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British Empire I

1690 CE 1849 CE

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EQ 2020 gb_british_emp_1

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1486 CE 1689 CE England Tudor-Stuart (gb_tudor_stuart) [continuity]

Succeeding Entity: Add one more here.

1850 CE 1968 CE British Empire II (gb_british_emp_2) [continuity]

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General Description

The British Empire consisted of the dominions, colonies, protectorates, mandates, and other territories ruled or administered by England (later as Britain after the Union Act of 1707).
The foundations of the Empire began in the early seventeenth century when England established overseas trading posts in North America, Africa, India, South Asia and the West Indies. By 1600 the East India Company had already established trading posts in India. In 1661 the first permanent British settlement was made on James Island on the Gambia River in Africa.
British American colonies were well established in New England, Virginia, and Maryland by 1670. After a series of wars with France and the Netherlands in the seventeenth century, Britain also acquired Quebec in 1759 and become the dominant colonial power in North America. Following the American War of Independence (1776-83) Britain lost its thirteen American colonies. Many loyalists from the US migrated to Canada, further growing the empire’s colonies there.
By 1757 Britain had also become the leading power in the Indian subcontinent, after the East India Company, under the colonial administrator, Robert Clive, defeated the Mughal Empire and overthrew the Nawabs.
By the 1840s Britain had acquired more settlements in Australia, and New Zealand became a British domain, while control was extended to islands in the Pacific Ocean such as Fiji, Tonga and Papua.

General Variables

Identity and Location

1 Utm Zone

1 Original Name

1 Capital

2 Alternative Name

Temporal Bounds

1 Peak Years

1 Duration

Political and Cultural Relations

1 Suprapolity Relations

1 Supracultural Entity

1 Succeeding Entity

2 Polity Succession

1 Degree of Centralization

Language

1 Linguistic Family

1 Language

Religion

1 Religious Tradition

Social Complexity Variables

Social Scale

6 Population of the Largest Settlement

3 Polity Territory

3 Polity Population

1 Largest Communication Distance

Hierarchical Complexity

1 Settlement Hierarchy

1 Religious Level

1 Military Level

1 Administrative Level

Professions

1 Professional Soldier

1 Professional Priesthood

1 Professional Military Officer

1 Source Of Support

Bureaucracy Characteristics

1 Specialized Government Building

1 Merit Promotion

1 Full Time Bureaucrat

1 Examination System

Law

1 Professional Lawyer

1 Judge

1 Formal Legal Code

1 Court

Specialized Buildings: polity owned

1 Market

1 Irrigation System

1 Food Storage Site

1 Drinking Water Supply System

1 Communal Building

1 Utilitarian Public Building

1 Symbolic Building

1 Knowledge Or Information Building

1 Entertainment Building

1 Special Purpose House

Transport Infrastructure

1 Road

1 Port

1 Canal

1 Bridge

Special-purpose Sites

1 Mines or Quarry

1 Trading Emporia

1 Special Purpose Site

1 Enclosure

1 Ceremonial Site

1 Burial Site

Information / Writing System

1 Written Record

1 Script

1 Phonetic Alphabetic Writing

1 Nonwritten Record

1 Non Phonetic Writing

Information / Kinds of Written Documents

1 Scientific Literature

1 Sacred Text

1 Religious Literature

1 Practical Literature

1 Philosophy

1 Lists Tables and Classification

1 History

1 Fiction

1 Calendar

Information / Money

1 Token

1 Precious Metal

1 Paper Currency

1 Indigenous Coin

1 Foreign Coin

1 Article

1 Store Of Wealth

1 Debt And Credit Structure

Information / Postal System

1 Postal Station

1 General Postal Service

1 Courier

1 Fastest Individual Communication

Information / Measurement System

1 Weight Measurement System

1 Volume Measurement System

1 Time Measurement System

1 Length Measurement System

1 Geometrical Measurement System

1 Area Measurement System

Warfare Variables (Military Technologies)

Fortifications

1 Stone Walls Non Mortared

1 Stone Walls Mortared

1 Modern Fortification

Military use of Metals

1 Iron

Projectiles

1 Atlatl

Handheld weapons

Animals used in warfare

Armor

Naval technology

Economy Variables (Luxury Goods) Coding in Progress.

Religion Variables Coding in Progress.

Crisis Consequence Cases

1 Crisis Consequence

Power Transitions

7 Power Transition

Instability Events

60 Instability Event

General Variables

Identity and Location British Empire I (gb_british_emp_1)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Utm Zone	30 N	1690 CE 1849 CE
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Original Name	British Empire I	1690 CE 1849 CE
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Capital	London	1690 CE 1849 CE
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Alternative Name	British Empire	1690 CE 1849 CE
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Alternative Name	First British Empire	1690 CE 1849 CE
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Temporal Bounds British Empire I (gb_british_emp_1)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)	See More
Peak Years	1815 CE
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Duration	[1690 CE ➜ 1849 CE]
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Political and Cultural Relations British Empire I (gb_british_emp_1)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Suprapolity Relations	us_kamehameha_k nominal allegiance to gb_british_emp_1	1810 CE 1819 CE
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Supracultural Entity	Anglosphere	1690 CE 1849 CE
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Succeeding Entity	British Empire II	1690 CE 1849 CE
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Preceding Entity 1486 CE 1689 CE	England Tudor-Stuart (gb_tudor_stuart) [continuity]
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Succeeding Entity 1850 CE 1968 CE	British Empire II (gb_british_emp_2) [continuity]
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Degree of Centralization	loose	1690 CE 1849 CE
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Language British Empire I (gb_british_emp_1)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Linguistic Family	Indo-European	1690 CE 1849 CE
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Language	English	1690 CE 1849 CE
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Religion British Empire I (gb_british_emp_1)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Religious Tradition	Protestant	1690 CE 1849 CE
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Social Complexity Variables

Social Scale British Empire I (gb_british_emp_1)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Population of the Largest Settlement	80,000 people	1695 CE
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Population of the Largest Settlement	575,000 people	1700 CE
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Population of the Largest Settlement	675,000 people	1750 CE
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Population of the Largest Settlement	900,000 people	1800 CE
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Population of the Largest Settlement	1,050,000 people	1811 CE
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Population of the Largest Settlement	1,873,676 people	1841 CE
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Polity Territory	[2,000,000 to 3,900,000] km²	1714 CE 1750 CE
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Polity Territory	[8,000,000 to 14,000,000] km²	1800 CE 1837 CE
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Polity Territory	[14,000,000 to 23,000,000] km²	1837 CE 1849 CE
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Polity Population	5,470,000 people	1700 CE
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Polity Population	61,157,433 people	1811 CE
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Polity Population	107,500,000 people	1814 CE
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Largest Communication Distance	20776	1690 CE 1849 CE
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Hierarchical Complexity British Empire I (gb_british_emp_1)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Settlement Hierarchy	[6 to 7]	1780 CE 1849 CE
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Religious Level	7	1690 CE 1849 CE
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Military Level	[10 to 11]	1690 CE 1849 CE
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Administrative Level	[8 to 10]	1780 CE 1849 CE
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Professions British Empire I (gb_british_emp_1)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Professional Soldier	Present	1690 CE 1849 CE
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Professional Priesthood	Present	1690 CE 1849 CE
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Professional Military Officer	Present	1690 CE 1849 CE
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Source Of Support	salary	1690 CE 1849 CE
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Bureaucracy Characteristics British Empire I (gb_british_emp_1)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Specialized Government Building	Present	1690 CE 1849 CE
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Merit Promotion	Present	1690 CE 1849 CE
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Full Time Bureaucrat	Present	1690 CE 1849 CE
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Examination System	Present	1690 CE 1849 CE
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Law British Empire I (gb_british_emp_1)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Professional Lawyer	Present	1690 CE 1849 CE
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Judge	Present	1690 CE 1849 CE
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Formal Legal Code	Present	1690 CE 1849 CE
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Court	Present	1690 CE 1849 CE
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Specialized Buildings: polity owned British Empire I (gb_british_emp_1)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Market	Present	1690 CE 1849 CE
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Irrigation System	Present	1690 CE 1849 CE
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Food Storage Site	Present	1690 CE 1849 CE
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Drinking Water Supply System	Present	1690 CE 1849 CE
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Communal Building	Present	1690 CE 1849 CE
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Utilitarian Public Building	Present	1690 CE 1849 CE
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Symbolic Building	Present	1690 CE 1849 CE
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Knowledge Or Information Building	Present	1690 CE 1849 CE
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Entertainment Building	Present	1690 CE 1849 CE
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Special Purpose House	Present Inferred	1690 CE 1849 CE
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Transport Infrastructure British Empire I (gb_british_emp_1)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Road	Present	1690 CE 1849 CE
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Port	Present	1690 CE 1849 CE
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Canal	Present	1690 CE 1849 CE
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Bridge	Present	1690 CE 1849 CE
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Special-purpose Sites British Empire I (gb_british_emp_1)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Mines or Quarry	Present	1690 CE 1849 CE
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Trading Emporia	Present	1690 CE 1849 CE
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Special Purpose Site	Present	1690 CE 1849 CE
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Enclosure	Present	1690 CE 1849 CE
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Ceremonial Site	Present	1690 CE 1849 CE
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Burial Site	Present	1690 CE 1849 CE
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Information / Writing System British Empire I (gb_british_emp_1)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Written Record	Present	1690 CE 1849 CE
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Script	Present	1690 CE 1849 CE
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Phonetic Alphabetic Writing	Present	1690 CE 1849 CE
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Nonwritten Record	Present	1690 CE 1849 CE
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Non Phonetic Writing	Transitional (Absent -> Present)	1690 CE 1849 CE
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Information / Kinds of Written Documents British Empire I (gb_british_emp_1)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Scientific Literature	Present	1690 CE 1849 CE
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Sacred Text	Present	1690 CE 1849 CE
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Religious Literature	Present	1690 CE 1849 CE
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Practical Literature	Present	1690 CE 1849 CE
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Philosophy	Present	1690 CE 1849 CE
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Lists Tables and Classification	Present	1690 CE 1849 CE
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History	Present	1690 CE 1849 CE
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Fiction	Present	1690 CE 1849 CE
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Calendar	Present	1690 CE 1849 CE
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Information / Money British Empire I (gb_british_emp_1)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Token	Absent Inferred	1690 CE 1849 CE
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Precious Metal	Present	1690 CE 1849 CE
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Paper Currency	Transitional (Absent -> Present)	1690 CE 1849 CE
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Indigenous Coin	Present	1690 CE 1849 CE
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Foreign Coin	Present	1690 CE 1849 CE
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Article	Absent Inferred	1690 CE 1849 CE
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Store Of Wealth	Present	1690 CE 1849 CE
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Debt And Credit Structure	Present	1690 CE 1849 CE
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Information / Postal System British Empire I (gb_british_emp_1)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Postal Station	Present	1690 CE 1849 CE
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General Postal Service	Present	1690 CE 1849 CE
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Courier	Present	1690 CE 1849 CE
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Fastest Individual Communication	113	1690 CE 1849 CE
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Information / Measurement System British Empire I (gb_british_emp_1)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Weight Measurement System	Present	1690 CE 1849 CE
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Volume Measurement System	Present	1690 CE 1849 CE
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Time Measurement System	Present	1690 CE 1849 CE
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Length Measurement System	Present	1690 CE 1849 CE
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Geometrical Measurement System	Present	1690 CE 1849 CE
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Area Measurement System	Present	1690 CE 1849 CE
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Warfare Variables (Military Technologies)

Fortifications British Empire I (gb_british_emp_1)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Stone Walls Non Mortared	Unknown Suspected	1690 CE 1849 CE
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Stone Walls Mortared	Present	1690 CE 1849 CE
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Modern Fortification	Present	1690 CE 1849 CE
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Military use of Metals British Empire I (gb_british_emp_1)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Iron	Present	1690 CE 1849 CE
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Projectiles British Empire I (gb_british_emp_1)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Atlatl	Absent	1690 CE 1849 CE
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Handheld weapons British Empire I (gb_british_emp_1)

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Animals used in warfare British Empire I (gb_british_emp_1)

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Armor British Empire I (gb_british_emp_1)

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Naval technology British Empire I (gb_british_emp_1)

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Economy Variables (Luxury Goods)

Religion Variables

Moralizing Supernatural Punishment and Reward British Empire I (gb_british_emp_1)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Moralizing Enforcement is Broad	Present	1690 CE 1849 CE
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Moralizing Supernatural Concern is Primary	Present	1690 CE 1849 CE
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Moralizing Enforcement is Agentic	Present	1690 CE 1849 CE
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Moralizing Enforcement in This Life	Present	1690 CE 1849 CE
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Moralizing Supernatural Punishment And Reward	Present	1690 CE 1849 CE
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Moralizing Religion Adopted by Commoners	Present	1690 CE 1849 CE
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Moralizing Enforcement is Targeted	Present	1690 CE 1849 CE
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Moralizing Enforcement in Afterlife	Present	1690 CE 1849 CE
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Moralizing Religion Adopted by Elites	Present	1690 CE 1849 CE
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Moralizing Enforcement of Rulers	Present	1690 CE 1849 CE
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Moralizing Enforcement is Certain	Present	1690 CE 1849 CE
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Human Sacrifice British Empire I (gb_british_emp_1)

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