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]
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Variable Definition
fiction The absence or presence of fiction for a polity.

# Polity Year(s) Fiction Description   Edit
21
(Oneota)
Full Year Range of Oneota is assumed.
[1400, 1650]
absent
None
22
(Egypt - Late Old Kingdom)
Full Year Range of Egypt - Late Old Kingdom is assumed.
[-2350, -2150]
present
None
23
(Chuuk - Late Truk)
Full Year Range of Chuuk - Late Truk is assumed.
[1886, 1948]
absent
None
24
(Egypt - Classic Old Kingdom)
Full Year Range of Egypt - Classic Old Kingdom is assumed.
[-2650, -2350]
present
None
25
(Ptolemaic Kingdom I)
Full Year Range of Ptolemaic Kingdom I is assumed.
[-305, -217]
present
None
26
(Egypt - Period of the Regions)
Full Year Range of Egypt - Period of the Regions is assumed.
[-2150, -2016]
unknown
None
27
(Hmong - Early Chinese)
Full Year Range of Hmong - Early Chinese is assumed.
[1895, 1941]
absent
None
28
(Proto-Carolingian)
Full Year Range of Proto-Carolingian is assumed.
[687, 751]
present
None
29
(British Empire II)
Full Year Range of British Empire II is assumed.
[1850, 1968]
present
None
30
(Sui Dynasty)
Full Year Range of Sui Dynasty is assumed.
[581, 618]
present
None
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