Section: Social Complexity

Subsection: Professions

Professional Priesthood

Talking about professions, professional priesthood refers to full-time professional priesthood. (See here)

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Variable	Definition
Polity	The Seshat Polity ID
Year(s)	The years for which we have the data. [negative = BCE]
Tag	[Evidenced, Disputed, Suspected, Inferred, Unknown]
Verified	A Seshat Expert has approved this piece of data.

Variable	Definition
professional_priesthood	The absence or presence of professional priesthood for a polity.

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#	Polity	Year(s)	Professional Priesthood	Description	Edit
11	(Neolithic Crete)	Full Year Range of Neolithic Crete is assumed. [-7000, -3000]	absent	None
12	(Majapahit Kingdom)	Full Year Range of Majapahit Kingdom is assumed. [1292, 1518]	present	None
13	(Mataram Sultanate)	Full Year Range of Mataram Sultanate is assumed. [1568, 1703]	present	None
14	(Pre-Ceramic Period)	Full Year Range of Pre-Ceramic Period is assumed. [-7800, -7200]	absent	None
15	(Kediri Kingdom)	Full Year Range of Kediri Kingdom is assumed. [1049, 1222]	present	None
16	(Geometric Crete)	Full Year Range of Geometric Crete is assumed. [-1000, -710]	unknown	None
17	(Hmong - Early Chinese)	Full Year Range of Hmong - Early Chinese is assumed. [1895, 1941]	absent	None
18	(Iban - Brooke Raj and Colonial)	Full Year Range of Iban - Brooke Raj and Colonial is assumed. [1841, 1987]	present	None
19	(Yemen - Tahirid Dynasty)	Full Year Range of Yemen - Tahirid Dynasty is assumed. [1454, 1517]	present	None
20	(Iban - Pre-Brooke)	Full Year Range of Iban - Pre-Brooke is assumed. [1650, 1841]	absent	None

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