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

# Polity Year(s) Professional Priesthood Description   Edit
61
(Rum Sultanate)
Full Year Range of Rum Sultanate is assumed.
[1077, 1307]
present
None
62
(Medang Kingdom)
Full Year Range of Medang Kingdom is assumed.
[732, 1019]
present
None
63
(Cahokia - Emergent Mississippian II)
Full Year Range of Cahokia - Emergent Mississippian II is assumed.
[900, 1049]
present
None
64
(Hmong - Late Qing)
Full Year Range of Hmong - Late Qing is assumed.
[1701, 1895]
absent
None
65
(Koktepe I)
Full Year Range of Koktepe I is assumed.
[-1400, -1000]
unknown
None
66
(Haudenosaunee Confederacy - Late)
Full Year Range of Haudenosaunee Confederacy - Late is assumed.
[1714, 1848]
absent
None
67
(Haudenosaunee Confederacy - Early)
Full Year Range of Haudenosaunee Confederacy - Early is assumed.
[1566, 1713]
absent
None
68
(Cuzco - Early Intermediate II)
Full Year Range of Cuzco - Early Intermediate II is assumed.
[500, 649]
unknown
None
69
(Chagatai Khanate)
Full Year Range of Chagatai Khanate is assumed.
[1263, 1402]
present
None
70
(Western Jin)
Full Year Range of Western Jin is assumed.
[265, 317]
absent
None
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