Section: Information / Measurement System
Variable: Geometrical Measurement System (All coded records)
Textual evidence of geometrical measurement systems. Measurement units are named in sources. For example: degree.  
Geometrical Measurement System
#  Polity  Coded Value Tags Year(s) Edit Desc
1 Numidia present Inferred -
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2 Mauretania present Inferred -
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3 Axum II present Inferred -
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4 Makuria Kingdom I unknown Suspected -
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5 Axum III present Inferred -
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6 Makuria Kingdom II present Inferred -
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7 Tahert present Inferred -
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8 Idrisids present Inferred -
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9 Makuria Kingdom III present Inferred -
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10 Zirids present Inferred -
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11 Almoravids present Confident -
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12 Banu Ghaniya present Inferred -
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13 Zagwe present Inferred -
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14 Tlemcen present Inferred -
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15 Malacca Sultanate present Inferred -
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16 Wattasid present Inferred -
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17 Chu Kingdom - Spring and Autumn Period present Inferred -
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18 Chu Kingdom - Warring States Period uncoded Undecided -
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19 Qin Empire present Inferred -
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20 Later Yan Kingdom present Inferred -
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21 Later Qin Kingdom present Inferred -
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22 Third Scythian Kingdom present Inferred -
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23 Kangju unknown Suspected -
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24 Kazan Khanate present Inferred -
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25 Tudor and Early Stuart England present Confident -
From the seventeenth century gardens were increasingly laid out in geometric and symmetrical designs. In the early eighteenth century symmetrical buildings, houses and gardens were the most fashionable. [1]

[1]: (Bucholz et al 2013: 374, 376) Bucholz, Robert, Newton Key, and R.O. Bucholz. 2013. Early Modern England 1485-1714: A Narrative History. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons. http://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/uvic/detail.action?docID=1166775. https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/XQGJH96U


26 Lombard Kingdom unknown Suspected -
Measurement systems have not been mentioned in the sources consulted.
27 Grand Principality of Moscow, Rurikid Dynasty absent Inferred -
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28 Saffarid Caliphate present Inferred -
The sources consulted have not confirmed this however it is likely geometry used as this was a feature of Muslim architecture.
29 Bagan present Inferred -
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30 Malacca Sultanate uncoded Undecided -
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31 Eastern Zhou uncoded Undecided -
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32 Southern Song present Confident -
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33 Macedonian Empire present Inferred -
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34 Monte Alban V Early Postclassic unknown Suspected -
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35 Monte Alban V Late Postclassic unknown Suspected -
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36 Early Nyoro absent Inferred -
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37 Cwezi Dynasty absent Inferred -
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38 Bito Dynasty absent Confident 1860 CE 1894 CE
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39 Bito Dynasty absent Inferred 1700 CE 1859 CE
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40 Ottoman Empire Late Period present Inferred -
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41 Hohokam Culture unknown Suspected -
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42 Antebellum US present Confident -
Geometry was taught at university level mathematics. [1]

[1]: Volo and Volo 2004: 89. https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/SIB5XSW97.


43 Austria - Habsburg Dynasty I present Confident -
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44 Napoleonic France present Inferred -
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45 Austria - Habsburg Dynasty II present Confident 1867 CE 1918 CE
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46 Early United Mexican States present Confident -
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47 Golden Horde Transitional (Absent -> Present) Confident -
With the Islamisation of the Golden Horde came the geometrical buildings of mosques. Geometrical patterns on items such as belt buckles, drinking cups, decorative bowls, and wall decorations were also used. [1]

[1]: Khakimov and Favereau 2017: 434, 476, 497. https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/QL8H3FN8


48 Us Reconstruction-Progressive present Confident -
Geometry was taught at university level mathematics. [1]

[1]: Volo and Volo 2004: 89. https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/SIB5XSW97.


49 Chaco Canyon - Late Bonito phase present Confident -
“The Chacoan people created an urban center of spectacular public architecture by employing formal design, astronomical alignments, geometry, unique masonry, landscaping, and engineering techniques that allowed multi-storied construction for the first time in the American Southwest.” [1] “Many Chacoan petroglyphs are geometric designs such as spirals, mazes, and hatching. There are some depictions of stick figures or stylized humans, flute players, hands, sandals, mountain sheep, birds, and insects. One of the most famous petroglyphs in Chaco Canyon is the Sun Dagger. It consists of two spirals that mark the annual solstices and equinoxes. More recent historic-era pictographs and petroglyphs depict scenes of dancers, men on horseback, and Navajo deities.” [2]

[1]: (“Chaco Culture”) “Chaco Culture” NPS Museum Collections, accessed May 8, 2023, https://www.nps.gov/museum/exhibits/chcu/index1.html. https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/NMRVDA5I

[2]: (“Chaco Culture - Communication”) “Chaco Culture” NPS Museum Collections, accessed May 8, 2023, https://www.nps.gov/museum/exhibits/chcu/index6.html. https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/NMRVDA5I


50 Plantagenet England present Confident -
The newly built town of Conwy in Wales had tenements laid out in perfect geometric order. [1]

[1]: (Prestwich 2005: 468) Prestwich, Michael. 2005. Plantagenet England 1225-1360. Oxford: Oxford University Press. https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/XTBKFDCI


51 British Empire I present Confident -
From the seventeenth century gardens were increasingly laid out in geometric and symmetrical designs. In the eighteenth-century symmetrical buildings, houses and gardens was the most fashionable architectural style. [1]

[1]: (Bucholz et al 2013: 374, 376) Bucholz, Robert, Newton Key, and R.O. Bucholz. 2013. Early Modern England 1485-1714: A Narrative History. Chicester, UK: John Wiley & Sons. http://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/uvic/detail.action?docID=1166775. https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/XQGJH96U


52 Dutch Empire present Confident -
NO_DESCRIPTION
53 Portuguese Empire - Renaissance Period present Confident -
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54 Portuguese Empire - Early Modern present Confident -
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55 British East India Company present Confident -
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56 Nawabs of Bengal present Confident -
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57 Twelve Bhuyans present Confident -
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58 British Empire IIIIIIIIII present Confident -
From the seventeenth century gardens were increasingly laid out in geometric and symmetrical designs. In the eighteenth-century symmetrical buildings, houses and gardens was the most fashionable architectural style. This continued into the nineteenth century. [1]

[1]: (Bucholz et al 2013: 374, 376) Bucholz, Robert, Newton Key, and R.O. Bucholz. 2013. Early Modern England 1485-1714: A Narrative History. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons. http://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/uvic/detail.action?docID=1166775. https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/XQGJH96U


59 Holy Roman Empire - Ottonian-Salian Dynasty unknown Suspected -
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