Social Complexity Variables   Download All (.CSV)  Inconsistent Year Ranges
* We have coded a total of 24,868 different values for 77 variables in 615 polities.
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Social Scale

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Polity Territory RANGE   
 562 coded records
Polity Population RANGE   
 532 coded records
Population Of The Largest Settlement RANGE   
 557 coded records
Largest Communication Distance RANGE   
 32 coded records

Hierarchical Complexity

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Settlement Hierarchy RANGE   
 559 coded records
Administrative Level RANGE   
 553 coded records
Religious Level RANGE   
 421 coded records
Military Level RANGE   
 434 coded records

Professions

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Professional Military Officer A/P/U/~   
 461 coded records
Professional Soldier A/P/U/~   
 492 coded records
Professional Priesthood A/P/U/~   
 457 coded records
Source Of Support TEXT   
 84 coded records
Occupational Complexity A/P/U/~   
 23 coded records

Bureaucracy Characteristics

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Full Time Bureaucrat A/P/U/~   
 484 coded records
Examination System A/P/U/~   
 373 coded records
Merit Promotion A/P/U/~   
 370 coded records
Specialized Government Building A/P/U/~   
 470 coded records

Law

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Formal Legal Code A/P/U/~   
 491 coded records
Judge A/P/U/~   
 465 coded records
Court A/P/U/~   
 420 coded records
Professional Lawyer A/P/U/~   
 396 coded records

Specialized Buildings: polity owned

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Irrigation System A/P/U/~   
 460 coded records
Drinking Water Supply System A/P/U/~   
 369 coded records
Market A/P/U/~   
 488 coded records
Food Storage Site A/P/U/~   
 442 coded records
Communal Building A/P/U/~   
 125 coded records
Utilitarian Public Building A/P/U/~   
 156 coded records
Symbolic Building A/P/U/~   
 121 coded records
Entertainment Building A/P/U/~   
 59 coded records
Knowledge Or Information Building A/P/U/~   
 114 coded records
Other Utilitarian Public Building A/P/U/~   
 10 coded records
Special Purpose House A/P/U/~   
 63 coded records

Transport Infrastructure

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Road A/P/U/~   
 457 coded records
Bridge A/P/U/~   
 359 coded records
Canal A/P/U/~   
 349 coded records
Port A/P/U/~   
 432 coded records

Special-purpose Sites

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Mines Or Quarry A/P/U/~   
 361 coded records
Special Purpose Site A/P/U/~   
 102 coded records
Ceremonial Site A/P/U/~   
 95 coded records
Burial Site A/P/U/~   
 95 coded records
Trading Emporia A/P/U/~   
 82 coded records
Enclosure A/P/U/~   
 55 coded records
Other Special Purpose Site A/P/U/~   
 17 coded records

Information

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Writing System
Mnemonic Device A/P/U/~   
 213 coded records
Nonwritten Record A/P/U/~   
 328 coded records
Written Record A/P/U/~   
 582 coded records
Script A/P/U/~   
 576 coded records
Non Phonetic Writing A/P/U/~   
 344 coded records
Phonetic Alphabetic Writing A/P/U/~   
 491 coded records
Kinds of Written Documents
Lists Tables And Classification A/P/U/~   
 409 coded records
Calendar A/P/U/~   
 524 coded records
Sacred Text A/P/U/~   
 537 coded records
Religious Literature A/P/U/~   
 554 coded records
Practical Literature A/P/U/~   
 490 coded records
History A/P/U/~   
 477 coded records
Philosophy A/P/U/~   
 447 coded records
Scientific Literature A/P/U/~   
 464 coded records
Fiction A/P/U/~   
 488 coded records
Money
Article A/P/U/~   
 457 coded records
Token A/P/U/~   
 351 coded records
Precious Metal A/P/U/~   
 378 coded records
Foreign Coin A/P/U/~   
 428 coded records
Indigenous Coin A/P/U/~   
 518 coded records
Paper Currency A/P/U/~   
 453 coded records
Debt And Credit Structure A/P/U/~   
 78 coded records
Store Of Wealth A/P/U/~   
 58 coded records
Postal System
Courier A/P/U/~   
 402 coded records
Postal Station A/P/U/~   
 371 coded records
General Postal Service A/P/U/~   
 376 coded records
Fastest Individual Communication RANGE   
 21 coded records
Measurement System
Length Measurement System A/P/U/~   
 109 coded records
Area Measurement System A/P/U/~   
 93 coded records
Volume Measurement System A/P/U/~   
 106 coded records
Weight Measurement System A/P/U/~   
 120 coded records
Time Measurement System A/P/U/~   
 99 coded records
Geometrical Measurement System A/P/U/~   
 59 coded records
Other Measurement System A/P/U/~   
 20 coded records