Home Region: Southern Europe (Europe)

Portuguese Empire - Early Modern

SC PT OTHER pt_portuguese_emp_2

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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

1,756 people	1807 BCE
1,640 people

Polity Territory

Polity Population

2,700,000 people	1700 CE
7,500,000 people	1800 CE

Hierarchical Complexity

Settlement Hierarchy

Religious Level

Military Level

9	1640 CE 1700 CE
8	1640 CE 1700 CE
11	1640 CE 1700 CE
10	1701 CE 1806 CE

Administrative Level

Professions

Professional Soldier

inferred absent	1640 CE 1750 CE
uncoded	1751 CE 1806 CE

Professional Military Officer

inferred absent	1640 CE 1750 CE
uncoded	1751 CE 1806 CE

Source Of Support

state salary

Bureaucracy Characteristics

Specialized Government Building

present

Merit Promotion

present

Full Time Bureaucrat

present

Examination System

present

Law

Professional Lawyer

present

Judge

present

Formal Legal Code

present

Court

present

Specialized Buildings: polity owned

Irrigation System

present

Food Storage Site

present

Drinking Water Supply System

inferred absent	1640 CE 1706 CE
present	1707 CE 1807 CE

Utilitarian Public Building

present

Knowledge Or Information Building

present

Transport Infrastructure

Road

present

Port

present

Special-purpose Sites

Mines or Quarry

present

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

Philosophy

present

History

present

Fiction

present

Calendar

present

Information / Money

Token

present

Paper Currency

absent	1640 CE 1796 CE
present	1797 CE 1806 CE

Indigenous Coin

present

Foreign Coin

present	1640 CE 1750 CE
inferred present	1751 CE 1807 CE

Article

present

Debt And Credit Structure

present

Information / Postal System

Postal Station

present

General Postal Service

present

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 - Early Modern (pt_portuguese_emp_2) 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:
1,756 people ^{1807

BCE

*Bad Years, polity duration: [1640, 1806]}

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Population of the Largest Settlement:
1,640 people

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Polity Territory:
-

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Polity Population:
2,700,000 people ^{1700

CE}

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Polity Population:
7,500,000 people ^{1800

CE}

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Hierarchical Complexity

Settlement Hierarchy:
5

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Religious Level:
4

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Military Level:
9 ^{1640
CE
1700
CE}

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Military Level:
8 ^{1640
CE
1700
CE}

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Military Level:
11 ^{1640
CE
1700
CE}

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Military Level:
10 ^{1701
CE
1806
CE}

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Administrative Level:
14

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Professions

Professional Soldier:
absent ^{1640
CE
1750
CE}

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Professional Soldier:
uncoded ^{1751
CE
1806
CE}

Undecided

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Professional Military Officer:
absent ^{1640
CE
1750
CE}

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Professional Military Officer:
uncoded ^{1751
CE
1806
CE}

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Source Of Support:
state salary

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Bureaucracy Characteristics

Specialized Government Building:
present

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Merit Promotion:
present

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Full Time Bureaucrat:
present

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Examination System:
present

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Law

Professional Lawyer:
present

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Judge:
present

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Formal Legal Code:
present

Confident

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Court:
present

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Specialized Buildings: polity owned

Irrigation System:
present

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Food Storage Site:
present

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Drinking Water Supply System:
absent ^{1640
CE
1706
CE}

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Drinking Water Supply System:
present ^{1707
CE
1807
CE

*Bad Years, polity duration: [1640, 1806]}

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Utilitarian Public Building:
present

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Knowledge Or Information Building:
present

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Transport Infrastructure

Road:
present

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Port:
present

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Special-purpose Sites

Mines or Quarry:
present

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Information / Writing System

Written Record:
present

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Script:
present

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Phonetic Alphabetic Writing:
present

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Non Phonetic Writing:
absent

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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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Philosophy:
present

Confident

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History:
present

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Fiction:
present

Confident

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Calendar:
present

Confident

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Information / Money

Token:
present

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Paper Currency:
absent ^{1640
CE
1796
CE}

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Paper Currency:
present ^{1797
CE
1806
CE}

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Indigenous Coin:
present

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Foreign Coin:
present ^{1640
CE
1750
CE}

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Foreign Coin:
present ^{1751
CE
1807
CE

*Bad Years, polity duration: [1640, 1806]}

Inferred

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Article:
present

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Debt And Credit Structure:
present

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Information / Postal System

Postal Station:
present

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General Postal Service:
present

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Courier:
present

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Information / Measurement System

Weight Measurement System:
present

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Volume Measurement System:
present

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Time Measurement System:
present

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Length Measurement System:
present

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Geometrical Measurement System:
present

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Area Measurement System:
present

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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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Portuguese Empire - Early Modern

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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.