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Inconsistent Year Ranges
* We have coded a total of
24,869
different values for
77
variables in
616
polities.
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Present
Partially coded
Range
Absent
Suspected Unknown
Unknown
Uncoded
To Be Coded
Social Scale
Download
Social Scale
(.csv)
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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Hierarchical Complexity
(.csv)
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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Professions
(.csv)
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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Bureaucracy Characteristics
(.csv)
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
Download
Law
(.csv)
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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Specialized Buildings: polity owned
(.csv)
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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Transport Infrastructure
(.csv)
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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Special-purpose Sites
(.csv)
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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Information
(.csv)
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/~
410
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