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"comment": "Ethnographies consulted describe the presence of avenging spirits that may punish those who do not fulfill their ritual obligations and elders with the power to curse others. These sources do not suggest a moralizing interpretation for these beliefs. <a class=\"fw-bold\" href=\"https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/S34XJRJ7\">[Karsten 1935]</a>, <a class=\"fw-bold\" href=\"https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/CRIJIVUC\">[Harner 1973]</a> \"There are spirits but they are more capricious than moralizing. Revenge is a key notion in Shuar society but even there, it feels more like setting things straight interpersonally rather than moralistic per se. Spirits help warriors gain power but supernatural punishment isn't a key idea. Sorcerers can inflict harm but it's viewed more as warfare than moral sanctioning per se.” (Clark Bennett, pers. comm. to H. Whitehouse, Dec 14, 2020) <a class=\"fw-bold\" href=\"https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/6FPKWD5Z\">[Bennett 2020]</a>",
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"comment": "Though today most A’chik identify as Christian, pre-Christian beliefs persist. We are inferring that these are similar to beliefs prevalent in this region in the late 18th and 19th centuries CE as well (note that we could not find sources on this topic that predated the early 20th century). \r\n\r\nThe A’chik abide by a code of conduct intended to regulate interpersonal behavior, but this code is not enforced by either gods or spirits. Indeed, A’chik religion is not moralising. The A’chik believe that gods and spirits may punish transgressions through illness, crop failure, or natural calamities. Similarly, when pleased, they are thought to provide people with blessings and benefits. However, the kinds of transgressions the gods and spirits are thought to punish do not constitute socially harmful behaviors: example include eating certain crops at the wrong time of year, or not respecting fast days. Similarly, the main method by which the A’chik attempt to please gods and spirits is through ceremonies. <a class=\"fw-bold\" href=\"https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/PT327DM8\">[Marak 2005, p. 111]</a>, <a class=\"fw-bold\" href=\"https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/PT327DM8\">[Marak 2005, p. 58]</a>, <a class=\"fw-bold\" href=\"https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/PT327DM8\">[Marak 2005, pp. 69-70]</a>",
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"comment": "Twentieth-century ethnographic sources give examples of potential punishments in this life. Punishment for breaking an oath could lead to a man losing his possessions, family, and cattle, and his own life. Notorious evildoers became impure or ‘defiled’ by their actions, just like people who came into contact with polluting substances. They were therefore excluded from some ritual activities. <a class=\"fw-bold\" href=\"https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/H5QTMX2B\">[Sauer 1802, p. 123]</a>, <a class=\"fw-bold\" href=\"https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/H5QTMX2B\">[Sauer 1802, p. 117]</a>, <a class=\"fw-bold\" href=\"https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/FTJS2I4W\">[Jochelson 1933, p. 104]</a>",
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"comment": "According to ethnographic studies, moralizing enforcement for norm violations ranged from harm to the perpetrator’s own soul to natural disasters that impacted the entire community. <a class=\"fw-bold\" href=\"https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/UCWP6S4F\">[Sandin 1967, pp. 34-37]</a>, <a class=\"fw-bold\" href=\"https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/CVIQZD7C\">[Jensen 1974, pp. 113-115]</a>, <a class=\"fw-bold\" href=\"https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/CVIQZD7C\">[Jensen 1974, p. 212]</a>",
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"name": "Moralizing_enforcement_in_this_life",
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"comment": "According to ethnographic studies, moralizing enforcement for norm violations ranged from harm to the perpetrator’s own soul to natural disasters that impacted the entire community. <a class=\"fw-bold\" href=\"https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/UCWP6S4F\">[Sandin 1967, pp. 34-37]</a>, <a class=\"fw-bold\" href=\"https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/CVIQZD7C\">[Jensen 1974, pp. 113-115]</a>, <a class=\"fw-bold\" href=\"https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/CVIQZD7C\">[Jensen 1974, p. 212]</a>",
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"comment": "Scholarly opinion differs on the extent to which supernatural powers from Teotihuacan through Aztec times were concerned with monitoring and enforcing moral behaviour among humans, which leads to our code expressing this disagreement. Further, there is evidence that certain core principles of later Aztec religion—including certain suites of deities depicted in mural paintings, elements of the layout of sacred architecture, and types of rituals of termination and dedication—had their origins in the pre-Teotihuacan cultures of the Formative period and were further elaborated at Teotihuacan and the Toltec period. <a class=\"fw-bold\" href=\"https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/URQQ68E2\">[McKeever_Furst 1995]</a>, <a class=\"fw-bold\" href=\"https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/UX23J6C6\">[Carballo 2016]</a>, <a class=\"fw-bold\" href=\"https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/BE6HQPIJ\">[Carballo 2018]</a>",
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"comment": "Scholarly opinion differs on the extent to which supernatural powers from Teotihuacan through Aztec times were concerned with monitoring and enforcing moral behaviour among humans, which leads to our code expressing this disagreement. Further, there is evidence that certain core principles of later Aztec religion—including certain suites of deities depicted in mural paintings, elements of the layout of sacred architecture, and types of rituals of termination and dedication—had their origins in the pre-Teotihuacan cultures of the Formative period and were further elaborated at Teotihuacan and the Toltec period. <a class=\"fw-bold\" href=\"https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/URQQ68E2\">[McKeever_Furst 1995]</a>, <a class=\"fw-bold\" href=\"https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/UX23J6C6\">[Carballo 2016]</a>, <a class=\"fw-bold\" href=\"https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/BE6HQPIJ\">[Carballo 2018]</a>",
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"comment": "Scholarly opinion differs on the extent to which supernatural powers from Teotihuacan through Aztec times were concerned with monitoring and enforcing moral behaviour among humans, which leads to our code expressing this disagreement. Further, there is evidence that certain core principles of later Aztec religion—including certain suites of deities depicted in mural paintings, elements of the layout of sacred architecture, and types of rituals of termination and dedication—had their origins in the pre-Teotihuacan cultures of the Formative period and were further elaborated at Teotihuacan and the Toltec period. <a class=\"fw-bold\" href=\"https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/URQQ68E2\">[McKeever_Furst 1995]</a>, <a class=\"fw-bold\" href=\"https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/UX23J6C6\">[Carballo 2016]</a>, <a class=\"fw-bold\" href=\"https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/BE6HQPIJ\">[Carballo 2018]</a>",
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"comment": "Scholarly opinion differs on the extent to which supernatural powers from Teotihuacan through Aztec times were concerned with monitoring and enforcing moral behaviour among humans, which leads to our code expressing this disagreement. Further, there is evidence that certain core principles of later Aztec religion—including certain suites of deities depicted in mural paintings, elements of the layout of sacred architecture, and types of rituals of termination and dedication—had their origins in the pre-Teotihuacan cultures of the Formative period and were further elaborated at Teotihuacan and the Toltec period. <a class=\"fw-bold\" href=\"https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/URQQ68E2\">[McKeever_Furst 1995]</a>, <a class=\"fw-bold\" href=\"https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/UX23J6C6\">[Carballo 2016]</a>, <a class=\"fw-bold\" href=\"https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/BE6HQPIJ\">[Carballo 2018]</a>",
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"name": "Moralizing_enforcement_in_this_life",
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"comment": "Scholarly opinion differs on the extent to which supernatural powers from Teotihuacan through Aztec times were concerned with monitoring and enforcing moral behaviour among humans, which leads to our code expressing this disagreement. Further, there is evidence that certain core principles of later Aztec religion—including certain suites of deities depicted in mural paintings, elements of the layout of sacred architecture, and types of rituals of termination and dedication—had their origins in the pre-Teotihuacan cultures of the Formative period and were further elaborated at Teotihuacan and the Toltec period. <a class=\"fw-bold\" href=\"https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/URQQ68E2\">[McKeever_Furst 1995]</a>, <a class=\"fw-bold\" href=\"https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/UX23J6C6\">[Carballo 2016]</a>, <a class=\"fw-bold\" href=\"https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/BE6HQPIJ\">[Carballo 2018]</a>",
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"is_disputed": true,
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"name": "Moralizing_enforcement_in_this_life",
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"comment": "Scholarly opinion differs on the extent to which supernatural powers from Teotihuacan through Aztec times were concerned with monitoring and enforcing moral behaviour among humans, which leads to our code expressing this disagreement. Further, there is evidence that certain core principles of later Aztec religion—including certain suites of deities depicted in mural paintings, elements of the layout of sacred architecture, and types of rituals of termination and dedication—had their origins in the pre-Teotihuacan cultures of the Formative period and were further elaborated at Teotihuacan and the Toltec period. <a class=\"fw-bold\" href=\"https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/URQQ68E2\">[McKeever_Furst 1995]</a>, <a class=\"fw-bold\" href=\"https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/UX23J6C6\">[Carballo 2016]</a>, <a class=\"fw-bold\" href=\"https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/BE6HQPIJ\">[Carballo 2018]</a>",
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"comment": "Some scholars argue that the Aztecs believed certain powerful gods were chiefly concerned with maintaining cosmic order, which could be upset by moral transgressions on the part of humans. <a class=\"fw-bold\" href=\"https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/BE6HQPIJ\">[Carballo 2018]</a> Sources such as the Florentine Codex, an ethnographic text compiled in the 16th century, describing beliefs among Aztecs that they “were admonished for bad conduct, but not because it showed disobedience to God or had consequences for the salvation of one’s soul. Instead, their disorderly actions endangered the community’s welfare and undermined the cosmic order”. <a class=\"fw-bold\" href=\"https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/XGD8MNHU\">[Peterson_Trerraciano 2019, p. 177]</a> Others, however, disagree with the interpretation that Mesoamerican gods had any sort of omniscience and argue that they were fairly limited in their ability to intervene in human life, so were not effective moral punishers. <a class=\"fw-bold\" href=\"https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/8VM3D7QV\">[Helmke_Nielsen_Robb 2017, p. 135]</a>",
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"comment": "Archaeological evidence from the Late Formative period (beginning around 500 BCE) at the central site of Monté Alban suggests that supernatural agents were thought to be motivated not so much by the moral quality of their worshippers’ behavior towards other humans, but by the quality of their offerings to their gods. <a class=\"fw-bold\" href=\"https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/JPXCWSSG\">[Joyce 2009]</a>, <a class=\"fw-bold\" href=\"https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/ZNCR3XRZ\">[Flannery_Marcus 1983]</a>",
"description": ""
},
{
"id": 75,
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"id": 526,
"name": "mx_monte_alban_1_late",
"long_name": "Monte Alban Late I",
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"end_year": -100
},
"year_from": null,
"year_to": null,
"tag": "IFR",
"is_disputed": false,
"is_uncertain": false,
"name": "Moralizing_enforcement_in_this_life",
"coded_value": "absent",
"comment": "Archaeological evidence from the Late Formative period (beginning around 500 BCE) at the central site of Monté Alban suggests that supernatural agents were thought to be motivated not so much by the moral quality of their worshippers’ behavior towards other humans, but by the quality of their offerings to their gods. <a class=\"fw-bold\" href=\"https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/JPXCWSSG\">[Joyce 2009]</a>, <a class=\"fw-bold\" href=\"https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/ZNCR3XRZ\">[Flannery_Marcus 1983]</a>",
"description": ""
},
{
"id": 76,
"polity": {
"id": 527,
"name": "mx_monte_alban_2",
"long_name": "Monte Alban II",
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},
"year_from": null,
"year_to": null,
"tag": "IFR",
"is_disputed": false,
"is_uncertain": false,
"name": "Moralizing_enforcement_in_this_life",
"coded_value": "absent",
"comment": "Archaeological evidence from the Late Formative period (beginning around 500 BCE) at the central site of Monté Alban suggests that supernatural agents were thought to be motivated not so much by the moral quality of their worshippers’ behavior towards other humans, but by the quality of their offerings to their gods. <a class=\"fw-bold\" href=\"https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/JPXCWSSG\">[Joyce 2009]</a>, <a class=\"fw-bold\" href=\"https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/ZNCR3XRZ\">[Flannery_Marcus 1983]</a>",
"description": ""
},
{
"id": 77,
"polity": {
"id": 528,
"name": "mx_monte_alban_3_a",
"long_name": "Monte Alban III",
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"end_year": 500
},
"year_from": null,
"year_to": null,
"tag": "IFR",
"is_disputed": false,
"is_uncertain": false,
"name": "Moralizing_enforcement_in_this_life",
"coded_value": "absent",
"comment": "Archaeological evidence from the Late Formative period (beginning around 500 BCE) at the central site of Monté Alban suggests that supernatural agents were thought to be motivated not so much by the moral quality of their worshippers’ behavior towards other humans, but by the quality of their offerings to their gods. <a class=\"fw-bold\" href=\"https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/JPXCWSSG\">[Joyce 2009]</a>, <a class=\"fw-bold\" href=\"https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/ZNCR3XRZ\">[Flannery_Marcus 1983]</a>",
"description": ""
},
{
"id": 78,
"polity": {
"id": 529,
"name": "mx_monte_alban_3_b_4",
"long_name": "Monte Alban IIIB and IV",
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"end_year": 900
},
"year_from": null,
"year_to": null,
"tag": "IFR",
"is_disputed": false,
"is_uncertain": false,
"name": "Moralizing_enforcement_in_this_life",
"coded_value": "absent",
"comment": "Archaeological evidence from the Late Formative period (beginning around 500 BCE) at the central site of Monté Alban suggests that supernatural agents were thought to be motivated not so much by the moral quality of their worshippers’ behavior towards other humans, but by the quality of their offerings to their gods. <a class=\"fw-bold\" href=\"https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/JPXCWSSG\">[Joyce 2009]</a>, <a class=\"fw-bold\" href=\"https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/ZNCR3XRZ\">[Flannery_Marcus 1983]</a>",
"description": ""
},
{
"id": 79,
"polity": {
"id": 532,
"name": "mx_monte_alban_5",
"long_name": "Monte Alban V",
"start_year": 900,
"end_year": 1520
},
"year_from": null,
"year_to": null,
"tag": "IFR",
"is_disputed": false,
"is_uncertain": false,
"name": "Moralizing_enforcement_in_this_life",
"coded_value": "absent",
"comment": "Archaeological evidence from the Late Formative period (beginning around 500 BCE) at the central site of Monté Alban suggests that supernatural agents were thought to be motivated not so much by the moral quality of their worshippers’ behavior towards other humans, but by the quality of their offerings to their gods. <a class=\"fw-bold\" href=\"https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/JPXCWSSG\">[Joyce 2009]</a>, <a class=\"fw-bold\" href=\"https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/ZNCR3XRZ\">[Flannery_Marcus 1983]</a>",
"description": ""
},
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"id": 80,
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"name": "us_cahokia_1",
"long_name": "Cahokia - Lohman-Stirling",
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"end_year": 1199
},
"year_from": null,
"year_to": null,
"tag": "IFR",
"is_disputed": false,
"is_uncertain": false,
"name": "Moralizing_enforcement_in_this_life",
"coded_value": "absent",
"comment": "The cosmology of Cahokia, the Southeastern Ceremonial Complex, seems to have different scholarly interpretations. \r\n\r\nDye suggests a belief in a moralizing Earth Mother figure who would punish those that broke taboos but could be won over through ritual. <a class=\"fw-bold\" href=\"https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/4J6F57AD\">[Dye 2000, p. 146]</a> Granberry suggests a belief in an underworld where the dead are reborn as children, seemingly regardless of the moral quality of their actions in life. <a class=\"fw-bold\" href=\"https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/VF7N6BBM\">[Granberry 2005, p. 114]</a> Other interpretations highlight themes of holistic interconnectedness, which would be more in line with what is known about later indigenous cosmology in the region, where moralizing supernatural concern was not a significant feature. For example, Hall details how reincarnation was linked to mound building at Cahokia: the earth on the mound that would grow grass in the spring represented the reincarnation of the person buried beneath it. <a class=\"fw-bold\" href=\"https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/VF7N6BBM\">[Granberry 2005, p. 35]</a>, <a class=\"fw-bold\" href=\"https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/VF7N6BBM\">[Granberry 2005, p. 57]</a>",
"description": ""
},
{
"id": 81,
"polity": {
"id": 33,
"name": "us_cahokia_2",
"long_name": "Cahokia - Moorehead",
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},
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"tag": "IFR",
"is_disputed": false,
"is_uncertain": false,
"name": "Moralizing_enforcement_in_this_life",
"coded_value": "absent",
"comment": "The cosmology of Cahokia, the Southeastern Ceremonial Complex, seems to have different scholarly interpretations. \r\n\r\nDye suggests a belief in a moralizing Earth Mother figure who would punish those that broke taboos but could be won over through ritual. <a class=\"fw-bold\" href=\"https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/4J6F57AD\">[Dye 2000, p. 146]</a> Granberry suggests a belief in an underworld where the dead are reborn as children, seemingly regardless of the moral quality of their actions in life. <a class=\"fw-bold\" href=\"https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/VF7N6BBM\">[Granberry 2005, p. 114]</a> Other interpretations highlight themes of holistic interconnectedness, which would be more in line with what is known about later indigenous cosmology in the region, where moralizing supernatural concern was not a significant feature. For example, Hall details how reincarnation was linked to mound building at Cahokia: the earth on the mound that would grow grass in the spring represented the reincarnation of the person buried beneath it. <a class=\"fw-bold\" href=\"https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/8KH357GV\">[Hall 1997, p. 35]</a>, <a class=\"fw-bold\" href=\"https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/8KH357GV\">[Hall 1997, p. 57]</a>",
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},
{
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"name": "us_cahokia_3",
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},
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"year_to": null,
"tag": "IFR",
"is_disputed": false,
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"name": "Moralizing_enforcement_in_this_life",
"coded_value": "absent",
"comment": "The cosmology of Cahokia, the Southeastern Ceremonial Complex, seems to have different scholarly interpretations. \r\n\r\nDye suggests a belief in a moralizing Earth Mother figure who would punish those that broke taboos but could be won over through ritual. <a class=\"fw-bold\" href=\"https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/4J6F57AD\">[Dye 2000, p. 146]</a> Granberry suggests a belief in an underworld where the dead are reborn as children, seemingly regardless of the moral quality of their actions in life. <a class=\"fw-bold\" href=\"https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/VF7N6BBM\">[Granberry 2005, p. 114]</a> Other interpretations highlight themes of holistic interconnectedness, which would be more in line with what is known about later indigenous cosmology in the region, where moralizing supernatural concern was not a significant feature. For example, Hall details how reincarnation was linked to mound building at Cahokia: the earth on the mound that would grow grass in the spring represented the reincarnation of the person buried beneath it. <a class=\"fw-bold\" href=\"https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/8KH357GV\">[Hall 1997, p. 35]</a>, <a class=\"fw-bold\" href=\"https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/8KH357GV\">[Hall 1997, p. 57]</a>",
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},
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"name": "us_early_illinois_confederation",
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},
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"year_to": null,
"tag": "TRS",
"is_disputed": false,
"is_uncertain": false,
"name": "Moralizing_enforcement_in_this_life",
"coded_value": "absent",
"comment": "Neither surviving Illionois oral traditions nor contemporary French observations suggest that supernatural moralizing enforcement constituted a significant element of Illinois beliefs at this time. <a class=\"fw-bold\" href=\"https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/KVBP3XCV\">[webpage_The Illinois: Beliefs]</a>, <a class=\"fw-bold\" href=\"https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/FEDEGDEE\">[Marquette_Thwaites 1959, pp. 139-141]</a>",
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"name": "gh_akan",
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},
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"year_to": null,
"tag": "IFR",
"is_disputed": false,
"is_uncertain": false,
"name": "Moralizing_enforcement_in_this_life",
"coded_value": "present",
"comment": "Anderson suggests that the gods could punish \"the offender and the entire society\" via \"drought, infertility and sicknesses\". <a class=\"fw-bold\" href=\"https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/F6SPQXBN\">[Anderson,_Jr. 2013, p. 167]</a> However, the Akan also believe that both their supreme god (Nyame) and lesser deities (abosom) are often slow to address injustices, even when these are particularly egregious, operating on an entirely different time scale than humans. Even the most \"hot-headed\" deity, Densu, whose reaction to injustices is thought to be swiftest, may only address wrongs after repeated prompting. Moreover, wrong-doers and transgressors may successfully bribe or appease the abosom through offerings and sacrifices. <a class=\"fw-bold\" href=\"https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/CHETBKN5\">[Ephirim-Donkor 2010, p. 8]</a>, <a class=\"fw-bold\" href=\"https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/CHETBKN5\">[Ephirim-Donkor 2010, pp. 57-58]</a>",
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"name": "gh_ashanti_emp",
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},
"year_from": null,
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"tag": "IFR",
"is_disputed": false,
"is_uncertain": false,
"name": "Moralizing_enforcement_in_this_life",
"coded_value": "present",
"comment": "Anderson suggests that the gods could punish \"the offender and the entire society\" via \"drought, infertility and sicknesses\". <a class=\"fw-bold\" href=\"https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/F6SPQXBN\">[Anderson,_Jr. 2013, p. 167]</a> However, the Akan also believe that both their supreme god (Nyame) and lesser deities (abosom) are often slow to address injustices, even when these are particularly egregious, operating on an entirely different time scale than humans. Even the most \"hot-headed\" deity, Densu, whose reaction to injustices is thought to be swiftest, may only address wrongs after repeated prompting. Moreover, wrong-doers and transgressors may successfully bribe or appease the abosom through offerings and sacrifices. <a class=\"fw-bold\" href=\"https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/CHETBKN5\">[Ephirim-Donkor 2010, p. 8]</a>, <a class=\"fw-bold\" href=\"https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/CHETBKN5\">[Ephirim-Donkor 2010, pp. 57-58]</a>",
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},
{
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"name": "kh_angkor_3",
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},
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"year_to": null,
"tag": "TRS",
"is_disputed": false,
"is_uncertain": false,
"name": "Moralizing_enforcement_in_this_life",
"coded_value": "present",
"comment": "“Indeed, karma is the principle on which most moralizing supernatural punishment and reward (MSP) in Buddhism is based. According to doctrine, intentional actions plant a “seed” that bears their moral valence. At some future time, whether in this life or the following one or more reincarnations, this seed bears karmic “fruit,” bringing about outcomes that are good or bad to the extent the action was good or bad. The moral valence of actions may be judged by their conformity with Buddhist ethics, which includes the five precepts (prohibitions on killing, theft, “sexual misconduct,” lying, and intoxication); a set of special rules for monks and nuns (the Vinaya); and injunctions such as making charitable donations (dana).” <a class=\"fw-bold\" href=\"https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/76FKAHS3\">[Stanford_et_al 2024, p. 106]</a>",
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},
{
"id": 87,
"polity": {
"id": 631,
"name": "sl_anuradhapura_3",
"long_name": "Anurādhapura III",
"start_year": 428,
"end_year": 614
},
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"year_to": null,
"tag": "TRS",
"is_disputed": false,
"is_uncertain": false,
"name": "Moralizing_enforcement_in_this_life",
"coded_value": "present",
"comment": "“Indeed, karma is the principle on which most moralizing supernatural punishment and reward (MSP) in Buddhism is based. According to doctrine, intentional actions plant a “seed” that bears their moral valence. At some future time, whether in this life or the following one or more reincarnations, this seed bears karmic “fruit,” bringing about outcomes that are good or bad to the extent the action was good or bad. The moral valence of actions may be judged by their conformity with Buddhist ethics, which includes the five precepts (prohibitions on killing, theft, “sexual misconduct,” lying, and intoxication); a set of special rules for monks and nuns (the Vinaya); and injunctions such as making charitable donations (dana).” <a class=\"fw-bold\" href=\"https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/76FKAHS3\">[Stanford_et_al 2024, p. 106]</a>",
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},
{
"id": 88,
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"id": 635,
"name": "sl_anuradhapura_2",
"long_name": "Anurādhapura II",
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"end_year": 428
},
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"tag": "TRS",
"is_disputed": false,
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"name": "Moralizing_enforcement_in_this_life",
"coded_value": "present",
"comment": "“Indeed, karma is the principle on which most moralizing supernatural punishment and reward (MSP) in Buddhism is based. According to doctrine, intentional actions plant a “seed” that bears their moral valence. At some future time, whether in this life or the following one or more reincarnations, this seed bears karmic “fruit,” bringing about outcomes that are good or bad to the extent the action was good or bad. The moral valence of actions may be judged by their conformity with Buddhist ethics, which includes the five precepts (prohibitions on killing, theft, “sexual misconduct,” lying, and intoxication); a set of special rules for monks and nuns (the Vinaya); and injunctions such as making charitable donations (dana).” <a class=\"fw-bold\" href=\"https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/76FKAHS3\">[Stanford_et_al 2024, p. 106]</a>",
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},
{
"id": 89,
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"id": 44,
"name": "th_ayutthaya",
"long_name": "Ayutthaya",
"start_year": 1593,
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},
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"tag": "TRS",
"is_disputed": false,
"is_uncertain": false,
"name": "Moralizing_enforcement_in_this_life",
"coded_value": "present",
"comment": "“Indeed, karma is the principle on which most moralizing supernatural punishment and reward (MSP) in Buddhism is based. According to doctrine, intentional actions plant a “seed” that bears their moral valence. At some future time, whether in this life or the following one or more reincarnations, this seed bears karmic “fruit,” bringing about outcomes that are good or bad to the extent the action was good or bad. The moral valence of actions may be judged by their conformity with Buddhist ethics, which includes the five precepts (prohibitions on killing, theft, “sexual misconduct,” lying, and intoxication); a set of special rules for monks and nuns (the Vinaya); and injunctions such as making charitable donations (dana).” <a class=\"fw-bold\" href=\"https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/76FKAHS3\">[Stanford_et_al 2024, p. 106]</a>",
"description": null
},
{
"id": 90,
"polity": {
"id": 45,
"name": "th_rattanakosin",
"long_name": "Rattanakosin",
"start_year": 1782,
"end_year": 1873
},
"year_from": null,
"year_to": null,
"tag": "TRS",
"is_disputed": false,
"is_uncertain": false,
"name": "Moralizing_enforcement_in_this_life",
"coded_value": "present",
"comment": "“Indeed, karma is the principle on which most moralizing supernatural punishment and reward (MSP) in Buddhism is based. According to doctrine, intentional actions plant a “seed” that bears their moral valence. At some future time, whether in this life or the following one or more reincarnations, this seed bears karmic “fruit,” bringing about outcomes that are good or bad to the extent the action was good or bad. The moral valence of actions may be judged by their conformity with Buddhist ethics, which includes the five precepts (prohibitions on killing, theft, “sexual misconduct,” lying, and intoxication); a set of special rules for monks and nuns (the Vinaya); and injunctions such as making charitable donations (dana).” <a class=\"fw-bold\" href=\"https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/76FKAHS3\">[Stanford_et_al 2024, p. 106]</a>",
"description": null
},
{
"id": 91,
"polity": {
"id": 630,
"name": "sl_polonnaruva",
"long_name": "Polonnaruwa",
"start_year": 1070,
"end_year": 1255
},
"year_from": null,
"year_to": null,
"tag": "TRS",
"is_disputed": false,
"is_uncertain": false,
"name": "Moralizing_enforcement_in_this_life",
"coded_value": "present",
"comment": "“Indeed, karma is the principle on which most moralizing supernatural punishment and reward (MSP) in Buddhism is based. According to doctrine, intentional actions plant a “seed” that bears their moral valence. At some future time, whether in this life or the following one or more reincarnations, this seed bears karmic “fruit,” bringing about outcomes that are good or bad to the extent the action was good or bad. The moral valence of actions may be judged by their conformity with Buddhist ethics, which includes the five precepts (prohibitions on killing, theft, “sexual misconduct,” lying, and intoxication); a set of special rules for monks and nuns (the Vinaya); and injunctions such as making charitable donations (dana).” <a class=\"fw-bold\" href=\"https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/76FKAHS3\">[Stanford_et_al 2024, p. 106]</a>",
"description": null
},
{
"id": 92,
"polity": {
"id": 628,
"name": "sl_dambadeniya",
"long_name": "Dambadaneiya",
"start_year": 1232,
"end_year": 1293
},
"year_from": null,
"year_to": null,
"tag": "TRS",
"is_disputed": false,
"is_uncertain": false,
"name": "Moralizing_enforcement_in_this_life",
"coded_value": "present",
"comment": "“Indeed, karma is the principle on which most moralizing supernatural punishment and reward (MSP) in Buddhism is based. According to doctrine, intentional actions plant a “seed” that bears their moral valence. At some future time, whether in this life or the following one or more reincarnations, this seed bears karmic “fruit,” bringing about outcomes that are good or bad to the extent the action was good or bad. The moral valence of actions may be judged by their conformity with Buddhist ethics, which includes the five precepts (prohibitions on killing, theft, “sexual misconduct,” lying, and intoxication); a set of special rules for monks and nuns (the Vinaya); and injunctions such as making charitable donations (dana).” <a class=\"fw-bold\" href=\"https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/76FKAHS3\">[Stanford_et_al 2024, p. 106]</a>",
"description": null
},
{
"id": 93,
"polity": {
"id": 633,
"name": "sl_anuradhapura_1",
"long_name": "Anurādhapura I",
"start_year": -300,
"end_year": 70
},
"year_from": null,
"year_to": null,
"tag": "TRS",
"is_disputed": false,
"is_uncertain": false,
"name": "Moralizing_enforcement_in_this_life",
"coded_value": "present",
"comment": "“Indeed, karma is the principle on which most moralizing supernatural punishment and reward (MSP) in Buddhism is based. According to doctrine, intentional actions plant a “seed” that bears their moral valence. At some future time, whether in this life or the following one or more reincarnations, this seed bears karmic “fruit,” bringing about outcomes that are good or bad to the extent the action was good or bad. The moral valence of actions may be judged by their conformity with Buddhist ethics, which includes the five precepts (prohibitions on killing, theft, “sexual misconduct,” lying, and intoxication); a set of special rules for monks and nuns (the Vinaya); and injunctions such as making charitable donations (dana).” <a class=\"fw-bold\" href=\"https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/76FKAHS3\">[Stanford_et_al 2024, p. 106]</a>",
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},
{
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"id": 761,
"name": "th_reform_period_thailand",
"long_name": "Thailand Reform Period",
"start_year": 1887,
"end_year": 1932
},
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"year_to": null,
"tag": "TRS",
"is_disputed": false,
"is_uncertain": false,
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