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Social Complexity Variables
Inconsistent Year Ranges
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* We have coded a total of
20,328
different values for
76
variables in
503
polities.
Social Scale
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Social Scale
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Polity Territory
460
Polity Population
464
Population Of The Largest Settlement
489
Largest Communication Distance
13
Hierarchical Complexity
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Hierarchical Complexity
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Settlement Hierarchy
473
Administrative Level
450
Religious Level
350
Military Level
362
Professions
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Professions
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Professional Military Officer
378
Professional Soldier
406
Professional Priesthood
385
Source Of Support
21
Occupational Complexity
0
Bureaucracy Characteristics
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Bureaucracy Characteristics
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Full Time Bureaucrat
395
Examination System
329
Merit Promotion
318
Specialized Government Building
406
Law
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Law
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Formal Legal Code
411
Judge
379
Court
359
Professional Lawyer
324
Specialized Buildings: polity owned
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Specialized Buildings: polity owned
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Irrigation System
402
Drinking Water Supply System
324
Market
418
Food Storage Site
372
Communal Building
NEW
65
Utilitarian Public Building
NEW
98
Symbolic Building
NEW
45
Entertainment Building
NEW
30
Knowledge Or Information Building
NEW
49
Special Purpose House
10
Transport Infrastructure
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Transport Infrastructure
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Road
403
Bridge
327
Canal
312
Port
367
Special-purpose Sites
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Special-purpose Sites
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Mines Or Quarry
323
Special Purpose Site
NEW
69
Ceremonial Site
NEW
56
Burial Site
NEW
66
Trading Emporia
NEW
60
Enclosure
NEW
36
Other Special Purpose Site
1
Information
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Information
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Writing System
Mnemonic Device
199
Nonwritten Record
300
Written Record
474
Script
472
Non Phonetic Writing
293
Phonetic Alphabetic Writing
426
Kinds of Written Documents
Lists Tables And Classification
407
Calendar
444
Sacred Text
448
Religious Literature
464
Practical Literature
406
History
394
Philosophy
373
Scientific Literature
385
Fiction
398
Money
Article
389
Token
293
Precious Metal
320
Foreign Coin
366
Indigenous Coin
422
Paper Currency
375
Debt And Credit Structure
NEW
27
Store Of Wealth
NEW
31
Postal System
Courier
330
Postal Station
298
General Postal Service
310
Fastest Individual Communication
14
Measurement System
Length Measurement System
NEW
45
Area Measurement System
NEW
34
Volume Measurement System
NEW
43
Weight Measurement System
NEW
59
Time Measurement System
NEW
55
Geometrical Measurement System
NEW
17
Other Measurement System
NEW
12