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
21	(Jin Dynasty)	Full Year Range of Jin Dynasty is assumed. [1115, 1234]	3	3	None
22	(Cahokia - Middle Woodland)	Full Year Range of Cahokia - Middle Woodland is assumed. [-150, 300]	None	None	None
23	(Tairona)	Full Year Range of Tairona is assumed. [1050, 1524]	1	1	None
24	(Shuar - Colonial)	Full Year Range of Shuar - Colonial is assumed. [1534, 1830]	2	2	None
25	(Shuar - Ecuadorian)	Full Year Range of Shuar - Ecuadorian is assumed. [1831, 1931]	1	2	None
26	(Egypt - New Kingdom Ramesside Period)	Full Year Range of Egypt - New Kingdom Ramesside Period is assumed. [-1293, -1070]	5	5	None
27	(Egypt - New Kingdom Thutmosid Period)	Full Year Range of Egypt - New Kingdom Thutmosid Period is assumed. [-1550, -1293]	5	5	None
28	(Chuuk - Early Truk)	Full Year Range of Chuuk - Early Truk is assumed. [1775, 1886]	1	1	None
29	(Chuuk - Late Truk)	Full Year Range of Chuuk - Late Truk is assumed. [1886, 1948]	1	1	None
30	(Early Xiongnu)	Full Year Range of Early Xiongnu is assumed. [-1400, -300]	1	1	None

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