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
41	(Early Merovingian)	Full Year Range of Early Merovingian is assumed. [481, 543]	unknown	None
42	(Middle Merovingian)	Full Year Range of Middle Merovingian is assumed. [543, 687]	present	None
43	(La Tene C2-D)	Full Year Range of La Tene C2-D is assumed. [-175, -27]	absent	None
44	(French Kingdom - Late Valois)	Full Year Range of French Kingdom - Late Valois is assumed. [1450, 1589]	present	None
45	(Akan - Pre-Ashanti)	Full Year Range of Akan - Pre-Ashanti is assumed. [1501, 1701]	absent	None
46	(Archaic Crete)	Full Year Range of Archaic Crete is assumed. [-710, -500]	absent	None
47	(Classical Crete)	Full Year Range of Classical Crete is assumed. [-500, -323]	absent	None
48	(The Emirate of Crete)	Full Year Range of The Emirate of Crete is assumed. [824, 961]	present	None
49	(Egypt - Mamluk Sultanate III)	Full Year Range of Egypt - Mamluk Sultanate III is assumed. [1412, 1517]	present	None
50	(Carolingian Empire I)	Full Year Range of Carolingian Empire I is assumed. [752, 840]	present	None

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