Section: Social Complexity
Subsection: Professions

Professional Priesthood

Talking about professions, professional priesthood refers to full-time professional priesthood.   (See here)
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Variable Definition
Polity The Seshat Polity ID
Year(s) The years for which we have the data. [negative = BCE]
Tag [Evidenced, Disputed, Suspected, Inferred, Unknown]
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Variable Definition
professional_priesthood The absence or presence of professional priesthood for a polity.

# Polity Year(s) Professional Priesthood Description   Edit
1
(Kansai - Kofun Period)
250 CE 500 CE
present
None
2
(Kansai - Kofun Period)
501 CE 531 CE
present
None
3
(Icelandic Commonwealth)
930 CE 1055 CE
absent
None
4
(Icelandic Commonwealth)
1056 CE 1262 CE
present
None
5
(Ghur Principality)
1200 CE
present
None
6
(Hawaii II)
1200 CE 1500 CE
absent
None
7
(Hawaii II)
1500 CE 1580 CE
present
None
8
(Russian Empire, Romanov Dynasty I)
1614 CE 1700 CE
A~P
None
9
(Russian Empire, Romanov Dynasty I)
1700 CE 1775 CE
present
None
10
(Spanish Empire II)
1716 CE 1814 CE
present
None
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