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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

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Religion Variables Coding in Progress.

General Variables
Identity and Location Denyanke Kingdom (se_great_fulo_emp)
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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)
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Political and Cultural Relations Denyanke Kingdom (se_great_fulo_emp)
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Succeeding Entity 1490 CE  1776 CE
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Preceding Entity
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Language Denyanke Kingdom (se_great_fulo_emp)
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Linguistic Family Niger-Congo 1490 CE  1776 CE
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Language 1490 CE  1776 CE
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Religion Denyanke Kingdom (se_great_fulo_emp)
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Religious Tradition 1490 CE  1776 CE
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Religious Tradition 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)
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Judge 1490 CE  1776 CE
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Court 1490 CE  1776 CE
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Specialized Buildings: polity owned Denyanke Kingdom (se_great_fulo_emp)
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Market 1490 CE  1776 CE
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Drinking Water Supply System 1490 CE  1776 CE
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Utilitarian Public Building 1490 CE  1776 CE
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Knowledge Or Information Building 1490 CE  1776 CE
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Transport Infrastructure Denyanke Kingdom (se_great_fulo_emp)
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Road 1490 CE  1776 CE
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Special-purpose Sites Denyanke Kingdom (se_great_fulo_emp)
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Trading Emporia 1490 CE  1776 CE
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Special Purpose Site 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)
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Sacred Text 1490 CE  1776 CE
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Religious Literature 1490 CE  1776 CE
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Calendar 1490 CE  1776 CE
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Information / Money Denyanke Kingdom (se_great_fulo_emp)
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Token 1490 CE  1776 CE
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Article 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)
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Weight Measurement System 1490 CE  1776 CE
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Time Measurement System 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)
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Moralizing Enforcement is Broad 1490 CE  1776 CE
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Moralizing Supernatural Concern is Primary 1490 CE  1776 CE
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Moralizing Enforcement is Agentic 1490 CE  1776 CE
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Moralizing Enforcement in This Life 1490 CE  1776 CE
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Moralizing Supernatural Punishment And Reward 1490 CE  1776 CE
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Moralizing Religion Adopted by Commoners 1490 CE  1776 CE
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Moralizing Enforcement is Targeted 1490 CE  1776 CE
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Moralizing Enforcement in Afterlife 1490 CE  1776 CE
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Moralizing Religion Adopted by Elites 1490 CE  1776 CE
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Moralizing Enforcement is Certain 1490 CE  1776 CE
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Human Sacrifice Denyanke Kingdom (se_great_fulo_emp)
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Instability Data
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