tribal confederation
C8668
concept
A tribal confederation is a loose alliance of distinct tribes that cooperate for mutual defense, governance, or shared interests while retaining their individual identities and autonomy.
All labels observed (57)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| tribal confederation canonical | 49 |
| Arab tribal confederation | 11 |
| nomadic confederation | 6 |
| Native American tribal confederation | 5 |
| Turkoman tribal confederation | 5 |
| Berber tribal confederation | 4 |
| Indigenous confederacy | 4 |
| Pashtun tribal confederation | 4 |
| confederation of tribes | 4 |
| Indigenous confederation | 3 |
| Māori tribal confederation | 3 |
| ancient tribal confederation | 3 |
| ancient Korean confederacy | 2 |
| ancient confederation | 2 |
| intertribal organization | 2 |
| steppe confederation | 2 |
| tribal alliance | 2 |
| tribal confederacy | 2 |
| tribal state | 2 |
| Arab tribe confederation | 1 |
| Arabian tribal confederation | 1 |
| Bedouin tribal confederation | 1 |
| Confederation of tribes | 1 |
| Fijian chiefly confederacy | 1 |
| First Nations government collective | 1 |
| Indigenous political confederation | 1 |
| Iroquois Confederacy | 1 |
| Māori iwi confederation | 1 |
| Native American political alliance | 1 |
| Native American tribal alliance | 1 |
| Native American tribal confederacy | 1 |
| Turkic nomadic confederation | 1 |
| Turkic tribal confederation | 1 |
| Turkic tribal union | 1 |
| ancient Italic tribal alliance | 1 |
| ancient confederacy | 1 |
| ancient political confederacy | 1 |
| chiefdom alliance | 1 |
| clan confederation | 1 |
| clan-based polity | 1 |
| confederated tribe | 1 |
| group of Native American nations | 1 |
| historic Māori political confederation | 1 |
| historical political confederation | 1 |
| historical tribal coalition | 1 |
| intertribal alliance | 1 |
| medieval nomadic tribal confederation | 1 |
| medieval tribal confederation | 1 |
| member of Gaya confederacy | 1 |
| multi-ethnic confederation | 1 |
| nomadic governance structure | 1 |
| semi-nomadic tribal union | 1 |
| traditional chiefly confederacy | 1 |
| tribal confederations | 1 |
| tribal polity | 1 |
| tribal union | 1 |
| 盟 | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
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Instruction
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Input
Class: tribal confederation
Generated description
A tribal confederation is a loose alliance of distinct tribes that cooperate for mutual defense, governance, or shared interests while retaining their individual identities and autonomy.
Instances (143)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| Obotrite tribal federation | medieval tribal confederation |
| Oirat Mongols | — |
| Durrani | — |
| Yafaʿ tribal communities | — |
| Qashqai people | — |
| Qašqāʾī | — |
| Qashqai confederation | — |
| Xianbei | — |
| Blemmyes | — |
| Great Lakes Inter-Tribal Council | intertribal organization |
| Latin League | ancient confederation |
| Dzungar people | nomadic confederation |
| Etruscan League | ancient confederation |
| Te Arawa | — |
| Avars | nomadic confederation |
|
Waikato-Tainui iwi
surface form:
Waikato-Tainui
|
— |
| Te Arawa iwi | Māori tribal confederation |
| Hawiye clans | clan confederation |
| Iturean tribes | — |
| Bani Yas tribal confederation | — |
|
Lakota-Northern Cheyenne alliance
surface form:
Lakota–Northern Cheyenne alliance
|
intertribal alliance |
| pre-monarchic Israel | — |
| Yemaek tribes | — |
| Jinhan confederacy | ancient Korean confederacy |
| Suebi | — |
| Grand Ronde Tribe | confederated tribe |
| Mahan confederacy | ancient confederacy |
| Great Sioux Nation | Indigenous confederation |
| Burebasaga Confederacy | traditional chiefly confederacy |
| Onogurs | Turkic nomadic confederation |
| Northwest Indian Confederacy | Native American tribal confederation |
| Kutama Berbers | Berber tribal confederation |
| Brigantes | — |
| Armorican Gauls | — |
| Haudenosaunee | Indigenous confederacy |
| Zenata tribal confederations of North Africa | Berber tribal confederation |
| Khuza'a confederation | Arab tribal confederation |
| Tribes of Israel | ancient tribal confederation |
| Kinana tribe | — |
| Qizilbash | confederation of tribes |
|
Akkoyunlu (in eastern Anatolia at times)
surface form:
Akkoyunlu
|
Turkoman tribal confederation |
|
Karakoyunlu (in eastern Anatolia at times)
surface form:
Kara Koyunlu
|
Turkoman tribal confederation |
|
Ghatafan tribe
surface form:
Ghatafan
|
Arab tribe confederation |
| Meshwesh Libyans | — |
| Mudhar | — |
| Hawazin tribe | — |
| Karlani confederation | — |
| 阿拉善盟 | 盟 |
| Qays Aylan | — |
| Mudar | Arab tribal confederation |