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Warring States Japan

1467 CE 1568 CE
D G SC WF RG EQ 2020  jp_sengoku_jidai / JpSengk
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1336 CE 1467 CE Ashikaga Shogunate (jp_ashikaga)    [continuity]

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  General Description   During the Sengoku Period Japan was fought over by armies of samurau their nobles called the daimyo (’the great names’). The shogun became a prize to control and the capital at Kyoto was devastated by war. The period is also known as the Onin War and the Age of the Warring States (which translated into Japanese becomes the Sengoku jidai or Sengoku Period). [1]
There was no central government. The daimyo, supported by their close kinsmen and vassals, often had an inner council to decide on matters of administration and military policy. Military administrators known as bugyo are known to have been employed in a non-fighting capacity.
The dominant territory (kokka) was not defined by the borders of the traditional kuni (province) and was split into fiefs which the daiymo either directly maintained or controlled through a vassal. At times the daimyo made alliances with each other in the quest for more power. [2]
Despite the turmoil the population during this period probably increased by five million over 100 years to about 20 million in 1568 CE.

[1]: (Turnbull 2002) S Turnbull. 2002. War in Japan: 1467-1615. Osprey Publishing.

[2]: (Turnbull 2008) S Turnbull. 2008. Samurai Armies 1467-1649. Osprey Publishing.

General Variables
Identity and Location
Temporal Bounds
Political and Cultural Relations
Language
Religion
Social Complexity Variables
Social Scale
Hierarchical Complexity
Professions
Bureaucracy Characteristics
Law
Specialized Buildings: polity owned
Transport Infrastructure
Special-purpose Sites
Information / Writing System
Information / Kinds of Written Documents
Information / Money
Information / Postal System
Information / Measurement System
Warfare Variables (Military Technologies)
Fortifications
Military use of Metals
Projectiles
Handheld weapons
Animals used in warfare
Armor
Naval technology
Economy Variables (Luxury Goods) Coding in Progress.
Religion Variables Coding in Progress.
Crisis Consequences Coding in Progress.
Power Transitions Coding in Progress.

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Year Range Warring States Japan (jp_sengoku_jidai) was in:
 (1467 CE 1567 CE)   Kansai
Home NGA: Kansai
General Variables
Identity and Location Warring States Japan (jp_sengoku_jidai)
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Utm Zone 53 S Confident 1467 CE  1568 CE
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Original Name Japan - Sengoku Jidai Confident 1467 CE  1568 CE
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Capital Kyoto Confident 1467 CE  1568 CE
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Alternative Name Sengoku Period Confident 1467 CE  1568 CE
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Alternative Name Warring States Period Confident 1467 CE  1568 CE
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Alternative Name Sengoku Jidai Confident 1467 CE  1568 CE
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Temporal Bounds Warring States Japan (jp_sengoku_jidai)
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Peak Years 1568 CE Confident
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Duration [1467 CE ➜ 1568 CE] Confident
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Political and Cultural Relations Warring States Japan (jp_sengoku_jidai)
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Supracultural Entity Japanese Confident 1467 CE  1568 CE
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Succeeding Entity Japan - Azuchi-Momoyama Confident 1467 CE  1568 CE
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Relationship to Preceding Entity continuation Confident 1467 CE  1568 CE
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Preceding Entity
1336 CE 1467 CE
Ashikaga Shogunate (jp_ashikaga)   [continuity]  Confident
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Degree of Centralization quasi-polity Confident 1467 CE  1568 CE
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Language Warring States Japan (jp_sengoku_jidai)
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Linguistic Family Japonic Confident 1467 CE  1568 CE
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Language Middle Japanese Confident 1467 CE  1568 CE
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Religion Warring States Japan (jp_sengoku_jidai)
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Social Complexity Variables
Social Scale Warring States Japan (jp_sengoku_jidai)
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Population of the Largest Settlement 40,000 people Confident 1500 CE
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Population of the Largest Settlement 100,000 people Confident 1550 CE
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Polity Territory 300,000 km2 Confident 1467 CE  1568 CE
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Polity Population 15,000,000 people Confident 1467 CE
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Polity Population 17,000,000 people Confident 1500 CE
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Polity Population 20,000,000 people Confident 1568 CE
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Hierarchical Complexity Warring States Japan (jp_sengoku_jidai)
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Settlement Hierarchy [4 to 6] Confident 1467 CE  1568 CE
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Religious Level 2 Confident 1467 CE  1568 CE
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Military Level 6 Confident 1467 CE  1568 CE
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Administrative Level [4 to 5] Confident 1467 CE  1568 CE
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Professions Warring States Japan (jp_sengoku_jidai)
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Professional Soldier Absent Confident 1467 CE  1568 CE
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Professional Priesthood Present Confident 1467 CE  1568 CE
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Professional Military Officer Absent Confident 1467 CE  1568 CE
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Bureaucracy Characteristics Warring States Japan (jp_sengoku_jidai)
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Specialized Government Building Present Confident 1467 CE  1568 CE
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Merit Promotion Absent Confident 1467 CE  1568 CE
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Full Time Bureaucrat Present Confident 1467 CE  1568 CE
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Examination System Absent Confident 1467 CE  1568 CE
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Law Warring States Japan (jp_sengoku_jidai)
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Professional Lawyer Absent Confident 1467 CE  1568 CE
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Judge Unknown Suspected 1467 CE  1568 CE
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Present Confident 1467 CE  1568 CE
Court Unknown Suspected 1467 CE  1568 CE
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Specialized Buildings: polity owned Warring States Japan (jp_sengoku_jidai)
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Market Unknown Suspected 1467 CE  1568 CE
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Irrigation System Unknown Suspected 1467 CE  1568 CE
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Food Storage Site Present Confident 1467 CE  1568 CE
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Drinking Water Supply System Unknown Suspected 1467 CE  1568 CE
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Entertainment Building Uncoded Undecided 1467 CE  1568 CE
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Transport Infrastructure Warring States Japan (jp_sengoku_jidai)
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Canal Unknown Suspected 1467 CE  1568 CE
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Bridge Unknown Suspected 1467 CE  1568 CE
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Special-purpose Sites Warring States Japan (jp_sengoku_jidai)
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Information / Writing System Warring States Japan (jp_sengoku_jidai)
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Written Record Present Confident 1467 CE  1568 CE
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Script Present Confident 1467 CE  1568 CE
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Phonetic Alphabetic Writing Present Confident 1467 CE  1568 CE
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Nonwritten Record Unknown Suspected 1467 CE  1568 CE
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Non Phonetic Writing Present Confident 1467 CE  1568 CE
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Mnemonic Device Unknown Suspected 1467 CE  1568 CE
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Information / Kinds of Written Documents Warring States Japan (jp_sengoku_jidai)
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Scientific Literature Unknown Suspected 1467 CE  1568 CE
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Sacred Text Unknown Suspected 1467 CE  1568 CE
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Religious Literature Present Confident 1467 CE  1568 CE
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Practical Literature Unknown Suspected 1467 CE  1568 CE
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Philosophy Unknown Suspected 1467 CE  1568 CE
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Lists Tables and Classification Present Confident 1467 CE  1568 CE
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History Unknown Suspected 1467 CE  1568 CE
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Fiction Unknown Suspected 1467 CE  1568 CE
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Calendar Present Confident 1467 CE  1568 CE
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Information / Money Warring States Japan (jp_sengoku_jidai)
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Token Uncoded Undecided 1467 CE  1568 CE
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Indigenous Coin Present Confident 1467 CE  1568 CE
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Foreign Coin Uncoded Undecided 1467 CE  1568 CE
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Article Present Confident 1467 CE  1568 CE
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Information / Postal System Warring States Japan (jp_sengoku_jidai)
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Postal Station Uncoded Undecided 1467 CE  1568 CE
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Courier Present Confident 1467 CE  1568 CE
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Information / Measurement System Warring States Japan (jp_sengoku_jidai)
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Warfare Variables (Military Technologies)
Fortifications Warring States Japan (jp_sengoku_jidai)
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Wooden Palisade Present Confident 1467 CE  1568 CE
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Stone Walls Non Mortared Present Confident 1467 CE  1568 CE
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Stone Walls Mortared Absent Confident 1467 CE  1568 CE
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Settlements in a Defensive Position Present Confident 1467 CE  1568 CE
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Modern Fortification Absent Confident 1467 CE  1568 CE
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Moat Present Confident 1467 CE  1568 CE
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Fortified Camp Absent Confident 1467 CE  1568 CE
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Earth Rampart Present Confident 1467 CE  1568 CE
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Ditch Present Confident 1467 CE  1568 CE
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Complex Fortification Present Confident 1467 CE  1568 CE
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Long Wall unknown Suspected 1467 CE  1568 CE
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Military use of Metals Warring States Japan (jp_sengoku_jidai)
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Steel Present Confident 1467 CE  1568 CE
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Iron Present Confident 1467 CE  1568 CE
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Copper Present Inferred 1467 CE  1568 CE
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Bronze Present Confident 1467 CE  1568 CE
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Projectiles Warring States Japan (jp_sengoku_jidai)
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Tension Siege Engine Present Confident 1467 CE  1568 CE
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Sling Siege Engine Absent Confident 1467 CE  1568 CE
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Sling Absent Confident 1467 CE  1568 CE
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Self Bow Unknown Suspected 1467 CE  1568 CE
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Javelin Unknown Suspected 1467 CE  1568 CE
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Handheld Firearm Absent Inferred 1467 CE 1542 CE
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Handheld Firearm Present Confident 1543 CE 1568 CE
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Gunpowder Siege Artillery Present Confident 1467 CE  1568 CE
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Crossbow Unknown Suspected 1467 CE  1568 CE
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Composite Bow Present Confident 1467 CE  1568 CE
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Atlatl Absent Inferred 1467 CE  1568 CE
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Handheld weapons Warring States Japan (jp_sengoku_jidai)
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War Club Present Inferred 1467 CE  1568 CE
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Sword Present Confident 1467 CE  1568 CE
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Spear Present Confident 1467 CE  1568 CE
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Polearm Present Confident 1467 CE 1499 CE
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Polearm Absent Confident 1500 CE 1568 CE
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Dagger Present Confident 1467 CE  1568 CE
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Battle Axe Present Inferred 1467 CE  1568 CE
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Animals used in warfare Warring States Japan (jp_sengoku_jidai)
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Horse Present Confident 1467 CE  1568 CE
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Elephant Absent Confident 1467 CE  1568 CE
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Donkey Unknown Suspected 1467 CE  1568 CE
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Dog Unknown Suspected 1467 CE  1568 CE
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Camel Absent Confident 1467 CE  1568 CE
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Armor Warring States Japan (jp_sengoku_jidai)
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Wood Bark Etc Unknown Suspected 1467 CE  1568 CE
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Scaled Armor Present Confident 1467 CE  1568 CE
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Plate Armor Present Confident 1467 CE  1568 CE
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Limb Protection Present Confident 1467 CE  1568 CE
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Leather Cloth Present Confident 1467 CE  1568 CE
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Laminar Armor Present Confident 1467 CE  1568 CE
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Helmet Present Confident 1467 CE  1568 CE
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Chainmail Present Confident 1467 CE  1568 CE
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Breastplate Present Confident 1467 CE  1568 CE
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Naval technology Warring States Japan (jp_sengoku_jidai)
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Specialized Military Vessel Present Confident 1467 CE  1568 CE
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Small Vessels Canoes Etc Present Confident 1467 CE  1568 CE
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Merchant Ships Pressed Into Service Unknown Suspected 1467 CE  1568 CE
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Economy Variables (Luxury Goods)
Religion Variables
Moralizing Supernatural Punishment and Reward Warring States Japan (jp_sengoku_jidai)
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Moralizing Enforcement is Broad Present Confident 1467 CE  1568 CE
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Moralizing Supernatural Concern is Primary Present Confident 1467 CE  1568 CE
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Moralizing Enforcement is Agentic Present Confident 1467 CE  1568 CE
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Moralizing Enforcement in This Life Present Confident 1467 CE  1568 CE
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Moralizing Supernatural Punishment And Reward Present Confident 1467 CE  1568 CE
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Moralizing Religion Adopted by Commoners Present Confident 1467 CE  1568 CE
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Moralizing Enforcement is Targeted Present Confident 1467 CE  1568 CE
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Moralizing Enforcement in Afterlife Absent Confident 1467 CE  1568 CE
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Moralizing Religion Adopted by Elites Present Confident 1467 CE  1568 CE
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Moralizing Enforcement of Rulers Present Confident 1467 CE  1568 CE
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Moralizing Enforcement is Certain Present Confident 1467 CE  1568 CE
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Human Sacrifice Warring States Japan (jp_sengoku_jidai)
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