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286
MnUigur
745
840
Uigur Khaganate
mn_uygur_khaganate
LEGACY
The Orkhon Valley lies either side of the Orkhon River, in north-central Mongolia. Between the 740s and the 840s, this region was controlled by the Uighur khaganate, notably one of only two polities ever to adopt Manichaeism as the official state cult. §REF§ Werner Sundermann, "MANICHEISM i. GENERAL SURVEY," Encyclopæd...
null
null
null
null
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
24
Orkhon Valley
Mongolia
102.845486
47.200757
Karakorum
MN
Mongolia
Central Eurasia
9
Mongolia
Mongolia, Inner Mongolia, the steppe part of Manchuria
{'id': 3, 'name': 'Central and Northern Eurasia'}
131
SyCalUm
661
750
Umayyad Caliphate
sy_umayyad_cal
LEGACY
The Umayyad Caliphate was formed in 661 CE by Muawiya ibn Abi Sufyan following the assassination of Caliph Ali ibn Abi Talib, the cousin of the Prophet Muhammad. §REF§ (Madelung 1997, 108, 297) Wilferd Madelung. 1997. <i>The Succession to Muhammad: A Study of the Early Caliphate</i>. Cambridge: Cambridge University Pre...
null
JR: edited long name from Ummayad to Umayyad
null
2024-03-27T09:30:27.298805Z
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
8
Southern Mesopotamia
Levant-Mesopotamia
44.42
32.47
Babylon (Hillah)
IQ
Iraq
Southwest Asia
61
Levant
Israel/Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria
{'id': 11, 'name': 'Southwest Asia'}
745
sv_united_k_sweden_and_norway
1,816
1,905
United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway
sv_united_k_sweden_and_norway
OTHER_TAG
null
null
null
null
null
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
17
Northern Europe
Iceland, Scandinavia, Finland, Baltics
{'id': 5, 'name': 'Europe'}
729
mx_united_mexican_states_1
1,821
1,917
United Mexican States I
mx_united_mexican_states_1
OTHER_TAG
null
null
null
null
null
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
23
Mexico
Mexico
{'id': 7, 'name': 'North America'}
592
us_united_states_of_america_contemporary
1,934
2,020
United States of America - Contemporary
us_united_states_of_america_contemporary
LEGACY
null
null
null
null
2023-10-18T14:26:56.546744Z
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
22
East Coast
East Coast of US
{'id': 7, 'name': 'North America'}
477
IqUrIII
-2,112
-2,004
Ur - Dynasty III
iq_ur_dyn_3
LEGACY
The founder of the Third Dynasty of Ur was Ur-Nammu who probably came from Uruk, however he was a military commander (<i>šagina</i>) of Ur, and later its independent ruler who conducted victorious fights with the Gutians and took by force other lands of Sumer and consolidated the whole Akkad and Sumer. Moreover, he al...
null
null
null
null
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
8
Southern Mesopotamia
Levant-Mesopotamia
44.42
32.47
Babylon (Hillah)
IQ
Iraq
Southwest Asia
62
Mesopotamia
Iraq, Kuwait
{'id': 11, 'name': 'Southwest Asia'}
344
TrUrart
-1,200
-710
Urartu Kingdom
tr_urartu_k
LEGACY
null
null
null
null
null
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
43
Anatolia-Caucasus
Turkey, Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan
{'id': 11, 'name': 'Southwest Asia'}
474
IqUruk*
-4,000
-2,900
Uruk
iq_uruk
LEGACY
The name of this polity derives from the site of Uruk (modern Warka) located c. 35 km east from the Euphrates River, in south Iraq. This period is perceived as a time of deep transformations and significant inventions (such as wheel, fast wheel, plough, using alloys - bronze, writing system, etc.). There is very little...
null
null
null
null
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
8
Southern Mesopotamia
Levant-Mesopotamia
44.42
32.47
Babylon (Hillah)
IQ
Iraq
Southwest Asia
62
Mesopotamia
Iraq, Kuwait
{'id': 11, 'name': 'Southwest Asia'}
575
us_united_states_of_america_reconstruction
1,866
1,933
Us Reconstruction-Progressive
us_united_states_of_america_reconstruction
LEGACY
null
null
null
null
null
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
22
East Coast
East Coast of US
{'id': 7, 'name': 'North America'}
398
InUtpal
855
1,003
Utpala Dynasty
in_utpala_dyn
LEGACY
null
null
null
null
2023-11-14T13:38:17.611550Z
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
64
North India
Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal
{'id': 9, 'name': 'South Asia'}
90
InVakat
255
550
Vakataka Kingdom
in_vakataka_k
LEGACY
The Vakataka dynasty ruled over the central Indian region of Vidarbha and surrounding areas between the 3rd and 6th centuries CE. This polity was founded by King Vindhyasakti in around 255 CE, reached its zenith around 510, and had been replaced by the Chalukya polity by the mid-6th century. §REF§ (Majumbar and Altekar...
null
null
null
null
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
15
Deccan
Central India
76.625407
15.386856
Kampli
DEC
India
South Asia
40
Southern India
Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
{'id': 9, 'name': 'South Asia'}
211
DzVandal
429
534
Vandal Kingdom
dz_vandal_k
LEGACY
null
null
null
null
null
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
3
Maghreb
From Morocco to Libya
{'id': 2, 'name': 'Africa'}
794
in_vanga_k
550
600
Vanga Dynasty
in_vanga_k
OTHER_TAG
null
null
null
2023-12-07T16:17:14.908726Z
2025-04-15T09:35:23.122079Z
{'id': 53, 'text': 'a new_private_comment_text new approach for polity'}
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
37
Eastern South Asia
Bangladesh + Indian states of West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura, and Sikkim
{'id': 9, 'name': 'South Asia'}
375
CnBaiyu
-332
-109
Viet Baiyu Kingdom
cn_viet_baiyu_k
LEGACY
null
null
null
null
null
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
41
Mainland Southeast Asia
Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, south Vietnam
{'id': 10, 'name': 'Southeast Asia'}
97
InVijay
1,336
1,646
Vijayanagara Empire
in_vijayanagara_emp
LEGACY
The Vijayanagara Empire ruled over southern India: specifically, it comprised an area roughly equivalent to the modern-day Indian states of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu. §REF§ (Kamath 1980, 329) Suryanath Kamath. 1980. <i>A Concise History of Karnataka: From Pre-historic Times to the Present</...
null
null
null
null
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
15
Deccan
Central India
76.625407
15.386856
Kampli
DEC
India
South Asia
40
Southern India
Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
{'id': 9, 'name': 'South Asia'}
878
dk_viking_settlements
793
1,000
Viking settlements
dk_viking_settlements
OTHER_TAG
This polity refers to the Norse settlements in Scandinavia up to the formation of the kingdoms of Sweden, Norway and Denmark, as well as Norse settlements in Iceland (before 930 CE, the foundation of the Icelandic Commonwealth), Greenland, Newfoundland, the Baltic, Russia, Scotland and Ireland, and northern France. It ...
Viking City-States
null
2024-05-06T09:41:16.009762Z
2024-05-06T09:41:16.009778Z
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
17
Northern Europe
Iceland, Scandinavia, Finland, Baltics
{'id': 5, 'name': 'Europe'}
303
EsVisigoth
418
711
Visigothic Kingdom
es_visigothic_k
LEGACY
null
null
null
null
null
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
18
Southern Europe
Iberia, Italy
{'id': 5, 'name': 'Europe'}
325
RuVldSz
1,157
1,331
Vladimir-Suzdal
ru_vladimir_suzdal
LEGACY
null
null
null
null
null
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
16
Eastern Europe
Belarus, non-Steppe Ukraine and European Russia
{'id': 5, 'name': 'Europe'}
318
BgVolga
965
1,236
Volga Kingdom
bg_volga_k
LEGACY
null
null
null
null
null
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
19
Southeastern Europe
Frm. Yugoslavia, Romania-Moldova, Bulgaria, Albania, Greece
{'id': 5, 'name': 'Europe'}
80
PeWari*
650
999
Wari Empire
pe_wari_emp
LEGACY
Following a period of regionalization known as the Early Intermediate Period, two polities came to dominate the Andes. Tiwanaku (Tihuanaco, Tihuanacu) extended from its core on the southern shore of Lake Titicaca to the highlands of western Bolivia, northern Chile and southern Peru. §REF§ (Stanish 2003, 290) Charles St...
null
null
null
null
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
30
Cuzco
Andes
-72.067772
-13.47738
Cuzco
PE
Peru
South America
32
Andes
From Ecuador to Chile
{'id': 6, 'name': 'South America and Caribbean'}
150
JpSengk
1,467
1,568
Warring States Japan
jp_sengoku_jidai
LEGACY
During the Sengoku Period Japan was fought over by armies of samurau their nobles called the daimyo ('the great names'). The shogun became a prize to control and the capital at Kyoto was devastated by war. The period is also known as the Onin War and the Age of the Warring States (which translated into Japanese become...
null
null
null
null
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
21
Kansai
Northeast Asia
135.7622
35.02528
Kyoto
JP
Japan
East Asia
14
Northeast Asia
Korea, Japan, forest part of Manchuria, Russian Far East
{'id': 4, 'name': 'East Asia'}
787
ic_wattara_emp
1,710
1,895
Wattara Empire
ic_wattara_emp
OTHER_TAG
null
null
null
2023-12-07T16:08:49.391117Z
2023-12-07T16:08:49.391130Z
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
7
West Africa
From Senegal to Gabon (Tropical)
{'id': 2, 'name': 'Africa'}
240
MaWaFez
1,465
1,554
Wattasid
ma_wattasid_dyn
LEGACY
null
null
null
null
null
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
3
Maghreb
From Morocco to Libya
{'id': 2, 'name': 'Africa'}
547
CnWei3*
220
265
Wei Kingdom
cn_wei_k
LEGACY
null
null
null
null
2024-01-04T15:42:48.841702Z
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
58
North China
North China without Tibet, Inner Mongolia, and Xinjiang
{'id': 4, 'name': 'East Asia'}
752
de_weimar_rep
1,918
1,932
Weimar Republic
de_weimar_rep
OTHER_TAG
null
null
null
null
null
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
15
Central Europe
Germany, Switzerland, Poland, Austria, Hungary, Czechia, Slovakia
{'id': 5, 'name': 'Europe'}
619
bf_west_burkina_faso_red_1
701
1,100
West Burkina Faso Red I
bf_west_burkina_faso_red_1
POL_AFR_WEST
null
null
null
null
null
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
7
West Africa
From Senegal to Gabon (Tropical)
{'id': 2, 'name': 'Africa'}
617
bf_west_burkina_faso_red_2
1,100
1,400
West Burkina Faso Red II and III
bf_west_burkina_faso_red_2
POL_AFR_WEST
null
null
null
null
null
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
7
West Africa
From Senegal to Gabon (Tropical)
{'id': 2, 'name': 'Africa'}
618
bf_west_burkina_faso_red_4
1,401
1,500
West Burkina Faso Red IV
bf_west_burkina_faso_red_4
POL_AFR_WEST
null
null
null
null
null
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
7
West Africa
From Senegal to Gabon (Tropical)
{'id': 2, 'name': 'Africa'}
613
bf_west_burkina_faso_yellow_5
100
500
West Burkina Faso Yellow I
bf_west_burkina_faso_yellow_5
POL_AFR_WEST
null
null
null
null
null
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
7
West Africa
From Senegal to Gabon (Tropical)
{'id': 2, 'name': 'Africa'}
622
bf_west_burkina_faso_yellow_6
501
700
West Burkina Faso Yellow II
bf_west_burkina_faso_yellow_6
POL_AFR_WEST
null
null
null
null
null
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
7
West Africa
From Senegal to Gabon (Tropical)
{'id': 2, 'name': 'Africa'}
251
CnWHan*
-202
9
Western Han Empire
cn_western_han_dyn
LEGACY
The Western Han dynasty (also known as the Former Han) was the first lasting imperial dynasty in China.§REF§ (Theobald, 2010a) Theobald, Ulrich. 2010. “Han Dynasty 206 BCE-220 CE.” Chinaknowledge.de. <a href="http://www.chinaknowledge.de/History/Han/han.html">http://www.chinaknowledge.de/History/Han/han.html</a> Sesha...
null
null
null
2024-01-04T15:41:13.542749Z
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
20
Middle Yellow River Valley
North China
112.517587
34.701825
Luoyang
CN
China
East Asia
58
North China
North China without Tibet, Inner Mongolia, and Xinjiang
{'id': 4, 'name': 'East Asia'}
254
CnErJin
265
317
Western Jin
cn_western_jin_dyn
LEGACY
The Western Jin dynasty (House of Sima, Jin dynasty) briefly reunified China after the Three Kingdoms period, but was marked by political turmoil and internal rebellion. Sima Yan overthrew Cao Wei emperor Cao Huan in 265 CE and declared himself the Western Jin emperor.§REF§ (San 2014, 145) San, Tan Koon. 2014. Dynastic...
null
null
null
2024-01-04T15:43:48.030844Z
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
20
Middle Yellow River Valley
North China
112.517587
34.701825
Luoyang
CN
China
East Asia
58
North China
North China without Tibet, Inner Mongolia, and Xinjiang
{'id': 4, 'name': 'East Asia'}
185
ItRomWe
395
476
Western Roman Empire - Late Antiquity
it_western_roman_emp
LEGACY
The period of the Western Roman Empire begins in 395 CE, when it was divided from what became the Eastern Roman Empire. §REF§ (Morgan 2012) James F. Morgan. 2012. <i>The Roman Empire: Fall of the West, Survival of the East</i>. Bloomington, IN: AuthorHouse. §REF§ After the Empire recovered from the crises of the 3rd c...
null
null
null
null
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
1
Latium
Southern Europe
12.486948
41.890407
Rome
IT
Italy
Europe
18
Southern Europe
Iberia, Italy
{'id': 5, 'name': 'Europe'}
386
PkWSatrp
35
405
Western Satraps
pk_western_satraps
LEGACY
null
null
null
null
null
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
38
Pakistan
Pakistan
{'id': 9, 'name': 'South Asia'}
282
KgWTurk
582
630
Western Turk Khaganate
kg_western_turk_khaganate
LEGACY
null
null
null
null
2023-10-23T16:41:21.062942Z
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
23
Sogdiana
Turkestan
66.93817
39.631284
Samarkand
UZ
Uzbekistan
Central Eurasia
13
Turkestan
Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakstan, Xinjiang
{'id': 3, 'name': 'Central and Northern Eurasia'}
244
CnWZhou
-1,122
-771
Western Zhou
cn_western_zhou_dyn
LEGACY
The Western Zhou Dynasty was the first Chinese state to claim the Mandate of Heaven, the divinely bestowed right to rule. Zhou was a tributary state to Shang until the Zhou king Zhou Wu Wang defeated the last king of Shang in the 1046 BCE Battle of Muye. §REF§ (San 2014, 30) San, Tan Koon. 2014. <i>Dynastic China: An E...
null
null
null
2024-01-04T15:30:09.450839Z
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
20
Middle Yellow River Valley
North China
112.517587
34.701825
Luoyang
CN
China
East Asia
58
North China
North China without Tibet, Inner Mongolia, and Xinjiang
{'id': 4, 'name': 'East Asia'}
662
ni_whydah_k
1,671
1,727
Whydah
ni_whydah_k
POL_AFR_WEST
null
null
null
null
null
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
7
West Africa
From Senegal to Gabon (Tropical)
{'id': 2, 'name': 'Africa'}
247
CnWuCfd
-585
-477
Wu Confederacy
cn_wu_confederacy
LEGACY
null
null
This polity has nothing coded and I'm not sure what it's referring to... there was the State of Wu in South China around this time, but this was a monarchy according to Donald B. Wagner (http://donwagner.dk/Wulang/Wulang.pdf). I have assigned to South China, but if it has no data maybe we can just delete
null
2024-04-15T15:48:48.375101Z
{'id': 10, 'text': 'a new_private_comment_text new approach for polity'}
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
59
South China
Yangtze Basin and South China
{'id': 4, 'name': 'East Asia'}
673
ni_wukari_fed
1,820
1,899
Wukari Federation
ni_wukari_fed
POL_AFR_WEST
null
null
null
null
null
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
7
West Africa
From Senegal to Gabon (Tropical)
{'id': 2, 'name': 'Africa'}
438
MnXianb
100
250
Xianbei Confederation
mn_xianbei
LEGACY
The Orkhon Valley lies either side of the Orkhon River, in north-central Mongolia. Between about 100 and 250 CE, it was under the control of the Xianbei, pastoralists who also relied on hunting and, to a lesser extent, the cultivation of wheat, barley, and millet. §REF§ (Rogers 2012, 223) §REF§ By 170 CE, the Xianbei ...
null
null
null
null
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
24
Orkhon Valley
Mongolia
102.845486
47.200757
Karakorum
MN
Mongolia
Central Eurasia
9
Mongolia
Mongolia, Inner Mongolia, the steppe part of Manchuria
{'id': 3, 'name': 'Central and Northern Eurasia'}
272
MnXngnM
-209
-60
Xiongnu Imperial Confederation
mn_hunnu_emp
LEGACY
The Orkhon Valley lies either side of the Orkhon River, in north-central Mongolia. Between about 200 BCE and 100 CE, it was under the control of the Xiongnu Imperial Confederation.<br>This polity comprised several nomadic peoples from the Mongolian Steppe. By the 4th century BCE, the Xiongnu began raiding northern Chi...
null
null
null
null
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
24
Orkhon Valley
Mongolia
102.845486
47.200757
Karakorum
MN
Mongolia
Central Eurasia
9
Mongolia
Mongolia, Inner Mongolia, the steppe part of Manchuria
{'id': 3, 'name': 'Central and Northern Eurasia'}
291
CnXixia
1,032
1,227
Xixia
cn_xixia
LEGACY
null
null
null
null
null
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
9
Mongolia
Mongolia, Inner Mongolia, the steppe part of Manchuria
{'id': 3, 'name': 'Central and Northern Eurasia'}
408
InYadav
1,190
1,318
Yadava Dynasty
in_yadava_dyn
LEGACY
null
null
JR: changing the start date from 1187 to 1190 to avoid overlap with the preceding polity, the Chalukyas of Kalyani.
null
2025-04-15T09:31:10.790339Z
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
64
North India
Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal
{'id': 9, 'name': 'South Asia'}
795
bd_yadava_varman_dyn
1,080
1,150
Yadava-Varman Dynasty
bd_yadava_varman_dyn
OTHER_TAG
null
null
null
2023-12-07T16:18:00.875798Z
2024-06-07T14:36:41.438836Z
{'id': 60, 'text': 'a new_private_comment_text new approach for polity'}
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
37
Eastern South Asia
Bangladesh + Indian states of West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura, and Sikkim
{'id': 9, 'name': 'South Asia'}
419
CnYngsh
-5,000
-3,000
Yangshao
cn_yangshao
LEGACY
Yangshao culture (Miaodigou, Xiyincun) first developed in the Loess plateau in the Holocene period. §REF§ (Lee 2001, 335) Lee, Yun Kuen. 2001. “Yangshao.” In East Asia and Oceania (Encyclopedia of Prehistory, Volume 3), edited by Peter Peregrine and Melvin Ember. New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers. 333-339. S...
null
null
null
2024-01-04T15:28:14.795493Z
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
20
Middle Yellow River Valley
North China
112.517587
34.701825
Luoyang
CN
China
East Asia
58
North China
North China without Tibet, Inner Mongolia, and Xinjiang
{'id': 4, 'name': 'East Asia'}
387
InYaudh
300
375
Yaudheya Republic
in_yaudheya_rep
LEGACY
null
null
null
null
2023-11-14T13:19:12.974261Z
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
64
North India
Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal
{'id': 9, 'name': 'South Asia'}
110
IlJudea
-141
-63
Yehuda
il_judea
LEGACY
The Judea (originally Yehuda) polity of 141 - 63 BCE was formed when Simon Thassi, brother of the executed Jonathan Apphus who had waged war against the Seleucids, was elected as High King and Prince in a popular assembly in 141 BCE. Simon achieved a measure of quasi-independence from the Seleucids—though he remained a...
null
null
null
null
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
10
Galilee
Levant-Mesopotamia
35.3035
32.6996
Nazareth
IL
Israel
Southwest Asia
61
Levant
Israel/Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria
{'id': 11, 'name': 'Southwest Asia'}
365
YeWarLd
1,038
1,174
Yemen - Era of Warlords
ye_warlords
LEGACY
The Era of the Warlords was a quasi-polity that existed in Tihama coastal plains between 1067 and 1091 CE, primarily characterized by a two-power tension between the Najahid dynasty and the Sulayhid dynasty. The Najahid dynasty was founded by two former slaves of the predated Ziyadid dynasty, while the Sulyahids occupi...
null
null
null
null
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
12
Yemeni Coastal Plain
Arabia
43.315739
14.850891
Sanaa
YE
Yemen
Southwest Asia
44
Arabia
Arabian Peninsula
{'id': 11, 'name': 'Southwest Asia'}
537
YeLBA**
-1,200
-801
Yemen - Late Bronze Age
ye_yemen_lba
LEGACY
The Yemeni Coastal Plain or Plateau is the northwestern region of modern Yemen that lies between the Red Sea and the Yemeni Mountains. Here, we are interested in the phase of its prehistory known as the Late Bronze Age (c. 1200-801 BCE). Yemeni Bronze Age communities relied on farming and animal husbandry, though bronz...
null
null
null
null
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
12
Yemeni Coastal Plain
Arabia
43.315739
14.850891
Sanaa
YE
Yemen
Southwest Asia
44
Arabia
Arabian Peninsula
{'id': 11, 'name': 'Southwest Asia'}
541
YeQasmi
1,637
1,805
Yemen - Qasimid Dynasty
ye_qasimid_dyn
LEGACY
The land now contained within the nation-state of Yemen, in the southwest of the Arabian Peninsula, has a long history of human occupation. §REF§ (Walters 2003, 2) Walters, Delores M. 2003. “Culture Summary: Yemenis.” eHRAF World Cultures. <a class="external free" href="http://ehrafworldcultures.yale.edu/document?id=ml...
null
MB: has a different capital.
null
2024-04-15T14:37:25.651335Z
{'id': 16, 'text': 'a new_private_comment_text new approach for polity'}
12
Yemeni Coastal Plain
Arabia
43.315739
14.850891
Sanaa
YE
Yemen
Southwest Asia
44
Arabia
Arabian Peninsula
{'id': 11, 'name': 'Southwest Asia'}
372
YeTahir
1,454
1,517
Yemen - Tahirid Dynasty
ye_tahirid_dyn
LEGACY
The Tahirid dynasty occupied and ruled modern-day Yemen between 1454 and 1517 CE, establishing a capital in al-Miqrãnah and maintaining the winter capital in Zabid as had the previous Rasulid sultans who were overthrown by the Tahirids. §REF§ (Bosworth 2014) Clifford Edmund Bosworth. 2014. The New Islamic Dynasties. Ed...
null
null
null
null
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
12
Yemeni Coastal Plain
Arabia
43.315739
14.850891
Sanaa
YE
Yemen
Southwest Asia
44
Arabia
Arabian Peninsula
{'id': 11, 'name': 'Southwest Asia'}
358
SaRashd
632
661
Yemen Hijaz
sa_rashidun_dyn
LEGACY
null
null
JR: bit confused about this polity -- its polID and date range suggest that it's the Rashidun Caliphate, which extended into multiple regions (Arabia, Northeast Africa, Mesopotamia etc.). Rashidun Caliphate should have some SC and other sorts of data attached to it.
null
2024-04-15T14:45:14.904335Z
{'id': 17, 'text': 'a new_private_comment_text new approach for polity'}
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
44
Arabia
Arabian Peninsula
{'id': 11, 'name': 'Southwest Asia'}
359
YeZiyad
822
1,037
Yemen Ziyad Dynasty
ye_ziyad_dyn
LEGACY
The Ziyadid dynasty occupied and ruled southern Tihama coastal plains between 822 CE and 1037 CE from the city of Zabid in the Red Sea coastal desert. In 893 CE, Al-Hadi ila al-Haqq (al-Hadi) founds the Zaydi imamate based on the Zaydi Shii teachings, which popularized throughout at least part of North Yemen until the ...
null
null
null
null
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
12
Yemeni Coastal Plain
Arabia
43.315739
14.850891
Sanaa
YE
Yemen
Southwest Asia
44
Arabia
Arabian Peninsula
{'id': 11, 'name': 'Southwest Asia'}
105
IlYisrl
-1,030
-722
Yisrael
il_yisrael
LEGACY
_Short description_<br>The ancient kingdom of Israel 1030-722 CE was a monarchy established by Israelite people that was eventually conquered by the Assyrian Empire. Initially a monarchic union with Judah, around 930 BCE the Northern Kingdom (Israel) gained autonomy. In the 9th century Israel entered an anti-Assyria co...
null
null
null
null
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
10
Galilee
Levant-Mesopotamia
35.3035
32.6996
Nazareth
IL
Israel
Southwest Asia
61
Levant
Israel/Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria
{'id': 11, 'name': 'Southwest Asia'}
248
CnYueKg
-510
-334
Yue Kingdom
cn_yue_dyn
LEGACY
null
null
null
null
2023-11-14T12:49:51.753702Z
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
59
South China
Yangtze Basin and South China
{'id': 4, 'name': 'East Asia'}
279
KzYueba
350
450
Yueban
kz_yueban
LEGACY
null
null
null
null
null
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
13
Turkestan
Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakstan, Xinjiang
{'id': 3, 'name': 'Central and Northern Eurasia'}
754
sr_yugoslavia
1,944
1,992
Yugoslavia
sr_yugoslavia
OTHER_TAG
null
null
null
null
null
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
19
Southeastern Europe
Frm. Yugoslavia, Romania-Moldova, Bulgaria, Albania, Greece
{'id': 5, 'name': 'Europe'}
227
EtZagwe
1,137
1,269
Zagwe
et_zagwe
LEGACY
null
null
null
null
null
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
2
East Africa
Tanzania, Burundi, Uganda, So Sudan, Somalia, Ethiopia, Eritrea
{'id': 2, 'name': 'Africa'}
231
DzBrbZy
1,235
1,509
Zayyanid Berber Kingdom
dz_zayyanid_dyn
LEGACY
null
null
null
null
null
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
5
Sahel
Mauritania, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Chad (Arid)
{'id': 2, 'name': 'Africa'}
222
TnZirid
973
1,148
Zirids
tn_zirid_dyn
LEGACY
null
null
null
null
null
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
3
Maghreb
From Morocco to Libya
{'id': 2, 'name': 'Africa'}
444
MnZungh
1,670
1,757
Zungharian Empire
mn_zungharian_emp
LEGACY
The Zungharian polity was, according to Atwood, §REF§ (Atwood 2004, 622) §REF§ "the last great independent power of the steppe". The tribal name "Zunghar" first appeared in the seventeenth century, as part of the Oirat confederation of steppe tribes; their rise to dominance within the confederation began under the lea...
null
null
null
null
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
24
Orkhon Valley
Mongolia
102.845486
47.200757
Karakorum
MN
Mongolia
Central Eurasia
9
Mongolia
Mongolia, Inner Mongolia, the steppe part of Manchuria
{'id': 3, 'name': 'Central and Northern Eurasia'}
668
ni_nri_k
1,043
1,911
Ọ̀ràézè Ǹrì
ni_nri_k
POL_AFR_WEST
null
null
null
null
null
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
7
West Africa
From Senegal to Gabon (Tropical)
{'id': 2, 'name': 'Africa'}