Section: Social Complexity

Subsection: Hierarchical Complexity

Religious Level

Talking about hierarchical complexity, religious levels records the religious levels of a polity. same principle as with administrative levels. start with the head of the official cult (if present) coded as: level 1, and work down to the local priest. (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]
Verified	A Seshat Expert has approved this piece of data.

Variable	Definition
religious_level_from	The lower range of religious level for a polity.
religious_level_to	The upper range of religious level for a polity.

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#	Polity	Year(s)	Religious Level from	Religious Level to	Description	Edit
81	(Early Xiongnu)	Full Year Range of Early Xiongnu is assumed. [-1400, -300]	1	1	None
82	(Yisrael)	Full Year Range of Yisrael is assumed. [-1030, -722]	2	2	None
83	(Bamana kingdom)	Full Year Range of Bamana kingdom is assumed. [1712, 1861]	3	3	None
84	(East Roman Empire)	Full Year Range of East Roman Empire is assumed. [395, 631]	7	7	None
85	(Roman Empire - Dominate)	Full Year Range of Roman Empire - Dominate is assumed. [285, 394]	5	5	None
86	(Kachi Plain - Pre-Urban Period)	Full Year Range of Kachi Plain - Pre-Urban Period is assumed. [-3200, -2500]	1	1	None
87	(Latium - Bronze Age)	Full Year Range of Latium - Bronze Age is assumed. [-1800, -900]	1	1	None
88	(Cahokia - Early Woodland)	Full Year Range of Cahokia - Early Woodland is assumed. [-600, -150]	None	None	None
89	(Cahokia - Late Woodland II)	Full Year Range of Cahokia - Late Woodland II is assumed. [450, 600]	None	None	None
90	(Viet Baiyu Kingdom)	Full Year Range of Viet Baiyu Kingdom is assumed. [-332, -109]	None	None	None

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