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
61	(Byzantine Empire II)	Full Year Range of Byzantine Empire II is assumed. [867, 1072]	7	7	None
62	(Atlantic Complex)	Full Year Range of Atlantic Complex is assumed. [-2200, -1000]	None	None	None
63	(Abbasid Caliphate I)	Full Year Range of Abbasid Caliphate I is assumed. [750, 946]	2	2	None
64	(Carolingian Empire II)	Full Year Range of Carolingian Empire II is assumed. [840, 987]	6	7	None
65	(Cahokia - Early Woodland)	Full Year Range of Cahokia - Early Woodland is assumed. [-600, -150]	None	None	None
66	(Asuka)	Full Year Range of Asuka is assumed. [538, 710]	2	3	None
67	(Kushan Empire)	Full Year Range of Kushan Empire is assumed. [35, 319]	2	4	None
68	(Sui Dynasty)	Full Year Range of Sui Dynasty is assumed. [581, 618]	3	3	None
69	(Neguanje)	Full Year Range of Neguanje is assumed. [250, 1050]	None	None	None
70	(Carolingian Empire I)	Full Year Range of Carolingian Empire I is assumed. [752, 840]	6	7	None

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