| 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_genus | The religion genus of a polity. |
| # | Polity | Year(s) | Religion Genus | Confidence | Disputed? | Expert? | Edit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 |
Greco-Bactrian Kingdom |
* Year Range of Greco-Bactrian Kingdom is assumed. [-256, -125] |
Graeco-Bactrian Religions |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 3 |
Hephthalites |
* Year Range of Hephthalites is assumed. [408, 561] |
Hephthalite Religions |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 4 |
Kidarite Kingdom |
* Year Range of Kidarite Kingdom is assumed. [388, 477] |
Zoroastrianism |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 5 |
Kidarite Kingdom |
* Year Range of Kidarite Kingdom is assumed. [388, 477] |
Buddhism |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 6 |
Kidarite Kingdom |
* Year Range of Kidarite Kingdom is assumed. [388, 477] |
Hinduism |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 7 |
Kushan Empire |
* Year Range of Kushan Empire is assumed. [35, 319] |
Graeco-Bactrian Religions |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 8 |
Kushan Empire |
* Year Range of Kushan Empire is assumed. [35, 319] |
Ancient Iranian Religions |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 11 |
Kushan Empire |
* Year Range of Kushan Empire is assumed. [35, 319] |
Zoroastrianism |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 12 |
Western Jin |
* Year Range of Western Jin is assumed. [265, 317] |
Chinese State Religion |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 14 |
Jin Dynasty |
* Year Range of Jin Dynasty is assumed. [1115, 1234] |
Chinese State Religion |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 15 |
Northern Song |
* Year Range of Northern Song is assumed. [960, 1127] |
Chinese State Religion |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 16 |
Northern Wei |
* Year Range of Northern Wei is assumed. [386, 534] |
Chinese State Religion |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 17 |
Late Shang |
* Year Range of Late Shang is assumed. [-1250, -1045] |
Chinese State Religion |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 18 |
Sui Dynasty |
* Year Range of Sui Dynasty is assumed. [581, 618] |
Chinese State Religion |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 19 |
Tang Dynasty I |
* Year Range of Tang Dynasty I is assumed. [617, 763] |
Chinese State Religion |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 20 |
Western Zhou |
* Year Range of Western Zhou is assumed. [-1122, -771] |
Chinese State Religion |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 21 |
Great Yuan |
* Year Range of Great Yuan is assumed. [1271, 1368] |
Mongolian Shamanism |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 22 |
Ayyubid Sultanate |
* Year Range of Ayyubid Sultanate is assumed. [1171, 1250] |
Islam |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 23 |
Egypt - Inter-Occupation Period |
* Year Range of Egypt - Inter-Occupation Period is assumed. [-404, -342] |
Egyptian Religions |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 24 |
Egypt - Mamluk Sultanate I |
* Year Range of Egypt - Mamluk Sultanate I is assumed. [1260, 1348] |
Islam |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 25 |
Egypt - Mamluk Sultanate III |
* Year Range of Egypt - Mamluk Sultanate III is assumed. [1412, 1517] |
Islam |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 26 |
Egypt - Mamluk Sultanate II |
* Year Range of Egypt - Mamluk Sultanate II is assumed. [1348, 1412] |
Islam |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 27 |
Egypt - New Kingdom Ramesside Period |
* Year Range of Egypt - New Kingdom Ramesside Period is assumed. [-1293, -1070] |
Egyptian Religions |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 28 |
Egypt - New Kingdom Thutmosid Period |
* Year Range of Egypt - New Kingdom Thutmosid Period is assumed. [-1550, -1293] |
Egyptian Religions |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 29 |
Ptolemaic Kingdom I |
* Year Range of Ptolemaic Kingdom I is assumed. [-305, -217] |
Hellenistic Religions |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 31 |
Ptolemaic Kingdom II |
* Year Range of Ptolemaic Kingdom II is assumed. [-217, -30] |
Hellenistic Religions |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 32 |
Egypt - Saite Period |
* Year Range of Egypt - Saite Period is assumed. [-664, -525] |
Egyptian Religions |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 33 |
Egypt - Thebes-Libyan Period |
* Year Range of Egypt - Thebes-Libyan Period is assumed. [-1069, -747] |
Egyptian Religions |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 34 |
Egypt - Tulunid-Ikhshidid Period |
* Year Range of Egypt - Tulunid-Ikhshidid Period is assumed. [868, 969] |
Islam |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 35 |
Carolingian Empire I |
* Year Range of Carolingian Empire I is assumed. [752, 840] |
Christianity |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 36 |
Carolingian Empire II |
* Year Range of Carolingian Empire II is assumed. [840, 987] |
Christianity |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 37 |
Early Merovingian |
* Year Range of Early Merovingian is assumed. [481, 543] |
Christianity |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 38 |
Middle Merovingian |
* Year Range of Middle Merovingian is assumed. [543, 687] |
Christianity |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 39 |
French Kingdom - Early Valois |
* Year Range of French Kingdom - Early Valois is assumed. [1328, 1450] |
Christianity |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 40 |
Kalingga Kingdom |
* Year Range of Kalingga Kingdom is assumed. [500, 732] |
Ancient Javanese Religions |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 41 |
Chalukyas of Badami |
* Year Range of Chalukyas of Badami is assumed. [543, 753] |
Hinduism |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 42 |
Chalukyas of Kalyani |
* Year Range of Chalukyas of Kalyani is assumed. [973, 1191] |
Hinduism |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 46 |
Maurya Empire |
* Year Range of Maurya Empire is assumed. [-324, -187] |
Jain Traditions |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 48 |
Rashtrakuta Empire |
* Year Range of Rashtrakuta Empire is assumed. [753, 973] |
Hinduism |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 49 |
Satavahana Empire |
* Year Range of Satavahana Empire is assumed. [-100, 203] |
Hinduism |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 51 |
Vakataka Kingdom |
* Year Range of Vakataka Kingdom is assumed. [255, 550] |
Hinduism |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 52 |
Vijayanagara Empire |
* Year Range of Vijayanagara Empire is assumed. [1336, 1646] |
Hinduism |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 53 |
Abbasid Caliphate I |
* Year Range of Abbasid Caliphate I is assumed. [750, 946] |
Islam |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 54 |
Abbasid Caliphate II |
* Year Range of Abbasid Caliphate II is assumed. [1191, 1258] |
Islam |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 55 |
Neo-Assyrian Empire |
* Year Range of Neo-Assyrian Empire is assumed. [-911, -612] |
Mesopotamian Religions |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 56 |
Achaemenid Empire |
* Year Range of Achaemenid Empire is assumed. [-550, -331] |
Zoroastrianism |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 60 |
Parthian Empire II |
* Year Range of Parthian Empire II is assumed. [41, 226] |
Zoroastrianism |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 62 |
Sasanid Empire II |
* Year Range of Sasanid Empire II is assumed. [488, 642] |
Zoroastrianism |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 64 |
Seljuk Sultanate |
* Year Range of Seljuk Sultanate is assumed. [1037, 1157] |
Islam |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 65 |
Ostrogothic Kingdom |
* Year Range of Ostrogothic Kingdom is assumed. [489, 554] |
Christianity |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 66 |
Rome - Republic of St Peter II |
* Year Range of Rome - Republic of St Peter II is assumed. [904, 1198] |
Christianity |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 67 |
Papal States - High Medieval Period |
* Year Range of Papal States - High Medieval Period is assumed. [1198, 1309] |
Christianity |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 68 |
Papal States - Medieval Period I |
* Year Range of Papal States - Medieval Period I is assumed. [1527, 1648] |
Christianity |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 69 |
Papal States - Medieval Period II |
* Year Range of Papal States - Medieval Period II is assumed. [1648, 1809] |
Christianity |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 70 |
Papal States - Renaissance Period |
* Year Range of Papal States - Renaissance Period is assumed. [1378, 1527] |
Christianity |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 71 |
Early Roman Republic |
* Year Range of Early Roman Republic is assumed. [-509, -264] |
Roman State Religions |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 72 |
Late Roman Republic |
* Year Range of Late Roman Republic is assumed. [-133, -31] |
Roman State Religions |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 73 |
Middle Roman Republic |
* Year Range of Middle Roman Republic is assumed. [-264, -133] |
Roman State Religions |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 74 |
Roman Empire - Principate |
* Year Range of Roman Empire - Principate is assumed. [-31, 284] |
Roman State Religions |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 75 |
Western Roman Empire - Late Antiquity |
* Year Range of Western Roman Empire - Late Antiquity is assumed. [395, 476] |
Christianity |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 76 |
Republic of St Peter I |
* Year Range of Republic of St Peter I is assumed. [711, 904] |
Christianity |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 77 |
Ashikaga Shogunate |
* Year Range of Ashikaga Shogunate is assumed. [1336, 1467] |
Shinto |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 78 |
Kamakura Shogunate |
* Year Range of Kamakura Shogunate is assumed. [1185, 1333] |
Shinto |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 81 |
Western Turk Khaganate |
* Year Range of Western Turk Khaganate is assumed. [582, 630] |
Buddhism |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 82 |
Classical Angkor |
* Year Range of Classical Angkor is assumed. [1100, 1220] |
Hinduism |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 90 |
Songhai Empire - Askiya Dynasty |
* Year Range of Songhai Empire - Askiya Dynasty is assumed. [1493, 1591] |
Islam |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 91 |
Eastern Turk Khaganate |
* Year Range of Eastern Turk Khaganate is assumed. [583, 630] |
Buddhism |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 92 |
Mongol Empire |
* Year Range of Mongol Empire is assumed. [1206, 1368] |
Mongolian Shamanism |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 93 |
Rouran Khaganate |
* Year Range of Rouran Khaganate is assumed. [300, 555] |
Buddhism |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 94 |
Uigur Khaganate |
* Year Range of Uigur Khaganate is assumed. [745, 840] |
Manichaeism |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 95 |
Late Xiongnu |
* Year Range of Late Xiongnu is assumed. [-60, 100] |
Xiongnu Religions |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 96 |
Xiongnu Imperial Confederation |
* Year Range of Xiongnu Imperial Confederation is assumed. [-209, -60] |
Xiongnu Religions |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 97 |
Indo-Greek Kingdom |
* Year Range of Indo-Greek Kingdom is assumed. [-180, -10] |
Graeco-Bactrian Religions |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 98 |
Sind - Abbasid-Fatimid Period |
* Year Range of Sind - Abbasid-Fatimid Period is assumed. [854, 1193] |
Islam |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 99 |
Sind - Samma Dynasty |
* Year Range of Sind - Samma Dynasty is assumed. [1335, 1521] |
Islam |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 100 |
Egypt - Kushite Period |
* Year Range of Egypt - Kushite Period is assumed. [-747, -656] |
Egyptian Religions |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 101 |
Umayyad Caliphate |
* Year Range of Umayyad Caliphate is assumed. [661, 750] |
Islam |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 102 |
Fatimid Caliphate |
* Year Range of Fatimid Caliphate is assumed. [909, 1171] |
Islam |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 103 |
Konya Plain - Late Bronze Age II |
* Year Range of Konya Plain - Late Bronze Age II is assumed. [-1500, -1400] |
Hittite Religions |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 104 |
Byzantine Empire I |
* Year Range of Byzantine Empire I is assumed. [632, 866] |
Christianity |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 105 |
Byzantine Empire II |
* Year Range of Byzantine Empire II is assumed. [867, 1072] |
Christianity |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 106 |
Byzantine Empire III |
* Year Range of Byzantine Empire III is assumed. [1073, 1204] |
Christianity |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 107 |
East Roman Empire |
* Year Range of East Roman Empire is assumed. [395, 631] |
Christianity |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 108 |
Hatti - New Kingdom |
* Year Range of Hatti - New Kingdom is assumed. [-1400, -1180] |
Hittite Religions |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 109 |
Hatti - Old Kingdom |
* Year Range of Hatti - Old Kingdom is assumed. [-1650, -1500] |
Hittite Religions |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 110 |
Kingdom of Lydia |
* Year Range of Kingdom of Lydia is assumed. [-670, -546] |
Lydian Religions |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 111 |
Lysimachus Kingdom |
* Year Range of Lysimachus Kingdom is assumed. [-323, -281] |
Hellenistic Religions |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 112 |
Neo-Hittite Kingdoms |
* Year Range of Neo-Hittite Kingdoms is assumed. [-1180, -900] |
Hittite Religions |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 113 |
Ottoman Emirate |
* Year Range of Ottoman Emirate is assumed. [1299, 1402] |
Islam |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 114 |
Ottoman Empire I |
* Year Range of Ottoman Empire I is assumed. [1402, 1517] |
Islam |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 115 |
Ottoman Empire II |
* Year Range of Ottoman Empire II is assumed. [1517, 1683] |
Islam |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 116 |
Ottoman Empire III |
* Year Range of Ottoman Empire III is assumed. [1683, 1839] |
Islam |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 117 |
Phrygian Kingdom |
* Year Range of Phrygian Kingdom is assumed. [-900, -695] |
Phrygian Religions |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 118 |
Roman Empire - Dominate |
* Year Range of Roman Empire - Dominate is assumed. [285, 394] |
Roman State Religions |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 120 |
Chagatai Khanate |
* Year Range of Chagatai Khanate is assumed. [1263, 1402] |
Mongolian Shamanism |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 122 |
Yemen - Era of Warlords |
* Year Range of Yemen - Era of Warlords is assumed. [1038, 1174] |
Ismaili |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 123 |
Russian Empire, Romanov Dynasty II |
* Year Range of Russian Empire, Romanov Dynasty II is assumed. [1776, 1917] |
Christianity |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 124 |
Russian Empire, Romanov Dynasty I |
* Year Range of Russian Empire, Romanov Dynasty I is assumed. [1614, 1775] |
Christianity |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 125 |
Holy Roman Empire - Ottonian-Salian Dynasty |
* Year Range of Holy Roman Empire - Ottonian-Salian Dynasty is assumed. [919, 1125] |
Christianity |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 126 |
Kingdom of Bohemia - Přemyslid Dynasty |
* Year Range of Kingdom of Bohemia - Přemyslid Dynasty is assumed. [1198, 1309] |
Christianity |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 127 |
Holy Roman Empire - Hohenstaufen and Welf Dynasties |
* Year Range of Holy Roman Empire - Hohenstaufen and Welf Dynasties is assumed. [1126, 1254] |
Christianity |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 128 |
Electorate of Brandenburg |
* Year Range of Electorate of Brandenburg is assumed. [1415, 1618] |
Christianity |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 129 |
State of the Teutonic Order |
* Year Range of State of the Teutonic Order is assumed. [1300, 1400] |
Christianity |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 130 |
Electorate of Bavaria |
* Year Range of Electorate of Bavaria is assumed. [1623, 1806] |
Christianity |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 131 |
Germany - Hohenzollern Dynasty |
* Year Range of Germany - Hohenzollern Dynasty is assumed. [1871, 1918] |
Christianity |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 132 |
Holy Roman Empire - Hohenstaufen Faction |
* Year Range of Holy Roman Empire - Hohenstaufen Faction is assumed. [1198, 1215] |
Christianity |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 134 |
Holy Roman Empire - Fragmented Period |
* Year Range of Holy Roman Empire - Fragmented Period is assumed. [1255, 1453] |
Christianity |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 135 |
Polish Kingdom - Piast Dynasty |
* Year Range of Polish Kingdom - Piast Dynasty is assumed. [963, 1138] |
Christianity |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 136 |
Polish Kingdom - Piast Dynasty Fragmented Period |
* Year Range of Polish Kingdom - Piast Dynasty Fragmented Period is assumed. [1139, 1370] |
Christianity |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 137 |
Ghur Principality |
* Year Range of Ghur Principality is assumed. [1025, 1215] |
Islam |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 138 |
Hungary Kingdom - Árpád Dynasty |
* Year Range of Hungary Kingdom - Árpád Dynasty is assumed. [1000, 1301] |
Christianity |
Confident | No | Edit |