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
51	(Chagatai Khanate)	Full Year Range of Chagatai Khanate is assumed. [1263, 1402]	1	2	None
52	(Longshan)	Full Year Range of Longshan is assumed. [-3000, -1900]	None	None	None
53	(Hoysala Kingdom)	Full Year Range of Hoysala Kingdom is assumed. [1108, 1346]	1	2	None
54	(Isin-Larsa)	Full Year Range of Isin-Larsa is assumed. [-2004, -1763]	4	4	None
55	(Susiana A)	Full Year Range of Susiana A is assumed. [-6000, -5700]	1	1	None
56	(Sasanid Empire I)	Full Year Range of Sasanid Empire I is assumed. [205, 487]	4	5	None
57	(Sasanid Empire II)	Full Year Range of Sasanid Empire II is assumed. [488, 642]	4	5	None
58	(Japan - Final Jomon)	Full Year Range of Japan - Final Jomon is assumed. [-1200, -300]	1	1	None
59	(Hallstatt A-B1)	Full Year Range of Hallstatt A-B1 is assumed. [-1000, -900]	1	1	None
60	(Carolingian Empire II)	Full Year Range of Carolingian Empire II is assumed. [840, 987]	6	7	None

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