Home Region: Southern Europe (Europe)

Portuguese Empire - Renaissance Period

SC PT OTHER pt_portuguese_emp_1

Preceding Entity:

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Succeeding Entity:

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General Variables

Identity and Location

Temporal Bounds

Political and Cultural Relations

Language

Religion

Social Complexity Variables

Social Scale

Population of the Largest Settlement

[60,000 to 100,000] people

Polity Population

Hierarchical Complexity

Settlement Hierarchy

1529	1579 BCE
1495	1529 BCE

Religious Level

Military Level

1568	1579 BCE
1495	1567 BCE

Administrative Level

Professions

Professional Soldier

absent

Professional Priesthood

present

Professional Military Officer

absent

Bureaucracy Characteristics

Specialized Government Building

present

Full Time Bureaucrat

inferred present	1495 CE 1501 CE
present	1502 CE 1579 CE

Law

Formal Legal Code

present

Court

present

Specialized Buildings: polity owned

Market

present

Food Storage Site

present

Drinking Water Supply System

inferred absent

Utilitarian Public Building

present

Transport Infrastructure

Road

present

Port

present

Special-purpose Sites

Information / Writing System

Written Record

present

Script

present

Phonetic Alphabetic Writing

present

Non Phonetic Writing

absent

Information / Kinds of Written Documents

Scientific Literature

present

Sacred Text

present

Religious Literature

present

Practical Literature

present

History

present

Fiction

present

Information / Money

Paper Currency

absent

Indigenous Coin

present

Information / Postal System

Postal Station

absent	1495 CE 1519 CE
present	1520 CE 1579 CE

General Postal Service

absent	1495 CE 1519 CE
present	1520 CE 1579 CE

Courier

present

Information / Measurement System

Weight Measurement System

present

Volume Measurement System

present

Time Measurement System

present

Length Measurement System

present

Geometrical Measurement System

present

Area Measurement System

present

Warfare Variables (Military Technologies)

Fortifications

Military use of Metals

Projectiles

Handheld weapons

Animals used in warfare

Armor

Naval technology

Religion Tolerance Coding in Progress.

Human Sacrifice Coding in Progress.

Crisis Consequences Coding in Progress.

Power Transitions Coding in Progress.

NGA Settlements:

Year Range	Portuguese Empire - Renaissance Period (pt_portuguese_emp_1) was in:

Home NGA: None

General Variables

Identity and Location

Temporal Bounds

Political and Cultural Relations

Language

Religion

Social Complexity Variables

Social Scale

Population of the Largest Settlement:
[60,000 to 100,000] people

Confident

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Polity Population:
-

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Hierarchical Complexity

Settlement Hierarchy:
1529 ^{1579

BCE

*Bad Years, polity duration: [1495, 1579]}

Confident

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Settlement Hierarchy:
1495 ^{1529

BCE

*Bad Years, polity duration: [1495, 1579]}

Confident

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Religious Level:
4

Confident

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Military Level:
1568 ^{1579

BCE

*Bad Years, polity duration: [1495, 1579]}

Confident

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Military Level:
1495 ^{1567

BCE

*Bad Years, polity duration: [1495, 1579]}

Confident

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Administrative Level:
7

Confident

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Professions

Professional Soldier:
absent

Confident

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Professional Priesthood:
present

Confident

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Professional Military Officer:
absent

Confident

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Bureaucracy Characteristics

Specialized Government Building:
present

Confident

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Full Time Bureaucrat:
present ^{1495
CE
1501
CE}

Inferred

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Full Time Bureaucrat:
present ^{1502
CE
1579
CE}

Confident

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Law

Formal Legal Code:
present

Confident

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Court:
present

Confident

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Specialized Buildings: polity owned

Market:
present

Confident

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Food Storage Site:
present

Confident

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Drinking Water Supply System:
absent

Inferred

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Utilitarian Public Building:
present

Confident

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Transport Infrastructure

Road:
present

Confident

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Port:
present

Confident

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Special-purpose Sites

Information / Writing System

Written Record:
present

Confident

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Script:
present

Confident

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Phonetic Alphabetic Writing:
present

Confident

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Non Phonetic Writing:
absent

Confident

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Information / Kinds of Written Documents

Scientific Literature:
present

Confident

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Sacred Text:
present

Confident

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Religious Literature:
present

Confident

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Practical Literature:
present

Confident

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History:
present

Confident

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Fiction:
present

Confident

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Information / Money

Paper Currency:
absent

Confident

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Indigenous Coin:
present

Confident

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Information / Postal System

Postal Station:
absent ^{1495
CE
1519
CE}

Confident

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Postal Station:
present ^{1520
CE
1579
CE}

Confident

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General Postal Service:
absent ^{1495
CE
1519
CE}

Confident

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General Postal Service:
present ^{1520
CE
1579
CE}

Confident

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Courier:
present

Confident

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Information / Measurement System

Weight Measurement System:
present

Confident

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Volume Measurement System:
present

Confident

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Time Measurement System:
present

Confident

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Length Measurement System:
present

Confident

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Geometrical Measurement System:
present

Confident

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Area Measurement System:
present

Confident

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Warfare Variables (Military Technologies)

Fortifications

Military use of Metals

Projectiles

Handheld weapons

Animals used in warfare

Armor

Naval technology

Human Sacrifice Data

Human Sacrifice is the deliberate and ritualized killing of a person to please or placate supernatural entities (including gods, spirits, and ancestors) or gain other supernatural benefits.

Coding in Progress.

Crisis Cases

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Coding in Progress.

Power Transitions

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Portuguese Empire - Renaissance Period

General Description D

NGA Settlements:

Home NGA: None

Human Sacrifice is the deliberate and ritualized killing of a person to please or placate supernatural entities (including gods, spirits, and ancestors) or gain other supernatural benefits.