Section: General Variables
Subsection: General

Polity Religion Family

The religion family of a polity.  
Contributors: Jenny, Majid, Peter

Variable Definition
Polity The Seshat Polity Name
Year(s) The years for which we have the data. [negative = BCE]
Confidence Inferred : The value is inferred.
Suspected : The value is suspected (Expert Check Needed).
Evidenced : The value is backed up by sufficient evidence.
Disputed? No : No disagreement among scholars.
Yes : There is disagreement among scholars.
Expert? : Not yet Checked by a Seshat Expert.
: Checked and accepted by a Seshat Expert (or RA).

Variable Definition
religion_family The religion family of a polity.

# Polity   Year(s)   Religion Family   Confidence     Disputed?     Expert?   Edit
1
Electorate of Brandenburg
1415 CE 1539 CE
Catholicism
Confident No Edit
2
Electorate of Brandenburg
1539 CE 1618 CE
Protestantism
Confident No Edit
3
Spanish Empire II
1716 CE 1814 CE
Catholic
Confident No Edit
4
Vijayanagara Empire
-
Saivist Traditions
Confident No Edit
5
Vijayanagara Empire
-
Vaisnava Traditions
Confident No Edit
6
Abbasid Caliphate I
-
Sunni
Confident No Edit
7
Abbasid Caliphate II
-
Sunni
Confident No Edit
8
Dynasty of E
-
Semitic
Confident No Edit
9
Neo-Assyrian Empire
-
Assyrian Religions
Confident No Edit
10
Ak Koyunlu
-
Sunni
Confident No Edit
11
Ilkhanate
-
Sunni
Confident No Edit
12
Ilkhanate
-
Shii
Confident No Edit
13
Ghur Principality
-
Sunni
Confident No Edit
14
Western Jin
-
Imperial Confucian Traditions
Confident No Edit
15
Jin
-
Chinese Folk Religion
Confident No Edit
16
Jin Dynasty
-
Imperial Confucian Traditions
Confident No Edit
17
Northern Song
-
Imperial Confucian Traditions
Confident No Edit
18
Northern Wei
-
Imperial Confucian Traditions
Confident No Edit
19
Late Shang
-
Shang Religion
Confident No Edit
20
Sui Dynasty
-
Imperial Confucian Traditions
Confident No Edit
21
Tang Dynasty I
-
Imperial Confucian Traditions
Confident No Edit
22
Western Zhou
-
Western Zhou Religion
Confident No Edit
23
Ayyubid Sultanate
-
Sunni
Confident No Edit
24
Egypt - Mamluk Sultanate I
-
Sunni
Confident No Edit
25
Egypt - Mamluk Sultanate III
-
Sunni
Confident No Edit
26
Egypt - Mamluk Sultanate II
-
Sunni
Confident No Edit
27
Egypt - New Kingdom Thutmosid Period
-
Atenism
Confident No Edit
28
Ptolemaic Kingdom I
-
Ptolemaic Religion
Confident No Edit
29
Ptolemaic Kingdom II
-
Ptolemaic Religion
Confident No Edit
30
Egypt - Tulunid-Ikhshidid Period
-
Sunni
Confident No Edit
31
Spanish Empire I
-
Catholic
Confident No Edit
32
Carolingian Empire I
-
Catholic
Confident No Edit
33
Carolingian Empire II
-
Catholic
Confident No Edit
34
Early Merovingian
-
Catholic
Confident No Edit
35
Middle Merovingian
-
Catholic
Confident No Edit
36
French Kingdom - Early Valois
-
Catholic
Confident No Edit
37
Chalukyas of Badami
-
Saiva Traditions
Confident No Edit
38
Chalukyas of Kalyani
-
Saiva Traditions
Confident No Edit
39
Delhi Sultanate
-
Sunni
Confident No Edit
40
Gupta Empire
-
Vaisnava Traditions
Confident No Edit
41
Rashtrakuta Empire
-
Saiva Traditions
Confident No Edit
42
Satavahana Empire
-
Saivist Traditions
Confident No Edit
43
Satavahana Empire
-
Vedist Traditions
Confident No Edit
44
Ilkhanate
-
Sunni
Confident No Edit
45
Kingdom of Bohemia - Přemyslid Dynasty
-
Catholicism
Confident No Edit
46
Holy Roman Empire - Ottonian-Salian Dynasty
-
Catholicism
Confident No Edit
47
Safavid Empire
-
Shia
Confident No Edit
48
Seleucids
-
Seleucid Religion
Confident No Edit
49
Seljuk Sultanate
-
Sunni
Confident No Edit
50
Ostrogothic Kingdom
-
Arian
Confident No Edit
51
Rome - Republic of St Peter II
-
Catholic
Confident No Edit
52
Papal States - High Medieval Period
-
Catholic
Confident No Edit
53
Papal States - Medieval Period I
-
Catholic
Confident No Edit
54
Papal States - Medieval Period II
-
Catholic
Confident No Edit
55
Papal States - Renaissance Period
-
Catholic
Confident No Edit
56
Early Roman Republic
-
Republican Religions
Confident No Edit
57
Late Roman Republic
-
Republican Religions
Confident No Edit
58
Middle Roman Republic
-
Republican Religions
Confident No Edit
59
Roman Empire - Principate
-
Imperial Cult
Confident No Edit
60
Republic of St Peter I
-
Catholic
Confident No Edit
61
Ashikaga Shogunate
-
Japanese State Shinto
Confident No Edit
62
Kamakura Shogunate
-
Japanese State Shinto
Confident No Edit
63
Nara Kingdom
-
Japanese State Shinto
Confident No Edit
64
Kara-Khanids
-
Sunni
Confident No Edit
65
Classical Angkor
-
Saiva Traditions
Confident No Edit
66
Early Angkor
-
Saiva Traditions
Confident No Edit
67
Late Angkor
-
Saiva Traditions
Confident No Edit
68
Late Angkor
-
Theravada
Confident No Edit
69
Chenla
-
Saivist
Confident No Edit
70
Funan I
-
Saivist
Confident No Edit
71
Funan II
-
Saivist
Confident No Edit
72
Songhai Empire - Askiya Dynasty
-
Sunni
Confident No Edit
73
Cuzco - Early Intermediate I
-
suspected unknown
Confident No Edit
74
Cuzco - Early Intermediate II
-
suspected unknown
Confident No Edit
75
Cuzco - Late Intermediate I
-
suspected unknown
Confident No Edit
76
Cuzco - Late Intermediate II
-
suspected unknown
Confident No Edit
77
Cuzco - Late Formative
-
suspected unknown
Confident No Edit
78
Wari Empire
-
suspected unknown
Confident No Edit
79
Sind - Abbasid-Fatimid Period
-
Sunni
Confident No Edit
80
Sind - Abbasid-Fatimid Period
-
Shia
Confident No Edit
81
Sind - Samma Dynasty
-
Shia
Confident No Edit
82
Umayyad Caliphate
-
Sunni
Confident No Edit
83
Fatimid Caliphate
-
Shia
Confident No Edit
84
Byzantine Empire I
-
Catholic
Confident No Edit
85
Byzantine Empire II
-
Catholic
Confident No Edit
86
Byzantine Empire II
-
Orthodox
Confident No Edit
87
Byzantine Empire III
-
Orthodox
Confident No Edit
88
East Roman Empire
-
Catholic
Confident No Edit
89
Ottoman Emirate
-
Sufi
Confident No Edit
90
Ottoman Empire I
-
Sufi
Confident No Edit
91
Ottoman Empire II
-
Sunni
Confident No Edit
92
Ottoman Empire III
-
Sunni
Confident No Edit
93
Roman Empire - Dominate
-
Imperial Cult
Confident No Edit
94
Rum Sultanate
-
Sunni
Confident No Edit
95
Timurid Empire
-
Sunni
Confident No Edit
96
Yemen - Qasimid Dynasty
-
Islam
Confident No Edit
97
Rasulid Dynasty
-
Sunni
Confident No Edit
98
Yemen - Era of Warlords
-
Shia
Confident No Edit
99
Yemen Ziyad Dynasty
-
Sunni
Confident No Edit
100
Pandya Empire
-
Saivite Hinduism
Confident No Edit
101
Dambadaneiya
-
Theravada Buddhism
Confident No Edit
102
Anurādhapura IV
-
Theravada Buddhism
Confident No Edit
103
Habr Yunis
-
Sunni Islam
Confident No Edit
104
Hungary Kingdom - Árpád Dynasty
-
Catholicism
Confident No Edit
105
Polonnaruwa
-
Theravāda Buddhism
Confident No Edit
106
Polonnaruwa
-
Saivite Hinduism
Confident No Edit
107
Anurādhapura III
-
Theravada Buddhism
Confident No Edit
108
Dutch Empire
-
Protestant Christianity
Confident No Edit
109
Anurādhapura I
-
Theravada Buddhism
Confident No Edit
110
Jaffna
-
Saivist Hinduism
Confident No Edit
111
Jaffna
-
Theravada Buddhism
Confident No Edit
112
Anurādhapura II
-
Theravada Buddhism
Confident No Edit
113
Adal Sultanate
-
Sunni Islam
Confident No Edit
114
Ajuran Sultanate
-
Shia Islam
Confident No Edit
115
Holy Roman Empire - Fragmented Period
-
Catholicism
Confident No Edit
116
Sultanate of Geledi
-
Sunni Islam
Confident No Edit
117
Ifat Sultanate
-
Sunni Islam
Confident No Edit
118
Majeerteen Sultanate
-
Sunni Islam
Confident No Edit
119
Emirate of Harar
-
Sunni Islam
Confident No Edit
120
Isaaq Sultanate
-
Sunni Islam
Confident No Edit
121
Whydah
-
Vodun
Confident No Edit
122
Oyo
-
suspected unknown
Confident No Edit
123
Sokoto Caliphate
-
Sunni Islam
Confident No Edit
124
Foys
-
Dahomey royal ancestor cult
Confident No Edit
125
Pandya Dynasty
-
Shaivist
Confident No Edit
126
Thanjavur Maratha Kingdom
-
Shaivism
Confident No Edit
127
Early Pandyas
-
Shaivism
Confident No Edit
128
Polish Kingdom - Piast Dynasty
-
Catholicism
Confident No Edit
129
Polish Kingdom - Piast Dynasty Fragmented Period
-
Catholic
Confident No Edit
130
Hungary Kingdom - Anjou and Later Dynasties
-
Catholicism
Confident No Edit
131
Carnatic Sultanate
-
Sufi Islam
Confident No Edit
132
Late Pallava Empire
-
Shaivite Hinduism
Confident No Edit
133
Late Pallava Empire
-
Theravada Buddhism
Confident No Edit
134
Kalabhra Dynasty
-
Theravada Buddhism
Confident No Edit
135
Nayaks of Thanjavur
-
Vaishnavist Hinduism
Confident No Edit
136
Nayaks of Madurai
-
Shaivism
Confident No Edit
137
Holy Roman Empire - Hohenstaufen and Welf Dynasties
-
Catholicism
Confident No Edit
138
State of the Teutonic Order
-
Catholicism
Confident No Edit
139
Austria - Habsburg Dynasty II
-
Catholicism
Confident No Edit
140
Electorate of Bavaria
-
Catholicism
Confident No Edit
141
Germany - Hohenzollern Dynasty
-
Protestantism
Confident No Edit
142
Holy Roman Empire - Hohenstaufen Faction
-
Catholicism
Confident No Edit
143
Russian Empire, Romanov Dynasty I
-
Orthodox
Confident No Edit
144
Russian Empire, Romanov Dynasty II
-
Orthodox
Confident No Edit
145
Satavahana Empire
-
Bhagavatist Traditions
Confident No Edit
146
East Francia
-
Catholicism
Confident No Edit
147
Magadha - Sunga Empire
-
Vedic Traditions
Confident No Edit
148
Vakataka Kingdom
-
Saivist Traditions
Confident No Edit