Figuring Out the Past by Peter Turchin

Author:Peter Turchin
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Profile
Published: 2020-10-15T00:00:00+00:00

General

Duration 1230–1410 CE

Languages Mande (Afro-Asiatic), Arabic (Afro-Asiatic)

Preceded by Sosso kingdom

Succeeded by Mande states

Territory

Total area (km2) >1.5m

People

Population 4–5m

Largest city 12,000–17,000 (based on evidence that medium-sized towns had 10,000–15,000 inhabitants).

Standing army 8,700 (size of King Mansa Musa’s military escort in his famed pilgrimage to Mecca).

Social scale

Settlement hierarchy 1. Capital; 2. Market towns; 3. Mud-walled towns (kafu); 4. Villages.

Administrative hierarchy 1. King; 2. Court administrators; 3. Regional governors; 4. Village headmen.

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