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Tunni Sultanate

800 CE 1200 CE

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General Description

The Tunni Sultanate was a Somalian Sultanate that originated sometime in the nineth century CE on the Benadir Coast. The Tunni Sultanate had established its capital at Qoryooley. ^[1] The Tunni Sultanate was one of the first groups in Somalia to embrace Islam. The language spoken within the Sultanate was a local language called Af-Maay, while inscriptions from the twelfth century CE suggest that some within the Sultante knew the Arabic language. ^[1] ; ^[2] The Sultanate ended sometime within the thirteenth century CE.

[1]: (Mukhtar 2003, 50) Mukhtar, Mohamed H. 2003. Historical Dictionary of Somalia. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press. Seshat URL: https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/collections/TWITJWK4/items/J8WZB6VI/collection

[2]: (Tamrat 2008, 137) Tamrat, Taddesse. 2008. ‘Ethiopia, the Red Sea and the Horn’ In the Cambridge History of Africa: c. 1050 – c.1600 vol. 3. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Pp 98-182. Seshat URL: https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/collections/TWITJWK4/search/tam/titleCreatorYear/items/A68FCWWI/item-list

General Variables

Identity and Location

1 Utm Zone

1 Original Name

1 Capital

Temporal Bounds

1 Duration

Political and Cultural Relations

1 Suprapolity Relations

Language

1 Linguistic Family

2 Language

Religion

1 Religious Tradition

Social Complexity Variables

Social Scale

Hierarchical Complexity

Professions

Bureaucracy Characteristics

Law

1 Judge

1 Formal Legal Code

1 Court

Specialized Buildings: polity owned

1 Market

1 Communal Building

1 Utilitarian Public Building

1 Knowledge Or Information Building

Transport Infrastructure

1 Port

1 Bridge

Special-purpose Sites

1 Mines or Quarry

1 Special Purpose Site

Information / Writing System

1 Written Record

1 Script

1 Phonetic Alphabetic Writing

Information / Kinds of Written Documents

1 Sacred Text

1 Religious Literature

1 Calendar

Information / Money

Information / Postal System

Information / Measurement System

1 Weight Measurement System

1 Volume Measurement System

1 Time Measurement System

1 Other Measurement System

1 Length Measurement System

Warfare Variables (Military Technologies)

Fortifications

Military use of Metals

Projectiles

Handheld weapons

Animals used in warfare

Armor

Naval technology

Economy Variables (Luxury Goods) Coding in Progress.

Religion Variables Coding in Progress.

Crisis Consequence Cases Coding in Progress.

Power Transitions Coding in Progress.

Instability Events

16 Instability Event

General Variables

Identity and Location Tunni Sultanate (so_tunni_sultanate)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Utm Zone	39 N	800 CE 1200 CE
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Original Name	Tunni Sultanate	800 CE 1200 CE
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Capital	Qoryooley	800 CE 1200 CE
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Temporal Bounds Tunni Sultanate (so_tunni_sultanate)

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Duration	[800 CE ➜ 1200 CE]
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Political and Cultural Relations Tunni Sultanate (so_tunni_sultanate)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Suprapolity Relations	none	800 CE 1200 CE
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Language Tunni Sultanate (so_tunni_sultanate)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Linguistic Family	Afro-Asiatic	800 CE 1200 CE
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Language	Arabic	800 CE 1200 CE
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Language	Maay	800 CE 1200 CE
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Religion Tunni Sultanate (so_tunni_sultanate)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Religious Tradition	Islam	800 CE 1200 CE
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Social Complexity Variables

Social Scale Tunni Sultanate (so_tunni_sultanate)

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Hierarchical Complexity Tunni Sultanate (so_tunni_sultanate)

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Professions Tunni Sultanate (so_tunni_sultanate)

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Bureaucracy Characteristics Tunni Sultanate (so_tunni_sultanate)

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Law Tunni Sultanate (so_tunni_sultanate)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Judge	Present Inferred	800 CE 1200 CE
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Formal Legal Code	Present Inferred	800 CE 1200 CE
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Court	Present Inferred	800 CE 1200 CE
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Specialized Buildings: polity owned Tunni Sultanate (so_tunni_sultanate)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Market	Present	800 CE 1200 CE
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Communal Building	Present	800 CE 1200 CE
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Utilitarian Public Building	Present	800 CE 1200 CE
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Knowledge Or Information Building	Present Inferred	800 CE 1200 CE
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Transport Infrastructure Tunni Sultanate (so_tunni_sultanate)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Port	Present Inferred	800 CE 1200 CE
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Bridge	Present	800 CE 1200 CE
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Special-purpose Sites Tunni Sultanate (so_tunni_sultanate)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Mines or Quarry	Present	800 CE 1200 CE
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Special Purpose Site	Present	800 CE 1200 CE
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Information / Writing System Tunni Sultanate (so_tunni_sultanate)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Written Record	Present	800 CE 1200 CE
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Script	Present	800 CE 1200 CE
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Phonetic Alphabetic Writing	Present	800 CE 1200 CE
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Information / Kinds of Written Documents Tunni Sultanate (so_tunni_sultanate)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Sacred Text	Present	800 CE 1200 CE
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Religious Literature	Present Inferred	800 CE 1200 CE
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Calendar	Present	800 CE 1200 CE
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Information / Money Tunni Sultanate (so_tunni_sultanate)

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Information / Postal System Tunni Sultanate (so_tunni_sultanate)

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Information / Measurement System Tunni Sultanate (so_tunni_sultanate)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Weight Measurement System	Present	800 CE 1200 CE
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Volume Measurement System	Present	800 CE 1200 CE
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Time Measurement System	Present	800 CE 1200 CE
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Other Measurement System	Present Inferred	800 CE 1200 CE
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Length Measurement System	Present	800 CE 1200 CE
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Warfare Variables (Military Technologies)

Fortifications Tunni Sultanate (so_tunni_sultanate)

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Military use of Metals Tunni Sultanate (so_tunni_sultanate)

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Projectiles Tunni Sultanate (so_tunni_sultanate)

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Handheld weapons Tunni Sultanate (so_tunni_sultanate)

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Animals used in warfare Tunni Sultanate (so_tunni_sultanate)

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Armor Tunni Sultanate (so_tunni_sultanate)

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Naval technology Tunni Sultanate (so_tunni_sultanate)

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Economy Variables (Luxury Goods)

Religion Variables

Moralizing Supernatural Punishment and Reward Tunni Sultanate (so_tunni_sultanate)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Moralizing Enforcement is Broad	Present	800 CE 1200 CE
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Moralizing Supernatural Concern is Primary	Present	800 CE 1200 CE
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Moralizing Enforcement is Agentic	Present	800 CE 1200 CE
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Moralizing Enforcement in This Life	Present	800 CE 1200 CE
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Moralizing Supernatural Punishment And Reward	Present	800 CE 1200 CE
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Moralizing Religion Adopted by Commoners	Present	800 CE 1200 CE
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Moralizing Enforcement is Targeted	Present	800 CE 1200 CE
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Moralizing Enforcement in Afterlife	Present	800 CE 1200 CE
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Moralizing Religion Adopted by Elites	Present	800 CE 1200 CE
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Moralizing Enforcement of Rulers	Present	800 CE 1200 CE
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Moralizing Enforcement is Certain	Present	800 CE 1200 CE
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Human Sacrifice Tunni Sultanate (so_tunni_sultanate)

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