Section: Information / Measurement System

Volume Measurement System

Textual evidence of volume measurement systems. Measurement units are named in sources. Archaeological evidence includes finding containers of standard volume, etc. (use "inferred present" in such cases)  
Contributors: Seshat RAs and Experts

Variable Definition
Polity The Seshat Polity Name
Year(s) The years for which we have the data. [negative = BCE]
Confidence Inferred : The value is inferred.
Suspected : The value is suspected (Expert Check Needed).
Evidenced : The value is backed up by sufficient evidence.
Disputed? No : No disagreement among scholars.
Yes : There is disagreement among scholars.
Expert? : Not yet Checked by a Seshat Expert.
: Checked and accepted by a Seshat Expert (or RA).

Variable Definition
Volume Measurement System The absence or presence of "Volume Measurement System" for a polity.

Volume Measurement System
#    Polity     Year(s)      Volume Measurement System   Confidence     Disputed?     Expert?   Edit
1 Kingdom of Waalo 1287 CE 1674 CE unknown Suspected No Edit
2 Kingdom of Waalo 1675 CE 1855 CE present Confident No Edit
3 Austria - Habsburg Dynasty II 1867 CE 1918 CE present Confident No Edit
4 Soviet Union 1923 CE 1991 CE present Confident No Edit
5 Tudor and Early Stuart England * Year Range of Tudor and Early Stuart England is assumed.
[1486, 1689]
present Confident No Edit
6 Adal Sultanate * Year Range of Adal Sultanate is assumed.
[1375, 1543]
present Confident No Edit
7 Tunni Sultanate * Year Range of Tunni Sultanate is assumed.
[800, 1200]
present Confident No Edit
8 Ajuran Sultanate * Year Range of Ajuran Sultanate is assumed.
[1250, 1700]
present Confident No Edit
9 Sultanate of Geledi * Year Range of Sultanate of Geledi is assumed.
[1750, 1911]
present Confident No Edit
10 Shoa Sultanate * Year Range of Shoa Sultanate is assumed.
[1108, 1285]
present Confident No Edit
11 Ifat Sultanate * Year Range of Ifat Sultanate is assumed.
[1280, 1375]
present Confident No Edit
12 Kingdom of Kaffa * Year Range of Kingdom of Kaffa is assumed.
[1390, 1897]
present Inferred No Edit
13 Majeerteen Sultanate * Year Range of Majeerteen Sultanate is assumed.
[1750, 1926]
present Confident No Edit
14 British Empire IIIIIIIIII * Year Range of British Empire IIIIIIIIII is assumed.
[1850, 1968]
present Confident No Edit
15 Kingdom of Jimma * Year Range of Kingdom of Jimma is assumed.
[1790, 1932]
present Inferred No Edit
16 Habr Yunis * Year Range of Habr Yunis is assumed.
[1300, 1886]
present Inferred No Edit
17 Kingdom of Gomma * Year Range of Kingdom of Gomma is assumed.
[1780, 1886]
present Inferred No Edit
18 Harla Kingdom * Year Range of Harla Kingdom is assumed.
[-10000, 2000]
present Inferred No Edit
19 Hadiya Sultanate * Year Range of Hadiya Sultanate is assumed.
[1300, 1680]
present Inferred No Edit
20 Medri Bahri * Year Range of Medri Bahri is assumed.
[1310, 1889]
present Inferred No Edit
21 Funj Sultanate * Year Range of Funj Sultanate is assumed.
[1504, 1820]
present Inferred No Edit
22 Us Reconstruction-Progressive * Year Range of Us Reconstruction-Progressive is assumed.
[1866, 1933]
present Confident No Edit
23 Kingdom of Gumma * Year Range of Kingdom of Gumma is assumed.
[1800, 1897]
present Inferred No Edit
24 Lombard Kingdom * Year Range of Lombard Kingdom is assumed.
[568, 774]
unknown Suspected No Edit
25 Hohokam Culture * Year Range of Hohokam Culture is assumed.
[300, 1500]
unknown Suspected No Edit
26 Emirate of Harar * Year Range of Emirate of Harar is assumed.
[1650, 1875]
present Inferred No Edit
27 Early Sultanate of Aussa * Year Range of Early Sultanate of Aussa is assumed.
[1734, 1895]
present Inferred No Edit
28 Isaaq Sultanate * Year Range of Isaaq Sultanate is assumed.
[1300, 1886]
present Inferred No Edit
29 Classical Ife * Year Range of Classical Ife is assumed.
[1000, 1400]
present Inferred No Edit
30 Sokoto Caliphate * Year Range of Sokoto Caliphate is assumed.
[1804, 1904]
present Inferred No Edit
31 Early United Mexican States * Year Range of Early United Mexican States is assumed.
[1810, 1920]
present Confident No Edit
32 Khwarezmid Empire * Year Range of Khwarezmid Empire is assumed.
[1157, 1231]
present Confident No Edit
33 Austria - Habsburg Dynasty I * Year Range of Austria - Habsburg Dynasty I is assumed.
[1454, 1648]
present Confident No Edit
34 British Empire I * Year Range of British Empire I is assumed.
[1690, 1849]
present Confident No Edit
35 Napoleonic France * Year Range of Napoleonic France is assumed.
[1816, 1870]
present Confident No Edit
36 Saffarid Caliphate * Year Range of Saffarid Caliphate is assumed.
[861, 1003]
present Inferred No Edit
37 Golden Horde * Year Range of Golden Horde is assumed.
[1240, 1440]
unknown Suspected No Edit
38 Austria - Habsburg Dynasty II * Year Range of Austria - Habsburg Dynasty II is assumed.
[1649, 1918]
present Confident No Edit
39 Russian Empire, Romanov Dynasty II * Year Range of Russian Empire, Romanov Dynasty II is assumed.
[1776, 1917]
present Confident No Edit
40 Holy Roman Empire - Ottonian-Salian Dynasty * Year Range of Holy Roman Empire - Ottonian-Salian Dynasty is assumed.
[919, 1125]
present Confident No Edit
41 Plantagenet England * Year Range of Plantagenet England is assumed.
[1154, 1485]
unknown Suspected No Edit
42 Kingdom of Bohemia - Luxembourgian and Jagiellonian Dynasty * Year Range of Kingdom of Bohemia - Luxembourgian and Jagiellonian Dynasty is assumed.
[1310, 1526]
present Confident No Edit
43 Dutch Empire * Year Range of Dutch Empire is assumed.
[1648, 1795]
present Confident No Edit
44 Antebellum US * Year Range of Antebellum US is assumed.
[1776, 1865]
present Confident No Edit