Section: Information / Measurement System

Weight Measurement System

Textual evidence of weight measurement systems. Measurement units are named in sources.  
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
Weight Measurement System The absence or presence of "Weight Measurement System" for a polity.

Weight Measurement System
#    Polity     Year(s)      Weight Measurement System   Confidence     Disputed?     Expert?   Edit
1 Khwarezmid Empire * Year Range of Khwarezmid Empire is assumed.
[1157, 1231]
present Confident No Edit
2 Tudor and Early Stuart England * Year Range of Tudor and Early Stuart England is assumed.
[1486, 1689]
present Confident No Edit
3 Lombard Kingdom * Year Range of Lombard Kingdom is assumed.
[568, 774]
unknown Suspected No Edit
4 Saffarid Caliphate * Year Range of Saffarid Caliphate is assumed.
[861, 1003]
present Inferred No Edit
5 Hohokam Culture * Year Range of Hohokam Culture is assumed.
[300, 1500]
unknown Suspected No Edit
6 Antebellum US * Year Range of Antebellum US is assumed.
[1776, 1865]
present Confident No Edit
7 Austria - Habsburg Dynasty I * Year Range of Austria - Habsburg Dynasty I is assumed.
[1454, 1648]
present Confident No Edit
8 Napoleonic France * Year Range of Napoleonic France is assumed.
[1816, 1870]
present Confident No Edit
9 Austria - Habsburg Dynasty II 1867 CE 1918 CE present Confident No Edit
10 Austria - Habsburg Dynasty II * Year Range of Austria - Habsburg Dynasty II is assumed.
[1649, 1918]
present Confident No Edit
11 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
12 Early United Mexican States * Year Range of Early United Mexican States is assumed.
[1810, 1920]
present Confident No Edit
13 Russian Empire, Romanov Dynasty II * Year Range of Russian Empire, Romanov Dynasty II is assumed.
[1776, 1917]
present Confident No Edit
14 Golden Horde * Year Range of Golden Horde is assumed.
[1240, 1440]
present Confident No Edit
15 Anglo-Saxon England I * Year Range of Anglo-Saxon England I is assumed.
[410, 926]
present Confident No Edit
16 Us Reconstruction-Progressive * Year Range of Us Reconstruction-Progressive is assumed.
[1866, 1933]
present Confident No Edit
17 Plantagenet England * Year Range of Plantagenet England is assumed.
[1154, 1485]
present Confident No Edit
18 British Empire I * Year Range of British Empire I is assumed.
[1690, 1849]
present Confident No Edit
19 Soviet Union 1923 CE 1991 CE present Confident No Edit
20 Anglo-Saxon England II * Year Range of Anglo-Saxon England II is assumed.
[927, 1065]
present Confident No Edit
21 Kaabu * Year Range of Kaabu is assumed.
[1500, 1867]
present Inferred No Edit
22 Dutch Empire * Year Range of Dutch Empire is assumed.
[1648, 1795]
present Confident No Edit
23 Kingdom of Jimma * Year Range of Kingdom of Jimma is assumed.
[1790, 1932]
present Inferred No Edit
24 Adal Sultanate * Year Range of Adal Sultanate is assumed.
[1375, 1543]
present Confident No Edit
25 Tunni Sultanate * Year Range of Tunni Sultanate is assumed.
[800, 1200]
present Confident No Edit
26 Ajuran Sultanate * Year Range of Ajuran Sultanate is assumed.
[1250, 1700]
present Confident No Edit
27 Habr Yunis * Year Range of Habr Yunis is assumed.
[1300, 1886]
present Inferred No Edit
28 Kingdom of Gomma * Year Range of Kingdom of Gomma is assumed.
[1780, 1886]
present Inferred No Edit
29 Sultanate of Geledi * Year Range of Sultanate of Geledi is assumed.
[1750, 1911]
present Confident No Edit
30 Shoa Sultanate * Year Range of Shoa Sultanate is assumed.
[1108, 1285]
present Confident No Edit
31 Harla Kingdom * Year Range of Harla Kingdom is assumed.
[-10000, 2000]
present Inferred No Edit
32 Hadiya Sultanate * Year Range of Hadiya Sultanate is assumed.
[1300, 1680]
present Inferred No Edit
33 Ifat Sultanate * Year Range of Ifat Sultanate is assumed.
[1280, 1375]
present Confident No Edit
34 Medri Bahri * Year Range of Medri Bahri is assumed.
[1310, 1889]
present Inferred No Edit
35 Majeerteen Sultanate * Year Range of Majeerteen Sultanate is assumed.
[1750, 1926]
present Confident No Edit
36 Funj Sultanate * Year Range of Funj Sultanate is assumed.
[1504, 1820]
present Inferred No Edit
37 Kingdom of Kaffa * Year Range of Kingdom of Kaffa is assumed.
[1390, 1897]
present Inferred No Edit
38 Kingdom of Gumma * Year Range of Kingdom of Gumma is assumed.
[1800, 1897]
present Inferred No Edit
39 Emirate of Harar * Year Range of Emirate of Harar is assumed.
[1650, 1875]
present Inferred No Edit
40 Early Sultanate of Aussa * Year Range of Early Sultanate of Aussa is assumed.
[1734, 1895]
present Inferred No Edit
41 Isaaq Sultanate * Year Range of Isaaq Sultanate is assumed.
[1300, 1886]
present Inferred No Edit
42 Classical Ife * Year Range of Classical Ife is assumed.
[1000, 1400]
present Inferred No Edit
43 Sokoto Caliphate * Year Range of Sokoto Caliphate is assumed.
[1804, 1904]
present Confident No Edit
44 Kingdom of Cayor * Year Range of Kingdom of Cayor is assumed.
[1549, 1864]
present Inferred No Edit
45 Kingdom of Waalo 1287 CE 1674 CE present Confident No Edit
46 Kingdom of Waalo 1675 CE 1855 CE present Confident No Edit
47 Jolof Empire * Year Range of Jolof Empire is assumed.
[1360, 1549]
present Inferred No Edit
48 Imamate of Futa Toro * Year Range of Imamate of Futa Toro is assumed.
[1776, 1860]
present Inferred No Edit
49 Denyanke Kingdom * Year Range of Denyanke Kingdom is assumed.
[1490, 1776]
present Inferred No Edit
50 Pandya Dynasty * Year Range of Pandya Dynasty is assumed.
[590, 915]
present Confident No Edit
51 Early Cholas * Year Range of Early Cholas is assumed.
[-600, 300]
present Confident No Edit
52 Thanjavur Maratha Kingdom * Year Range of Thanjavur Maratha Kingdom is assumed.
[1675, 1799]
present Confident No Edit
53 Early Pandyas * Year Range of Early Pandyas is assumed.
[-600, 300]
present Confident No Edit
54 Carnatic Sultanate * Year Range of Carnatic Sultanate is assumed.
[1710, 1801]
present Inferred No Edit
55 Late Pallava Empire * Year Range of Late Pallava Empire is assumed.
[300, 890]
present Inferred No Edit
56 Kalabhra Dynasty * Year Range of Kalabhra Dynasty is assumed.
[200, 600]
present Inferred No Edit
57 Nayaks of Thanjavur * Year Range of Nayaks of Thanjavur is assumed.
[1532, 1676]
present Confident No Edit
58 Nayaks of Madurai * Year Range of Nayaks of Madurai is assumed.
[1529, 1736]
present Confident No Edit
59 British Empire IIIIIIIIII * Year Range of British Empire IIIIIIIIII is assumed.
[1850, 1968]
present Confident No Edit
60 Holy Roman Empire - Ottonian-Salian Dynasty * Year Range of Holy Roman Empire - Ottonian-Salian Dynasty is assumed.
[919, 1125]
present Confident No Edit