Social Complexity Variables

Inconsistent Year Ranges

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* We have coded a total of 20,458 different values for 77 variables in 506 polities.

Social Scale

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# 464 Polity Territory

# 467 Polity Population

# 492 Population Of The Largest Settlement

# 16 Largest Communication Distance

Hierarchical Complexity

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# 474 Settlement Hierarchy

# 451 Administrative Level

# 351 Religious Level

# 364 Military Level

Professions

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# 381 Professional Military Officer

# 409 Professional Soldier

# 388 Professional Priesthood

# 25 Source Of Support

# 0 Occupational Complexity

Bureaucracy Characteristics

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# 399 Full Time Bureaucrat

# 330 Examination System

# 319 Merit Promotion

# 407 Specialized Government Building

Law

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# 413 Formal Legal Code

# 382 Judge

# 359 Court

# 327 Professional Lawyer

Specialized Buildings: polity owned

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# 402 Irrigation System

# 326 Drinking Water Supply System

# 421 Market

# 375 Food Storage Site

# 67 Communal Building

# 86 Utilitarian Public Building

# 47 Symbolic Building

# 33 Entertainment Building

# 52 Knowledge Or Information Building

# 9 Other Utilitarian Public Building

# 10 Special Purpose House

Transport Infrastructure

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# 405 Road

# 329 Bridge

# 315 Canal

# 369 Port

Special-purpose Sites

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# 325 Mines Or Quarry

# 69 Special Purpose Site

# 58 Ceremonial Site

# 68 Burial Site

# 62 Trading Emporia

# 35 Enclosure

# 8 Other Special Purpose Site

Information

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Writing System

# 201 Mnemonic Device

# 302 Nonwritten Record

# 476 Written Record

# 474 Script

# 292 Non Phonetic Writing

# 428 Phonetic Alphabetic Writing

Kinds of Written Documents

# 409 Lists Tables And Classification

# 446 Calendar

# 450 Sacred Text

# 466 Religious Literature

# 408 Practical Literature

# 396 History

# 374 Philosophy

# 388 Scientific Literature

# 399 Fiction

Money

# 391 Article

# 293 Token

# 320 Precious Metal

# 367 Foreign Coin

# 424 Indigenous Coin

# 378 Paper Currency

# 28 Debt And Credit Structure

# 32 Store Of Wealth

Postal System

# 331 Courier

# 299 Postal Station

# 311 General Postal Service

# 16 Fastest Individual Communication

Measurement System

# 46 Length Measurement System

# 35 Area Measurement System

# 44 Volume Measurement System

# 60 Weight Measurement System

# 56 Time Measurement System

# 17 Geometrical Measurement System

# 12 Other Measurement System