_emp_2	1715 CE 1894 CE
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Succeeding Entity	French Dahomey	1715 CE 1894 CE
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Preceding Entity 1100 CE 1724 CE	Allada (ni_allada_k) [None]
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Degree of Centralization	unitary state	1715 CE 1894 CE
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Language Foys (ni_dahomey_k)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Linguistic Family	Niger-Congo	1715 CE 1894 CE
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Language	Fongbe	1715 CE 1894 CE
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Religion Foys (ni_dahomey_k)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Religious Tradition	Vodun	1715 CE 1894 CE
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Religion Family	Dahomey royal ancestor cult	1715 CE 1894 CE
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Social Complexity Variables

Social Scale Foys (ni_dahomey_k)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Population of the Largest Settlement	- Suspected Uncertain	1600 CE 1699 CE
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Population of the Largest Settlement	30,000 people Uncertain	1700 CE 1800 CE
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Population of the Largest Settlement	- Suspected Uncertain	1801 CE 1892 CE
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Polity Territory	1,200 km² Uncertain	1724 CE
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Polity Territory	5,400 km² Uncertain	1727 CE 1820 CE
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Polity Territory	7,200 km² Uncertain	1820 CE 1892 CE
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Polity Population	- Suspected Uncertain	1600 CE 1699 CE
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Polity Population	[136,000 to 214,000] people Uncertain	1700 CE 1800 CE
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Polity Population	[200,000 to 214,000] people Uncertain	1800 CE 1890 CE
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Hierarchical Complexity Foys (ni_dahomey_k)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Settlement Hierarchy	4	1715 CE 1894 CE
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Religious Level	[3 to 4]	1715 CE 1894 CE
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Military Level	6	1715 CE 1894 CE
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Administrative Level	- Suspected	1600 CE 1699 CE
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Administrative Level	[3 to 6]	1700 CE 1799 CE
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Administrative Level	6	1800 CE 1892 CE
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Professions Foys (ni_dahomey_k)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Professional Soldier	Present	1715 CE 1894 CE
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Professional Priesthood	Present Inferred	1715 CE 1894 CE
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Professional Military Officer	Present	1715 CE 1894 CE
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Bureaucracy Characteristics Foys (ni_dahomey_k)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Full Time Bureaucrat	Present Inferred	1715 CE 1894 CE
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Law Foys (ni_dahomey_k)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Judge	Present	1715 CE 1894 CE
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Formal Legal Code	Present Inferred	1715 CE 1894 CE
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Court	Present	1715 CE 1894 CE
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Specialized Buildings: polity owned Foys (ni_dahomey_k)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Market	Present	1715 CE 1894 CE
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Food Storage Site	Present Inferred	1715 CE 1894 CE
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Utilitarian Public Building	Present	1715 CE 1894 CE
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Symbolic Building	Present	1715 CE 1894 CE
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Other Utilitarian Public Building	Present	1715 CE 1894 CE
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Transport Infrastructure Foys (ni_dahomey_k)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Road	Present	1715 CE 1894 CE
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Port	Present	1715 CE 1894 CE
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Bridge	Present	1715 CE 1894 CE
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Special-purpose Sites Foys (ni_dahomey_k)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Ceremonial Site	Present	1715 CE 1894 CE
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Information / Writing System Foys (ni_dahomey_k)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Written Record	Absent	1715 CE 1894 CE
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Script	Absent	1715 CE 1894 CE
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Phonetic Alphabetic Writing	Absent	1715 CE 1894 CE
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Nonwritten Record	Present	1715 CE 1894 CE
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Non Phonetic Writing	Absent	1715 CE 1894 CE
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Mnemonic Device	Present	1715 CE 1894 CE
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Information / Kinds of Written Documents Foys (ni_dahomey_k)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Scientific Literature	Absent	1715 CE 1894 CE
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Sacred Text	Absent	1715 CE 1894 CE
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Religious Literature	Absent	1715 CE 1894 CE
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Practical Literature	Absent	1715 CE 1894 CE
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Philosophy	Absent	1715 CE 1894 CE
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Lists Tables and Classification	Absent	1715 CE 1894 CE
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History	Absent	1715 CE 1894 CE
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Fiction	Absent	1715 CE 1894 CE
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Calendar	Absent	1715 CE 1894 CE
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Information / Money Foys (ni_dahomey_k)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Token	Present	1715 CE 1894 CE
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Article	Present	1715 CE 1894 CE
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Store Of Wealth	Present	1715 CE 1894 CE
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Information / Postal System Foys (ni_dahomey_k)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Courier	Present Inferred	1715 CE 1894 CE
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Information / Measurement System Foys (ni_dahomey_k)

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Warfare Variables (Military Technologies)

Fortifications Foys (ni_dahomey_k)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)	See More

Military use of Metals Foys (ni_dahomey_k)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)	See More

Projectiles Foys (ni_dahomey_k)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)	See More

Handheld weapons Foys (ni_dahomey_k)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)	See More

Animals used in warfare Foys (ni_dahomey_k)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)	See More

Armor Foys (ni_dahomey_k)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)	See More

Naval technology Foys (ni_dahomey_k)

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Economy Variables (Luxury Goods)

Religion Variables

Moralizing Supernatural Punishment and Reward Foys (ni_dahomey_k)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Moralizing Enforcement is Broad	Uncoded	1715 CE 1894 CE
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Moralizing Supernatural Concern is Primary	Unknown Suspected	1715 CE 1894 CE
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Moralizing Enforcement is Agentic	Unknown Suspected	1715 CE 1894 CE
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Moralizing Enforcement in This Life	Unknown Suspected	1715 CE 1894 CE
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Moralizing Supernatural Punishment And Reward	Unknown Suspected	1715 CE 1894 CE
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Moralizing Religion Adopted by Commoners	Uncoded	1715 CE 1894 CE
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Moralizing Enforcement is Targeted	Unknown Suspected	1715 CE 1894 CE
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Moralizing Enforcement in Afterlife	Absent Inferred	1715 CE 1894 CE
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Moralizing Religion Adopted by Elites	Uncoded	1715 CE 1894 CE
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Moralizing Enforcement of Rulers	Uncoded	1715 CE 1894 CE
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Moralizing Enforcement is Certain	Absent Inferred	1715 CE 1894 CE
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Human Sacrifice Foys (ni_dahomey_k)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)	See More