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
31	(Early Xiongnu)	Full Year Range of Early Xiongnu is assumed. [-1400, -300]	1	1	None
32	(Kingdom of Norway II)	Full Year Range of Kingdom of Norway II is assumed. [1262, 1396]	4	4	None
33	(Oaxaca - Rosario)	Full Year Range of Oaxaca - Rosario is assumed. [-700, -500]	1	1	None
34	(Ashanti Empire)	Full Year Range of Ashanti Empire is assumed. [1701, 1895]	4	4	None
35	(Akan - Pre-Ashanti)	Full Year Range of Akan - Pre-Ashanti is assumed. [1501, 1701]	2	3	None
36	(Cahokia - Late Woodland II)	Full Year Range of Cahokia - Late Woodland II is assumed. [450, 600]	None	None	None
37	(Neolithic Crete)	Full Year Range of Neolithic Crete is assumed. [-7000, -3000]	1	1	None
38	(Prepalatial Crete)	Full Year Range of Prepalatial Crete is assumed. [-3000, -1900]	1	1	None
39	(Iban - Pre-Brooke)	Full Year Range of Iban - Pre-Brooke is assumed. [1650, 1841]	1	1	None
40	(Japan - Final Jomon)	Full Year Range of Japan - Final Jomon is assumed. [-1200, -300]	1	1	None

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