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
11	(Late Qing)	Full Year Range of Late Qing is assumed. [1796, 1912]	3	3	None
12	(East Roman Empire)	Full Year Range of East Roman Empire is assumed. [395, 631]	7	7	None
13	(Roman Empire - Dominate)	Full Year Range of Roman Empire - Dominate is assumed. [285, 394]	5	5	None
14	(Kachi Plain - Pre-Urban Period)	Full Year Range of Kachi Plain - Pre-Urban Period is assumed. [-3200, -2500]	1	1	None
15	(Bamana kingdom)	Full Year Range of Bamana kingdom is assumed. [1712, 1861]	3	3	None
16	(Inca Empire)	Full Year Range of Inca Empire is assumed. [1375, 1532]	4	4	None
17	(Great Ming)	Full Year Range of Great Ming is assumed. [1368, 1644]	3	3	None
18	(Yisrael)	Full Year Range of Yisrael is assumed. [-1030, -722]	2	2	None
19	(Oaxaca - San Jose)	Full Year Range of Oaxaca - San Jose is assumed. [-1150, -700]	1	1	None
20	(Early Xiongnu)	Full Year Range of Early Xiongnu is assumed. [-1400, -300]	1	1	None

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