| Variable | Definition |
|---|---|
| Polity | The Seshat Polity Name |
| Year(s) | The years for which we have the data. [negative = BCE] |
| Confidence | Inferred : The value is inferred. Suspected : The value is suspected (Expert Check Needed). Evidenced : The value is backed up by sufficient evidence. |
| Disputed? |
No : No disagreement among scholars. Yes : There is disagreement among scholars. |
| Expert? | : Not yet Checked by a Seshat Expert. : Checked and accepted by a Seshat Expert (or RA). |
| Variable | Definition |
|---|---|
| religion_family | The religion family of a polity. |
| # | Polity | Year(s) | Religion Family | Confidence | Disputed? | Expert? | Edit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 |
Vijayanagara Empire |
* Year Range of Vijayanagara Empire is assumed. [1336, 1646] |
Saivist Traditions |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 5 |
Vijayanagara Empire |
* Year Range of Vijayanagara Empire is assumed. [1336, 1646] |
Vaisnava Traditions |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 6 |
Abbasid Caliphate I |
* Year Range of Abbasid Caliphate I is assumed. [750, 946] |
Sunni |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 7 |
Abbasid Caliphate II |
* Year Range of Abbasid Caliphate II is assumed. [1191, 1258] |
Sunni |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 9 |
Neo-Assyrian Empire |
* Year Range of Neo-Assyrian Empire is assumed. [-911, -612] |
Assyrian Religions |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 13 |
Ghur Principality |
* Year Range of Ghur Principality is assumed. [1025, 1215] |
Sunni |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 14 |
Western Jin |
* Year Range of Western Jin is assumed. [265, 317] |
Imperial Confucian Traditions |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 16 |
Jin Dynasty |
* Year Range of Jin Dynasty is assumed. [1115, 1234] |
Imperial Confucian Traditions |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 17 |
Northern Song |
* Year Range of Northern Song is assumed. [960, 1127] |
Imperial Confucian Traditions |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 18 |
Northern Wei |
* Year Range of Northern Wei is assumed. [386, 534] |
Imperial Confucian Traditions |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 19 |
Late Shang |
* Year Range of Late Shang is assumed. [-1250, -1045] |
Shang Religion |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 20 |
Sui Dynasty |
* Year Range of Sui Dynasty is assumed. [581, 618] |
Imperial Confucian Traditions |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 21 |
Tang Dynasty I |
* Year Range of Tang Dynasty I is assumed. [617, 763] |
Imperial Confucian Traditions |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 22 |
Western Zhou |
* Year Range of Western Zhou is assumed. [-1122, -771] |
Western Zhou Religion |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 23 |
Ayyubid Sultanate |
* Year Range of Ayyubid Sultanate is assumed. [1171, 1250] |
Sunni |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 24 |
Egypt - Mamluk Sultanate I |
* Year Range of Egypt - Mamluk Sultanate I is assumed. [1260, 1348] |
Sunni |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 25 |
Egypt - Mamluk Sultanate III |
* Year Range of Egypt - Mamluk Sultanate III is assumed. [1412, 1517] |
Sunni |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 26 |
Egypt - Mamluk Sultanate II |
* Year Range of Egypt - Mamluk Sultanate II is assumed. [1348, 1412] |
Sunni |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 27 |
Egypt - New Kingdom Thutmosid Period |
* Year Range of Egypt - New Kingdom Thutmosid Period is assumed. [-1550, -1293] |
Atenism |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 28 |
Ptolemaic Kingdom I |
* Year Range of Ptolemaic Kingdom I is assumed. [-305, -217] |
Ptolemaic Religion |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 29 |
Ptolemaic Kingdom II |
* Year Range of Ptolemaic Kingdom II is assumed. [-217, -30] |
Ptolemaic Religion |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 30 |
Egypt - Tulunid-Ikhshidid Period |
* Year Range of Egypt - Tulunid-Ikhshidid Period is assumed. [868, 969] |
Sunni |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 31 |
Spanish Empire I |
* Year Range of Spanish Empire I is assumed. [1516, 1715] |
Catholic |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 32 |
Carolingian Empire I |
* Year Range of Carolingian Empire I is assumed. [752, 840] |
Catholic |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 33 |
Carolingian Empire II |
* Year Range of Carolingian Empire II is assumed. [840, 987] |
Catholic |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 34 |
Early Merovingian |
* Year Range of Early Merovingian is assumed. [481, 543] |
Catholic |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 35 |
Middle Merovingian |
* Year Range of Middle Merovingian is assumed. [543, 687] |
Catholic |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 36 |
French Kingdom - Early Valois |
* Year Range of French Kingdom - Early Valois is assumed. [1328, 1450] |
Catholic |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 37 |
Chalukyas of Badami |
* Year Range of Chalukyas of Badami is assumed. [543, 753] |
Saiva Traditions |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 38 |
Chalukyas of Kalyani |
* Year Range of Chalukyas of Kalyani is assumed. [973, 1191] |
Saiva Traditions |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 40 |
Gupta Dynasty |
* Year Range of Gupta Dynasty is assumed. [320, 515] |
Vaisnava Traditions |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 41 |
Rashtrakuta Empire |
* Year Range of Rashtrakuta Empire is assumed. [753, 973] |
Saiva Traditions |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 42 |
Satavahana Empire |
* Year Range of Satavahana Empire is assumed. [-100, 203] |
Saivist Traditions |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 43 |
Satavahana Empire |
* Year Range of Satavahana Empire is assumed. [-100, 203] |
Vedist Traditions |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 45 |
Kingdom of Bohemia - Přemyslid Dynasty |
* Year Range of Kingdom of Bohemia - Přemyslid Dynasty is assumed. [1198, 1309] |
Catholicism |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 46 |
Holy Roman Empire - Ottonian-Salian Dynasty |
* Year Range of Holy Roman Empire - Ottonian-Salian Dynasty is assumed. [919, 1125] |
Catholicism |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 49 |
Seljuk Sultanate |
* Year Range of Seljuk Sultanate is assumed. [1037, 1157] |
Sunni |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 50 |
Ostrogothic Kingdom |
* Year Range of Ostrogothic Kingdom is assumed. [489, 554] |
Arian |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 51 |
Rome - Republic of St Peter II |
* Year Range of Rome - Republic of St Peter II is assumed. [904, 1198] |
Catholic |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 52 |
Papal States - High Medieval Period |
* Year Range of Papal States - High Medieval Period is assumed. [1198, 1309] |
Catholic |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 53 |
Papal States - Medieval Period I |
* Year Range of Papal States - Medieval Period I is assumed. [1527, 1648] |
Catholic |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 54 |
Papal States - Medieval Period II |
* Year Range of Papal States - Medieval Period II is assumed. [1648, 1809] |
Catholic |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 55 |
Papal States - Renaissance Period |
* Year Range of Papal States - Renaissance Period is assumed. [1378, 1527] |
Catholic |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 56 |
Early Roman Republic |
* Year Range of Early Roman Republic is assumed. [-509, -264] |
Republican Religions |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 57 |
Late Roman Republic |
* Year Range of Late Roman Republic is assumed. [-133, -31] |
Republican Religions |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 58 |
Middle Roman Republic |
* Year Range of Middle Roman Republic is assumed. [-264, -133] |
Republican Religions |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 59 |
Roman Empire - Principate |
* Year Range of Roman Empire - Principate is assumed. [-31, 284] |
Imperial Cult |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 60 |
Republic of St Peter I |
* Year Range of Republic of St Peter I is assumed. [711, 904] |
Catholic |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 61 |
Ashikaga Shogunate |
* Year Range of Ashikaga Shogunate is assumed. [1336, 1467] |
Japanese State Shinto |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 62 |
Kamakura Shogunate |
* Year Range of Kamakura Shogunate is assumed. [1185, 1333] |
Japanese State Shinto |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 63 |
Nara Kingdom |
* Year Range of Nara Kingdom is assumed. [710, 794] |
Japanese State Shinto |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 65 |
Classical Angkor |
* Year Range of Classical Angkor is assumed. [1100, 1220] |
Saiva Traditions |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 66 |
Early Angkor |
* Year Range of Early Angkor is assumed. [802, 1100] |
Saiva Traditions |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 67 |
Late Angkor |
* Year Range of Late Angkor is assumed. [1220, 1432] |
Saiva Traditions |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 72 |
Songhai Empire - Askiya Dynasty |
* Year Range of Songhai Empire - Askiya Dynasty is assumed. [1493, 1591] |
Sunni |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 73 |
Cuzco - Early Intermediate I |
* Year Range of Cuzco - Early Intermediate I is assumed. [200, 499] |
suspected unknown |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 74 |
Cuzco - Early Intermediate II |
* Year Range of Cuzco - Early Intermediate II is assumed. [500, 649] |
suspected unknown |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 75 |
Cuzco - Late Intermediate I |
* Year Range of Cuzco - Late Intermediate I is assumed. [1000, 1250] |
suspected unknown |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 76 |
Cuzco - Late Intermediate II |
* Year Range of Cuzco - Late Intermediate II is assumed. [1250, 1400] |
suspected unknown |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 77 |
Cuzco - Late Formative |
* Year Range of Cuzco - Late Formative is assumed. [-500, 200] |
suspected unknown |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 78 |
Wari Empire |
* Year Range of Wari Empire is assumed. [650, 999] |
suspected unknown |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 79 |
Sind - Abbasid-Fatimid Period |
* Year Range of Sind - Abbasid-Fatimid Period is assumed. [854, 1193] |
Sunni |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 80 |
Sind - Abbasid-Fatimid Period |
* Year Range of Sind - Abbasid-Fatimid Period is assumed. [854, 1193] |
Shia |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 81 |
Sind - Samma Dynasty |
* Year Range of Sind - Samma Dynasty is assumed. [1335, 1521] |
Shia |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 82 |
Umayyad Caliphate |
* Year Range of Umayyad Caliphate is assumed. [661, 750] |
Sunni |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 83 |
Fatimid Caliphate |
* Year Range of Fatimid Caliphate is assumed. [909, 1171] |
Shia |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 84 |
Byzantine Empire I |
* Year Range of Byzantine Empire I is assumed. [632, 866] |
Catholic |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 85 |
Byzantine Empire II |
* Year Range of Byzantine Empire II is assumed. [867, 1072] |
Catholic |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 86 |
Byzantine Empire II |
* Year Range of Byzantine Empire II is assumed. [867, 1072] |
Orthodox |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 87 |
Byzantine Empire III |
* Year Range of Byzantine Empire III is assumed. [1073, 1204] |
Orthodox |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 88 |
East Roman Empire |
* Year Range of East Roman Empire is assumed. [395, 631] |
Catholic |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 90 |
Ottoman Empire I |
* Year Range of Ottoman Empire I is assumed. [1402, 1517] |
Sufi |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 91 |
Ottoman Empire II |
* Year Range of Ottoman Empire II is assumed. [1517, 1683] |
Sunni |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 92 |
Ottoman Empire III |
* Year Range of Ottoman Empire III is assumed. [1683, 1839] |
Sunni |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 93 |
Roman Empire - Dominate |
* Year Range of Roman Empire - Dominate is assumed. [285, 394] |
Imperial Cult |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 96 |
Yemen - Qasimid Dynasty |
* Year Range of Yemen - Qasimid Dynasty is assumed. [1637, 1805] |
Islam |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 98 |
Yemen - Era of Warlords |
* Year Range of Yemen - Era of Warlords is assumed. [1038, 1174] |
Shia |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 99 |
Yemen Ziyad Dynasty |
* Year Range of Yemen Ziyad Dynasty is assumed. [822, 1037] |
Sunni |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 100 |
Pandya Empire |
* Year Range of Pandya Empire is assumed. [1250, 1323] |
Saivite Hinduism |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 101 |
Dambadaneiya |
* Year Range of Dambadaneiya is assumed. [1232, 1293] |
Theravada Buddhism |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 102 |
Anurādhapura IV |
* Year Range of Anurādhapura IV is assumed. [614, 1017] |
Theravada Buddhism |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 104 |
Hungary Kingdom - Árpád Dynasty |
* Year Range of Hungary Kingdom - Árpád Dynasty is assumed. [1000, 1301] |
Catholicism |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 105 |
Polonnaruwa |
* Year Range of Polonnaruwa is assumed. [1070, 1255] |
Theravāda Buddhism |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 106 |
Polonnaruwa |
* Year Range of Polonnaruwa is assumed. [1070, 1255] |
Saivite Hinduism |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 107 |
Anurādhapura III |
* Year Range of Anurādhapura III is assumed. [428, 614] |
Theravada Buddhism |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 108 |
Dutch Empire |
* Year Range of Dutch Empire is assumed. [1648, 1795] |
Protestant Christianity |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 109 |
Anurādhapura I |
* Year Range of Anurādhapura I is assumed. [-300, 70] |
Theravada Buddhism |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 112 |
Anurādhapura II |
* Year Range of Anurādhapura II is assumed. [70, 428] |
Theravada Buddhism |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 113 |
Adal Sultanate |
* Year Range of Adal Sultanate is assumed. [1375, 1543] |
Sunni Islam |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 114 |
Ajuran Sultanate |
* Year Range of Ajuran Sultanate is assumed. [1250, 1700] |
Shia Islam |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 115 |
Holy Roman Empire - Fragmented Period |
* Year Range of Holy Roman Empire - Fragmented Period is assumed. [1255, 1453] |
Catholicism |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 116 |
Sultanate of Geledi |
* Year Range of Sultanate of Geledi is assumed. [1750, 1911] |
Sunni Islam |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 117 |
Ifat Sultanate |
* Year Range of Ifat Sultanate is assumed. [1280, 1375] |
Sunni Islam |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 118 |
Majeerteen Sultanate |
* Year Range of Majeerteen Sultanate is assumed. [1750, 1926] |
Sunni Islam |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 119 |
Emirate of Harar |
* Year Range of Emirate of Harar is assumed. [1650, 1875] |
Sunni Islam |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 120 |
Isaaq Sultanate |
* Year Range of Isaaq Sultanate is assumed. [1300, 1886] |
Sunni Islam |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 123 |
Sokoto Caliphate |
* Year Range of Sokoto Caliphate is assumed. [1804, 1904] |
Sunni Islam |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 126 |
Thanjavur Maratha Kingdom |
* Year Range of Thanjavur Maratha Kingdom is assumed. [1675, 1799] |
Shaivism |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 128 |
Polish Kingdom - Piast Dynasty |
* Year Range of Polish Kingdom - Piast Dynasty is assumed. [963, 1138] |
Catholicism |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 129 |
Polish Kingdom - Piast Dynasty Fragmented Period |
* Year Range of Polish Kingdom - Piast Dynasty Fragmented Period is assumed. [1139, 1370] |
Catholic |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 130 |
Hungary Kingdom - Anjou and Later Dynasties |
* Year Range of Hungary Kingdom - Anjou and Later Dynasties is assumed. [1302, 1526] |
Catholicism |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 131 |
Carnatic Sultanate |
* Year Range of Carnatic Sultanate is assumed. [1710, 1801] |
Sufi Islam |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 132 |
Late Pallava Empire |
* Year Range of Late Pallava Empire is assumed. [300, 890] |
Shaivite Hinduism |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 133 |
Late Pallava Empire |
* Year Range of Late Pallava Empire is assumed. [300, 890] |
Theravada Buddhism |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 134 |
Kalabhra Dynasty |
* Year Range of Kalabhra Dynasty is assumed. [200, 600] |
Theravada Buddhism |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 135 |
Nayaks of Thanjavur |
* Year Range of Nayaks of Thanjavur is assumed. [1532, 1676] |
Vaishnavist Hinduism |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 136 |
Nayaks of Madurai |
* Year Range of Nayaks of Madurai is assumed. [1529, 1736] |
Shaivism |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 137 |
Holy Roman Empire - Hohenstaufen and Welf Dynasties |
* Year Range of Holy Roman Empire - Hohenstaufen and Welf Dynasties is assumed. [1126, 1254] |
Catholicism |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 138 |
State of the Teutonic Order |
* Year Range of State of the Teutonic Order is assumed. [1300, 1400] |
Catholicism |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 139 |
Austria - Habsburg Dynasty II |
* Year Range of Austria - Habsburg Dynasty II is assumed. [1649, 1918] |
Catholicism |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 140 |
Electorate of Bavaria |
* Year Range of Electorate of Bavaria is assumed. [1623, 1806] |
Catholicism |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 141 |
Germany - Hohenzollern Dynasty |
* Year Range of Germany - Hohenzollern Dynasty is assumed. [1871, 1918] |
Protestantism |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 142 |
Holy Roman Empire - Hohenstaufen Faction |
* Year Range of Holy Roman Empire - Hohenstaufen Faction is assumed. [1198, 1215] |
Catholicism |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 143 |
Russian Empire, Romanov Dynasty I |
* Year Range of Russian Empire, Romanov Dynasty I is assumed. [1614, 1775] |
Orthodox |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 144 |
Russian Empire, Romanov Dynasty II |
* Year Range of Russian Empire, Romanov Dynasty II is assumed. [1776, 1917] |
Orthodox |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 145 |
Satavahana Empire |
* Year Range of Satavahana Empire is assumed. [-100, 203] |
Bhagavatist Traditions |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 147 |
Sunga Empire |
* Year Range of Sunga Empire is assumed. [-187, -65] |
Vedic Traditions |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 148 |
Vakataka Kingdom |
* Year Range of Vakataka Kingdom is assumed. [255, 550] |
Saivist Traditions |
Confident | No | Edit |