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Portuguese Empire - Renaissance Period

1495 CE 1579 CE

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OTHER pt_portuguese_emp_1

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General Variables

Identity and Location

Temporal Bounds

Political and Cultural Relations

Language

Religion

Social Complexity Variables

Social Scale

1 Population of the Largest Settlement

1 Polity Population

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

Bureaucracy Characteristics

1 Specialized Government Building

2 Full Time Bureaucrat

Law

1 Formal Legal Code

1 Court

Specialized Buildings: polity owned

1 Market

1 Food Storage Site

1 Drinking Water Supply System

1 Utilitarian Public Building

Transport Infrastructure

1 Road

1 Port

Special-purpose Sites

Information / Writing System

1 Written Record

1 Script

1 Phonetic Alphabetic Writing

1 Non Phonetic Writing

Information / Kinds of Written Documents

1 Scientific Literature

1 Sacred Text

1 Religious Literature

1 Practical Literature

1 History

1 Fiction

Information / Money

1 Paper Currency

1 Indigenous Coin

Information / Postal System

2 Postal Station

2 General Postal Service

1 Courier

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

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 Consequence Cases Coding in Progress.

Power Transitions

4 Power Transition

Instability Events

12 Instability Event

General Variables

Identity and Location Portuguese Empire - Renaissance Period (pt_portuguese_emp_1)

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Temporal Bounds Portuguese Empire - Renaissance Period (pt_portuguese_emp_1)

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Political and Cultural Relations Portuguese Empire - Renaissance Period (pt_portuguese_emp_1)

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Language Portuguese Empire - Renaissance Period (pt_portuguese_emp_1)

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Religion Portuguese Empire - Renaissance Period (pt_portuguese_emp_1)

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Social Complexity Variables

Social Scale Portuguese Empire - Renaissance Period (pt_portuguese_emp_1)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Population of the Largest Settlement	[60,000 to 100,000] people	1495 CE 1579 CE
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Polity Population	- Undecided	1495 CE 1579 CE
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Hierarchical Complexity Portuguese Empire - Renaissance Period (pt_portuguese_emp_1)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Settlement Hierarchy	- Undecided	1495 CE 1579 CE
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Religious Level	4	1495 CE 1579 CE
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Military Level	- Undecided	1495 CE 1579 CE
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Administrative Level	7	1495 CE 1579 CE
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Professions Portuguese Empire - Renaissance Period (pt_portuguese_emp_1)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Professional Soldier	Absent	1495 CE 1579 CE
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Professional Priesthood	Present	1495 CE 1579 CE
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Professional Military Officer	Absent	1495 CE 1579 CE
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Bureaucracy Characteristics Portuguese Empire - Renaissance Period (pt_portuguese_emp_1)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Specialized Government Building	Present	1495 CE 1579 CE
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Full Time Bureaucrat	Present Inferred	1495 CE 1501 CE
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Full Time Bureaucrat	Present	1502 CE 1579 CE
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Law Portuguese Empire - Renaissance Period (pt_portuguese_emp_1)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Formal Legal Code	Present	1495 CE 1579 CE
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Court	Present	1495 CE 1579 CE
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Specialized Buildings: polity owned Portuguese Empire - Renaissance Period (pt_portuguese_emp_1)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Market	Present	1495 CE 1579 CE
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Food Storage Site	Present	1495 CE 1579 CE
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Drinking Water Supply System	Absent Inferred	1495 CE 1579 CE
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Utilitarian Public Building	Present	1495 CE 1579 CE
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Transport Infrastructure Portuguese Empire - Renaissance Period (pt_portuguese_emp_1)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Road	Present	1495 CE 1579 CE
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Port	Present	1495 CE 1579 CE
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Special-purpose Sites Portuguese Empire - Renaissance Period (pt_portuguese_emp_1)

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Information / Writing System Portuguese Empire - Renaissance Period (pt_portuguese_emp_1)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Written Record	Present	1495 CE 1579 CE
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Script	Present	1495 CE 1579 CE
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Phonetic Alphabetic Writing	Present	1495 CE 1579 CE
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Non Phonetic Writing	Absent	1495 CE 1579 CE
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Information / Kinds of Written Documents Portuguese Empire - Renaissance Period (pt_portuguese_emp_1)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Scientific Literature	Present	1495 CE 1579 CE
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Sacred Text	Present	1495 CE 1579 CE
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Religious Literature	Present	1495 CE 1579 CE
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Practical Literature	Present	1495 CE 1579 CE
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History	Present	1495 CE 1579 CE
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Fiction	Present	1495 CE 1579 CE
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Information / Money Portuguese Empire - Renaissance Period (pt_portuguese_emp_1)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Paper Currency	Absent	1495 CE 1579 CE
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Indigenous Coin	Present	1495 CE 1579 CE
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Information / Postal System Portuguese Empire - Renaissance Period (pt_portuguese_emp_1)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Postal Station	Absent	1495 CE 1519 CE
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Postal Station	Present	1520 CE 1579 CE
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General Postal Service	Absent	1495 CE 1519 CE
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General Postal Service	Present	1520 CE 1579 CE
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Courier	Present	1495 CE 1579 CE
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Information / Measurement System Portuguese Empire - Renaissance Period (pt_portuguese_emp_1)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Weight Measurement System	Present	1495 CE 1579 CE
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Volume Measurement System	Present	1495 CE 1579 CE
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Time Measurement System	Present	1495 CE 1579 CE
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Length Measurement System	Present	1495 CE 1579 CE
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Geometrical Measurement System	Present	1495 CE 1579 CE
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Area Measurement System	Present	1495 CE 1579 CE
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Warfare Variables (Military Technologies)

Fortifications Portuguese Empire - Renaissance Period (pt_portuguese_emp_1)

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Military use of Metals Portuguese Empire - Renaissance Period (pt_portuguese_emp_1)

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Projectiles Portuguese Empire - Renaissance Period (pt_portuguese_emp_1)

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Handheld weapons Portuguese Empire - Renaissance Period (pt_portuguese_emp_1)

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Animals used in warfare Portuguese Empire - Renaissance Period (pt_portuguese_emp_1)

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Armor Portuguese Empire - Renaissance Period (pt_portuguese_emp_1)

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Naval technology Portuguese Empire - Renaissance Period (pt_portuguese_emp_1)

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Economy Variables (Luxury Goods)

Religion Variables

Moralizing Supernatural Punishment and Reward Portuguese Empire - Renaissance Period (pt_portuguese_emp_1)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Moralizing Enforcement is Broad	Present	1495 CE 1579 CE
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Moralizing Supernatural Concern is Primary	Present	1495 CE 1579 CE
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Moralizing Enforcement is Agentic	Present	1495 CE 1579 CE
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Moralizing Enforcement in This Life	Present	1495 CE 1579 CE
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Moralizing Supernatural Punishment And Reward	Present	1495 CE 1579 CE
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Moralizing Religion Adopted by Commoners	Present	1495 CE 1579 CE
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Moralizing Enforcement is Targeted	Present	1495 CE 1579 CE
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Moralizing Enforcement in Afterlife	Present	1495 CE 1579 CE
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Moralizing Religion Adopted by Elites	Present	1495 CE 1579 CE
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Moralizing Enforcement of Rulers	Present	1495 CE 1579 CE
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Moralizing Enforcement is Certain	Present	1495 CE 1579 CE
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Human Sacrifice Portuguese Empire - Renaissance Period (pt_portuguese_emp_1)

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