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Social Complexity Variables
Inconsistent Year Ranges
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* We have coded a total of
20,691
different values for
77
variables in
510
polities.
Social Scale
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Social Scale
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#
464
Polity Territory
#
469
Polity Population
#
496
Population Of The Largest Settlement
#
16
Largest Communication Distance
Hierarchical Complexity
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Hierarchical Complexity
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#
474
Settlement Hierarchy
#
451
Administrative Level
#
351
Religious Level
#
364
Military Level
Professions
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Professions
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#
388
Professional Military Officer
#
416
Professional Soldier
#
393
Professional Priesthood
#
25
Source Of Support
#
0
Occupational Complexity
Bureaucracy Characteristics
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Bureaucracy Characteristics
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#
406
Full Time Bureaucrat
#
338
Examination System
#
328
Merit Promotion
#
412
Specialized Government Building
Law
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Law
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#
420
Formal Legal Code
#
391
Judge
#
367
Court
#
358
Professional Lawyer
Specialized Buildings: polity owned
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Specialized Buildings: polity owned
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#
402
Irrigation System
#
326
Drinking Water Supply System
#
427
Market
#
381
Food Storage Site
#
67
Communal Building
#
87
Utilitarian Public Building
#
47
Symbolic Building
#
33
Entertainment Building
#
52
Knowledge Or Information Building
#
9
Other Utilitarian Public Building
#
10
Special Purpose House
Transport Infrastructure
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Transport Infrastructure
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#
410
Road
#
329
Bridge
#
319
Canal
#
375
Port
Special-purpose Sites
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Special-purpose Sites
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#
327
Mines Or Quarry
#
69
Special Purpose Site
#
58
Ceremonial Site
#
68
Burial Site
#
62
Trading Emporia
#
35
Enclosure
#
8
Other Special Purpose Site
Information
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Information
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Writing System
#
201
Mnemonic Device
#
302
Nonwritten Record
#
479
Written Record
#
477
Script
#
292
Non Phonetic Writing
#
429
Phonetic Alphabetic Writing
Kinds of Written Documents
#
409
Lists Tables And Classification
#
446
Calendar
#
450
Sacred Text
#
466
Religious Literature
#
408
Practical Literature
#
397
History
#
374
Philosophy
#
388
Scientific Literature
#
399
Fiction
Money
#
395
Article
#
295
Token
#
322
Precious Metal
#
368
Foreign Coin
#
431
Indigenous Coin
#
385
Paper Currency
#
28
Debt And Credit Structure
#
32
Store Of Wealth
Postal System
#
344
Courier
#
327
Postal Station
#
333
General Postal Service
#
16
Fastest Individual Communication
Measurement System
#
46
Length Measurement System
#
35
Area Measurement System
#
44
Volume Measurement System
#
60
Weight Measurement System
#
56
Time Measurement System
#
17
Geometrical Measurement System
#
12
Other Measurement System