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
41	(Canaan)	Full Year Range of Canaan is assumed. [-2000, -1175]	2	4	None
42	(Chalukyas of Kalyani)	Full Year Range of Chalukyas of Kalyani is assumed. [973, 1189]	4	5	None
43	(Early A'chik)	Full Year Range of Early A'chik is assumed. [1775, 1867]	1	1	None
44	(Late A'chik)	Full Year Range of Late A'chik is assumed. [1867, 1956]	1	1	None
45	(Ottoman Empire III)	Full Year Range of Ottoman Empire III is assumed. [1683, 1839]	4	4	None
46	(Roman Empire - Principate)	Full Year Range of Roman Empire - Principate is assumed. [-31, 284]	4	4	None
47	(Western Turk Khaganate)	Full Year Range of Western Turk Khaganate is assumed. [582, 630]	1	2	None
48	(Himyar I)	Full Year Range of Himyar I is assumed. [270, 340]	3	4	None
49	(Cahokia - Late Woodland III)	Full Year Range of Cahokia - Late Woodland III is assumed. [600, 750]	None	None	None
50	(Japan - Final Jomon)	Full Year Range of Japan - Final Jomon is assumed. [-1200, -300]	1	1	None

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