Home Region: West Africa (Africa)

Denyanke Kingdom

1490 CE 1776 CE

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General Description

The Empire of Great Fulo was established in 1490 CE by the Fula leader Tengella as he rebelled against the Songhay Empire. Tengella was killed in battle by the Songhay and was succeeded by his son Koli Tengella. Koli Tengella along with his troops invaded the Fuuta Tooro region in northern Senegal and established the empire there. Through Koli Tengella all the other Fulo kings were descended, and thus from Koli Tengella’s legacy the Denianke or Denyanke Dynasty was formed. ^[1] The Empire of the Great Fulo was important in the trans-Sahara trade and also the slave trade with Europeans. ^[2] In 1776 CE, the Empire of the Great Fulo and the Danianke Dynasty ended and was taken over by the Imamate of Fuuta Tooro. ^[3]

[1]: (Ba Konare 2021, 32) Ba Konare, Dougoukolo Alpha Oumar. 2021. National Narratives of Mali: Fula Communities in Times of Crisis. Minneapolis: Lexington Books. Seshat URL: https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/collections/GWWIKDDM/items/F4IZCXAQ/collection

[2]: (Fage 2008, 508) Fage, J.D. 2008. ‘Upper and Lower Guinea.’ In The Cambridge History of Africa c. 1050 – c.1600. Edited by Roland Oliver. Vol. 3. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Seshat URL: https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/collections/GWWIKDDM/items/9V3CTHZ9/collection

[3]: (Klein 1972, 429) Klein, Martin A. 1972. ‘Social and Economic Factors in the Muslim Revolution in Senegambia.’ The Journal of Africa History. Vol. 13:3. Pp 419-441. Seshat URL: https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/collections/GWWIKDDM/items/ZJRN8UJ8/collection

General Variables

Identity and Location

1 Utm Zone

1 Original Name

5 Alternative Name

Temporal Bounds

1 Duration

Political and Cultural Relations

1 Succeeding Entity

1 Polity Succession

Language

1 Linguistic Family

1 Language

Religion

2 Religious Tradition

Social Complexity Variables

Social Scale

Hierarchical Complexity

Professions

Bureaucracy Characteristics

Law

1 Judge

1 Formal Legal Code

1 Court

Specialized Buildings: polity owned

1 Market

1 Drinking Water Supply System

1 Utilitarian Public Building

1 Knowledge Or Information Building

Transport Infrastructure

1 Road

Special-purpose Sites

1 Trading Emporia

1 Special Purpose Site

Information / Writing System

Information / Kinds of Written Documents

1 Sacred Text

1 Religious Literature

1 Calendar

Information / Money

1 Token

1 Article

Information / Postal System

Information / Measurement System

1 Weight Measurement System

1 Time 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 Consequence Cases Coding in Progress.

Power Transitions

3 Power Transition

Instability Events Coding in Progress.

General Variables

Identity and Location Denyanke Kingdom (se_great_fulo_emp)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Utm Zone	28 N	1490 CE 1776 CE
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Original Name	Denyanke Kingdom	1490 CE 1776 CE
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Alternative Name	Takrur	1490 CE 1776 CE
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Alternative Name	Tekrur	1490 CE 1776 CE
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Alternative Name	Denanke	1490 CE 1776 CE
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Alternative Name	Denianke	1490 CE 1776 CE
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Alternative Name	Empire of Great Fulo	1490 CE 1776 CE
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Temporal Bounds Denyanke Kingdom (se_great_fulo_emp)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)	See More
Duration	[1490 CE ➜ 1776 CE]
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Political and Cultural Relations Denyanke Kingdom (se_great_fulo_emp)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Succeeding Entity	Imamate of Futa Toro	1490 CE 1776 CE
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Preceding Entity	Songhay Empire [None] Update here
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Language Denyanke Kingdom (se_great_fulo_emp)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Linguistic Family	Niger-Congo	1490 CE 1776 CE
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Language	Fula	1490 CE 1776 CE
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Religion Denyanke Kingdom (se_great_fulo_emp)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Religious Tradition	Fulani Religion	1490 CE 1776 CE
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Religious Tradition	Islam	1490 CE 1776 CE
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Social Complexity Variables

Social Scale Denyanke Kingdom (se_great_fulo_emp)

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Hierarchical Complexity Denyanke Kingdom (se_great_fulo_emp)

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Professions Denyanke Kingdom (se_great_fulo_emp)

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Bureaucracy Characteristics Denyanke Kingdom (se_great_fulo_emp)

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Law Denyanke Kingdom (se_great_fulo_emp)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Judge	Present Inferred	1490 CE 1776 CE
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Formal Legal Code	Present	1490 CE 1776 CE
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Court	Present Inferred	1490 CE 1776 CE
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Specialized Buildings: polity owned Denyanke Kingdom (se_great_fulo_emp)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Market	Present Inferred	1490 CE 1776 CE
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Drinking Water Supply System	Present	1490 CE 1776 CE
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Utilitarian Public Building	Present	1490 CE 1776 CE
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Knowledge Or Information Building	Present	1490 CE 1776 CE
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Transport Infrastructure Denyanke Kingdom (se_great_fulo_emp)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Road	Present Inferred	1490 CE 1776 CE
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Special-purpose Sites Denyanke Kingdom (se_great_fulo_emp)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Trading Emporia	Present Inferred	1490 CE 1776 CE
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Special Purpose Site	Present Inferred	1490 CE 1776 CE
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Information / Writing System Denyanke Kingdom (se_great_fulo_emp)

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Information / Kinds of Written Documents Denyanke Kingdom (se_great_fulo_emp)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Sacred Text	Present	1490 CE 1776 CE
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Religious Literature	Present Inferred	1490 CE 1776 CE
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Calendar	Present	1490 CE 1776 CE
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Information / Money Denyanke Kingdom (se_great_fulo_emp)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Token	Present Inferred	1490 CE 1776 CE
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Article	Present	1490 CE 1776 CE
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Information / Postal System Denyanke Kingdom (se_great_fulo_emp)

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Information / Measurement System Denyanke Kingdom (se_great_fulo_emp)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Weight Measurement System	Present Inferred	1490 CE 1776 CE
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Time Measurement System	Present	1490 CE 1776 CE
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Warfare Variables (Military Technologies)

Fortifications Denyanke Kingdom (se_great_fulo_emp)

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Military use of Metals Denyanke Kingdom (se_great_fulo_emp)

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Projectiles Denyanke Kingdom (se_great_fulo_emp)

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Handheld weapons Denyanke Kingdom (se_great_fulo_emp)

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Animals used in warfare Denyanke Kingdom (se_great_fulo_emp)

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Armor Denyanke Kingdom (se_great_fulo_emp)

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Naval technology Denyanke Kingdom (se_great_fulo_emp)

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Economy Variables (Luxury Goods)

Religion Variables

Moralizing Supernatural Punishment and Reward Denyanke Kingdom (se_great_fulo_emp)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Moralizing Enforcement is Broad	Present Inferred	1490 CE 1776 CE
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Moralizing Supernatural Concern is Primary	Present Inferred	1490 CE 1776 CE
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Moralizing Enforcement is Agentic	Present	1490 CE 1776 CE
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Moralizing Enforcement in This Life	Present	1490 CE 1776 CE
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Moralizing Supernatural Punishment And Reward	Present	1490 CE 1776 CE
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Moralizing Religion Adopted by Commoners	Present	1490 CE 1776 CE
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Moralizing Enforcement is Targeted	Present	1490 CE 1776 CE
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Moralizing Enforcement in Afterlife	Uncoded	1490 CE 1776 CE
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Moralizing Religion Adopted by Elites	Present	1490 CE 1776 CE
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Moralizing Enforcement is Certain	Present	1490 CE 1776 CE
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Human Sacrifice Denyanke Kingdom (se_great_fulo_emp)

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