Section: Social Complexity

Subsection: Hierarchical Complexity

Religious Level

Talking about hierarchical complexity, religious levels records the religious levels of a polity. same principle as with administrative levels. start with the head of the official cult (if present) coded as: level 1, and work down to the local priest. (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
religious_level_from	The lower range of religious level for a polity.
religious_level_to	The upper range of religious level for a polity.

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#	Polity	Year(s)	Religious Level from	Religious Level to	Description	Edit
91	(Xianbei Confederation)	Full Year Range of Xianbei Confederation is assumed. [100, 250]	1	1	None
92	(Xiongnu Imperial Confederation)	Full Year Range of Xiongnu Imperial Confederation is assumed. [-209, -60]	1	1	None
93	(Later Wagadu Empire)	Full Year Range of Later Wagadu Empire is assumed. [1078, 1203]	3	3	None
94	(Late Formative Basin of Mexico)	Full Year Range of Late Formative Basin of Mexico is assumed. [-400, -101]	2	2	None
95	(Terminal Formative Basin of Mexico)	Full Year Range of Terminal Formative Basin of Mexico is assumed. [-100, 99]	2	2	None
96	(Orokaiva - Colonial)	Full Year Range of Orokaiva - Colonial is assumed. [1884, 1942]	2	2	None
97	(Kachi Plain - Urban Period II)	Full Year Range of Kachi Plain - Urban Period II is assumed. [-2100, 1800]	2	2	None
98	(Sakha - Early)	Full Year Range of Sakha - Early is assumed. [1400, 1632]	1	1	None
99	(Sakha - Late)	Full Year Range of Sakha - Late is assumed. [1632, 1900]	1	1	None
100	(Whydah)	Full Year Range of Whydah is assumed. [1671, 1727]	3	3	None

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