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
121	(Deccan - Iron Age)	Full Year Range of Deccan - Iron Age is assumed. [-1200, -300]	1	1	None
122	(Sind - Abbasid-Fatimid Period)	Full Year Range of Sind - Abbasid-Fatimid Period is assumed. [854, 1193]	2	2	None
123	(French Kingdom - Late Bourbon)	Full Year Range of French Kingdom - Late Bourbon is assumed. [1660, 1815]	6	7	None
124	(Papal States - Medieval Period I)	Full Year Range of Papal States - Medieval Period I is assumed. [1527, 1648]	6	6	None
125	(Proto-Carolingian)	Full Year Range of Proto-Carolingian is assumed. [687, 751]	5	5	None
126	(Classical Crete)	Full Year Range of Classical Crete is assumed. [-500, -323]	5	5	None
127	(Gupta Empire)	Full Year Range of Gupta Empire is assumed. [320, 550]	5	5	None
128	(Whydah)	Full Year Range of Whydah is assumed. [1671, 1727]	3	3	None
129	(Kalingga Kingdom)	Full Year Range of Kalingga Kingdom is assumed. [500, 732]	1	2	None
130	(Monopalatial Crete)	Full Year Range of Monopalatial Crete is assumed. [-1450, -1300]	3	3	None

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