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
131	(Susiana - Early Ubaid)	Full Year Range of Susiana - Early Ubaid is assumed. [-5100, -4700]	1	1	None
132	(Middle Bronze Age in Central Anatolia)	Full Year Range of Middle Bronze Age in Central Anatolia is assumed. [-2000, -1700]	1	2	None
133	(Exarchate of Ravenna)	Full Year Range of Exarchate of Ravenna is assumed. [568, 751]	5	5	None
134	(Republic of St Peter I)	Full Year Range of Republic of St Peter I is assumed. [711, 904]	5	5	None
135	(Egypt - Kushite Period)	Full Year Range of Egypt - Kushite Period is assumed. [-747, -656]	6	6	None
136	(Dynasty of E)	Full Year Range of Dynasty of E is assumed. [-979, -732]	3	4	None
137	(Neo-Assyrian Empire)	Full Year Range of Neo-Assyrian Empire is assumed. [-911, -612]	3	3	None
138	(Vakataka Kingdom)	Full Year Range of Vakataka Kingdom is assumed. [255, 550]	1	3	None
139	(Akkadian Empire)	Full Year Range of Akkadian Empire is assumed. [-2270, -2083]	4	4	None
140	(Monopalatial Crete)	Full Year Range of Monopalatial Crete is assumed. [-1450, -1300]	3	3	None

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