Section: Social Complexity

Subsection: Kinds of Written Documents

Fiction

Talking about kinds of written documents, fiction includes poetry. (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
fiction	The absence or presence of fiction for a polity.

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#	Polity	Year(s)	Fiction	Description	Edit
171	(Cahokia - Emergent Mississippian I)	Full Year Range of Cahokia - Emergent Mississippian I is assumed. [750, 900]	absent	None
172	(Western Jin)	Full Year Range of Western Jin is assumed. [265, 317]	present	None
173	(Erlitou)	Full Year Range of Erlitou is assumed. [-1850, -1600]	unknown	None
174	(Jin)	Full Year Range of Jin is assumed. [-780, -404]	present	None
175	(Great Ming)	Full Year Range of Great Ming is assumed. [1368, 1644]	present	None
176	(Early Qing)	Full Year Range of Early Qing is assumed. [1644, 1796]	present	None
177	(Late Qing)	Full Year Range of Late Qing is assumed. [1796, 1912]	present	None
178	(Late Shang)	Full Year Range of Late Shang is assumed. [-1250, -1045]	unknown	None
179	(Tang Dynasty I)	Full Year Range of Tang Dynasty I is assumed. [617, 763]	present	None
180	(Hmong - Late Qing)	Full Year Range of Hmong - Late Qing is assumed. [1701, 1895]	absent	None

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