Section: Social Complexity
Subsection: Kinds of Written Documents

Philosophy

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Contributors: Jenny, Majid, Peter

Variable Definition
Polity The Seshat Polity Name
Year(s) The years for which we have the data. [negative = BCE]
Confidence Inferred : The value is inferred.
Suspected : The value is suspected (Expert Check Needed).
Evidenced : The value is backed up by sufficient evidence.
Disputed? No : No disagreement among scholars.
Yes : There is disagreement among scholars.
Expert? : Not yet Checked by a Seshat Expert.
: Checked and accepted by a Seshat Expert (or RA).

Variable Definition
philosophy The absence or presence of philosophy for a polity.

# Polity   Year(s)   Philosophy   Confidence     Disputed?     Expert?   Edit
1
Anglo-Saxon England I
-
A~P
Confident No Edit
2
Golden Horde
-
P~A
Inferred No Edit
3
Ọ̀ràézè Ǹrì
-
absent
Inferred No Edit
4
Latium - Iron Age
-
absent
Inferred No Edit
5
Deccan - Neolithic
-
absent
Inferred No Edit
6
La Tene B2-C1
-
absent
Inferred No Edit
7
La Tene A-B1
-
absent
Inferred No Edit
8
Egypt - Dynasty I
-
absent
Inferred No Edit
9
Japan - Late Jomon
-
absent
Inferred No Edit
10
Whydah
-
absent
Inferred No Edit
11
Sape
-
absent
Inferred No Edit
12
Pre-Sape Sierra Leone
-
absent
Inferred No Edit
13
Middle and Late Nok
-
absent
Inferred No Edit
14
Middle and Late Nok
-
absent
Inferred No Edit
15
Mane
-
absent
Inferred No Edit
16
Xianbei Confederation
-
absent
Inferred No Edit
17
Segou Kingdom
-
absent
Inferred No Edit
18
Badarian
-
absent
Inferred No Edit
19
Kansai - Kofun Period
250 CE 399 CE
absent
Inferred No Edit
20
Kamakura Shogunate
-
absent
Inferred No Edit
21
Ashikaga Shogunate
-
absent
Inferred No Edit
22
Latium - Bronze Age
-
absent
Inferred No Edit
23
Dynasty of E
-
absent
Inferred No Edit
24
Mahajanapada era
-
absent
Inferred No Edit
25
La Tene C2-D
-
absent
Inferred No Edit
26
Naqada II
-
absent
Inferred No Edit
27
Early Modern Sierra Leone
1650 CE 1832 CE
absent
Inferred No Edit
28
Naqada I
-
absent
Inferred No Edit
29
Egypt - Dynasty II
-
absent
Inferred No Edit
30
Benin Empire
-
absent
Inferred No Edit
31
Konya Plain - Early Chalcolithic
-
absent
Inferred No Edit
32
Konya Plain - Late Chalcolithic
-
absent
Inferred No Edit
33
Latium - Copper Age
-
absent
Inferred No Edit
34
Japan - Azuchi-Momoyama
-
absent
Inferred No Edit
35
Uruk
-
absent
Inferred No Edit
36
Monte Alban III
-
absent
Confident No Edit
37
Konya Plain - Early Bronze Age
-
absent
Confident No Edit
38
Shuar - Colonial
-
absent
Confident No Edit
39
Akan - Pre-Ashanti
-
absent
Confident No Edit
40
Archaic Crete
-
absent
Confident No Edit
41
Final Postpalatial Crete
-
absent
Confident No Edit
42
Geometric Crete
-
absent
Confident No Edit
43
Hmong - Late Qing
-
absent
Confident No Edit
44
Yangshao
-
absent
Confident No Edit
45
Chuuk - Late Truk
-
absent
Confident No Edit
46
Ashanti Empire
-
absent
Confident No Edit
47
Monopalatial Crete
-
absent
Confident No Edit
48
Neolithic Crete
-
absent
Confident No Edit
49
New Palace Crete
-
absent
Confident No Edit
50
The Old Palace Crete
-
absent
Confident No Edit
51
Postpalatial Crete
-
absent
Confident No Edit
52
Prepalatial Crete
-
absent
Confident No Edit
53
Iban - Pre-Brooke
-
absent
Confident No Edit
54
Canaan
-
absent
Confident No Edit
55
Early A'chik
-
absent
Confident No Edit
56
Iban - Brooke Raj and Colonial
-
absent
Confident No Edit
57
Late A'chik
-
absent
Confident No Edit
58
Ubaid
-
absent
Confident No Edit
59
Toltecs
-
absent
Confident No Edit
60
Susa I
-
absent
Confident No Edit
61
Icelandic Commonwealth
930 CE 1100 CE
absent
Confident No Edit
62
Japan - Incipient Jomon
-
absent
Confident No Edit
63
Early Mongols
-
absent
Confident No Edit
64
Inca Empire
-
absent
Confident No Edit
65
Kachi Plain - Proto-Historic Period
-
absent
Confident No Edit
66
Sakha - Early
-
absent
Confident No Edit
67
Sakha - Late
-
absent
Confident No Edit
68
Japan - Final Jomon
-
absent
Confident No Edit
69
Kansai - Yayoi Period
-
absent
Confident No Edit
70
Andronovo
-
absent
Confident No Edit
71
Monte Alban II
-
absent
Confident No Edit
72
Archaic Basin of Mexico
-
absent
Confident No Edit
73
Epiclassic Basin of Mexico
-
absent
Confident No Edit
74
Middle Formative Basin of Mexico
-
absent
Confident No Edit
75
Middle Postclassic Basin of Mexico
-
absent
Confident No Edit
76
Cuzco - Early Intermediate II
-
absent
Confident No Edit
77
Wari Empire
-
absent
Confident No Edit
78
Kachi Plain - Aceramic Neolithic
-
absent
Confident No Edit
79
Kachi Plain - Pre-Urban Period
-
absent
Confident No Edit
80
Sarazm
-
absent
Confident No Edit
81
Konya Plain - Ceramic Neolithic
-
absent
Confident No Edit
82
Konya Plain - Early Neolithic
-
absent
Confident No Edit
83
Konya Plain - Late Neolithic
-
absent
Confident No Edit
84
Cahokia - Lohman-Stirling
-
absent
Confident No Edit
85
Cahokia - Moorehead
-
absent
Confident No Edit
86
Haudenosaunee Confederacy - Early
-
absent
Confident No Edit
87
Haudenosaunee Confederacy - Late
-
absent
Confident No Edit
88
Cahokia - Early Woodland
-
absent
Confident No Edit
89
Cahokia - Emergent Mississippian II
-
absent
Confident No Edit
90
Cahokia - Late Woodland II
-
absent
Confident No Edit
91
Cahokia - Middle Woodland
-
absent
Confident No Edit
92
Cahokia - Late Woodland III
-
absent
Confident No Edit
93
Cahokia - Late Woodland I
-
absent
Confident No Edit
94
Cahokia - Sand Prairie
-
absent
Confident No Edit
95
Cahokia - Emergent Mississippian I
-
absent
Confident No Edit
96
Koktepe I
-
absent
Confident No Edit
97
Kingdom of Hawaii - Kamehameha Period
-
absent
Confident No Edit
98
Oneota
-
absent
Confident No Edit
99
Ancient Khwarazm
-
absent
Confident No Edit
100
Neguanje
-
absent
Confident No Edit
101
Tairona
-
absent
Confident No Edit
102
Shuar - Ecuadorian
-
absent
Confident No Edit
103
Koktepe II
-
absent
Confident No Edit
104
Egypt - Classic Old Kingdom
-
absent
Confident Yes Edit
105
Egypt - Late Old Kingdom
-
absent
Confident Yes Edit
106
Chuuk - Early Truk
-
absent
Confident No Edit
107
Susiana B
-
absent
Confident No Edit
108
Hawaii I
-
absent
Confident No Edit
109
Hawaii II
-
absent
Confident No Edit
110
Hawaii III
-
absent
Confident No Edit
111
Japan - Initial Jomon
-
absent
Confident No Edit
112
Susiana - Muhammad Jaffar
-
absent
Confident No Edit
113
Formative Period
-
absent
Confident No Edit
114
Susiana A
-
absent
Confident No Edit
115
Susiana - Late Ubaid
-
absent
Confident No Edit
116
Susiana - Early Ubaid
-
absent
Confident No Edit
117
Pre-Ceramic Period
-
absent
Confident No Edit
118
Japan - Early Jomon
-
absent
Confident No Edit
119
Japan - Middle Jomon
-
absent
Confident No Edit
120
Jenne-jeno I
-
absent
Confident No Edit
121
Jenne-jeno II
-
absent
Confident No Edit
122
Jenne-jeno III
-
absent
Confident No Edit
123
Jenne-jeno IV
-
absent
Confident No Edit
124
Middle Wagadu Empire
-
absent
Confident No Edit
125
Early Monte Alban I
-
absent
Confident No Edit
126
Monte Alban Late I
-
absent
Confident No Edit
127
Hmong - Early Chinese
-
absent
Confident No Edit
128
Monte Alban IIIB and IV
-
absent
Confident No Edit
129
Monte Alban V
-
absent
Confident No Edit
130
Aztec Empire
-
absent
Confident No Edit
131
Early Formative Basin of Mexico
-
absent
Confident No Edit
132
Late Formative Basin of Mexico
-
absent
Confident No Edit
133
Terminal Formative Basin of Mexico
-
absent
Confident No Edit
134
Initial Formative Basin of Mexico
-
absent
Confident No Edit
135
Oaxaca - Rosario
-
absent
Confident No Edit
136
Oaxaca - San Jose
-
absent
Confident No Edit
137
Oaxaca - Tierras Largas
-
absent
Confident No Edit
138
Cuzco - Early Intermediate I
-
absent
Confident No Edit
139
Cuzco - Late Intermediate I
-
absent
Confident No Edit
140
Cuzco - Late Intermediate II
-
absent
Confident No Edit
141
Cuzco - Late Formative
-
absent
Confident No Edit
142
Orokaiva - Pre-Colonial
-
absent
Confident No Edit
143
Orokaiva - Colonial
-
absent
Confident No Edit
144
Kachi Plain - Ceramic Neolithic
-
absent
Confident No Edit
145
Kachi Plain - Chalcolithic
-
absent
Confident No Edit
146
Kachi Plain - Post-Urban Period
-
absent
Confident No Edit
147
Qatabanian Commonwealth
-
absent
Confident No Edit
148
Sabaean Commonwealth
-
absent
Confident No Edit
149
Kingdom of Saba and Dhu Raydan
-
absent
Confident No Edit
150
Proto-Yoruba
-
absent
Confident No Edit
151
Classical Ife
-
absent
Confident No Edit
152
Late Formative Yoruba
-
absent
Confident No Edit
153
Allada
-
absent
Confident No Edit
154
Oyo
-
absent
Confident No Edit
155
Proto-Yoruboid
-
absent
Confident No Edit
156
Foys
-
absent
Confident No Edit
157
Toro
-
absent
Confident No Edit
158
Buganda
-
absent
Confident No Edit
159
Karagwe
-
absent
Confident No Edit
160
Kingdom of Nyinginya
-
absent
Confident No Edit
161
Nkore
-
absent
Confident No Edit
162
Ndorwa
-
absent
Confident No Edit
163
Burundi
-
absent
Confident No Edit
164
Mubari
-
absent
Confident No Edit
165
Gisaka
-
absent
Confident No Edit
166
Fipa
-
absent
Confident No Edit
167
Bugesera
-
absent
Confident No Edit
168
Buhaya
-
absent
Confident No Edit
169
Buganda
1700 CE 1859 CE
absent
Confident No Edit
170
Nkore
1750 CE 1859 CE
absent
Confident No Edit
171
Chaco Canyon - Late Bonito phase
-
absent
Confident No Edit
172
Hohokam Culture
-
absent
Confident No Edit
173
Republic of St Peter I
-
present
Inferred No Edit
174
Western Jin
-
present
Inferred No Edit
175
Egypt - Thebes-Libyan Period
-
present
Inferred No Edit
176
Khitan I
-
present
Inferred No Edit
177
Egypt - Mamluk Sultanate I
-
present
Inferred No Edit
178
Egypt - Mamluk Sultanate III
-
present
Inferred No Edit
179
Sogdiana - City-States Period
-
present
Inferred No Edit
180
Northern Wei
-
present
Inferred No Edit
181
Early Merovingian
-
present
Inferred No Edit
182
Proto-Carolingian
-
present
Inferred No Edit
183
Middle Merovingian
-
present
Inferred No Edit
184
Egypt - Tulunid-Ikhshidid Period
-
present
Inferred No Edit
185
Egypt - Saite Period
-
present
Inferred No Edit
186
Sasanid Empire I
-
present
Inferred No Edit
187
Songhai Empire - Askiya Dynasty
-
present
Inferred No Edit
188
Bazi Dynasty
-
present
Inferred No Edit
189
Rattanakosin
-
present
Inferred No Edit
190
Second Dynasty of Isin
-
present
Inferred No Edit
191
Sui Dynasty
-
present
Inferred No Edit
192
Achaemenid Empire
-
present
Inferred No Edit
193
Ottoman Empire III
-
present
Inferred No Edit
194
Egypt - Inter-Occupation Period
-
present
Inferred No Edit
195
Buyid Confederation
-
present
Inferred No Edit
196
Seleucids
-
present
Inferred No Edit
197
Axum I
-
present
Inferred No Edit
198
Timurid Empire
-
present
Inferred No Edit
199
Elymais II
-
present
Inferred No Edit
200
Ottoman Emirate
-
present
Inferred No Edit
201
Mali Empire
-
present
Inferred No Edit
202
Saadi Sultanate
-
present
Inferred No Edit
203
Western Turk Khaganate
-
present
Inferred No Edit
204
Greco-Bactrian Kingdom
-
present
Inferred No Edit
205
Egypt - Kushite Period
-
present
Inferred No Edit
206
Yemen - Qasimid Dynasty
-
present
Inferred No Edit
207
Middle Roman Republic
-
present
Inferred No Edit
208
Early Roman Republic
-
present
Inferred No Edit
209
Tocharians
-
present
Inferred No Edit
210
Ak Koyunlu
-
present
Inferred No Edit
211
Early Wei Dynasty
-
present
Inferred No Edit
212
Egypt - New Kingdom Thutmosid Period
-
present
Inferred No Edit
213
Lysimachus Kingdom
-
present
Inferred No Edit
214
Exarchate of Ravenna
-
present
Inferred No Edit
215
Tang Dynasty I
-
present
Inferred No Edit
216
Chagatai Khanate
-
present
Confident No Edit
217
Late Roman Republic
-
present
Confident No Edit
218
Samanid Empire
-
present
Confident No Edit
219
Ptolemaic Kingdom I
-
present
Confident No Edit
220
Parthian Empire I
-
present
Confident No Edit
221
Parthian Empire II
-
present
Confident No Edit
222
Safavid Empire
-
present
Confident No Edit
223
Ayyubid Sultanate
-
present
Confident No Edit
224
Ptolemaic Kingdom II
-
present
Confident No Edit
225
Napoleonic France
-
present
Confident No Edit
226
Soviet Union
1923 CE 1991 CE
present
Confident No Edit
227
Russian Empire, Romanov Dynasty II
-
present
Confident No Edit
228
Holy Roman Empire - Ottonian-Salian Dynasty
-
present
Confident No Edit
229
Spanish Empire I
-
present
Confident No Edit
230
French Kingdom - Late Capetian
-
present
Confident No Edit
231
Carolingian Empire I
-
present
Confident No Edit
232
Western Han Empire
-
present
Confident No Edit
233
Heian
-
present
Confident No Edit
234
Kansai - Kofun Period
399 CE 537 CE
present
Confident No Edit
235
Sasanid Empire II
-
present
Confident No Edit
236
Seljuk Sultanate
-
present
Confident No Edit
237
Ostrogothic Kingdom
-
present
Confident No Edit
238
Republic of Venice III
-
present
Confident No Edit
239
Late Qing
-
present
Confident No Edit
240
Republic of Venice IV
-
present
Confident No Edit
241
Early Qing
-
present
Confident No Edit
242
Rome - Republic of St Peter II
-
present
Confident No Edit
243
Papal States - Medieval Period I
-
present
Confident No Edit
244
Western Roman Empire - Late Antiquity
-
present
Confident No Edit
245
Great Ming
-
present
Confident No Edit
246
Saffarid Caliphate
-
present
Confident No Edit
247
East Roman Empire
-
present
Confident No Edit
248
Ottoman Empire I
-
present
Confident No Edit
249
Ottoman Empire II
-
present
Confident No Edit
250
Thanjavur Maratha Kingdom
-
present
Confident No Edit
251
Late Pallava Empire
-
present
Confident No Edit
252
Northern Song
-
present
Confident No Edit
253
Tang Dynasty II
-
present
Confident No Edit
254
Jin Dynasty
-
present
Confident No Edit
255
British Empire IIIIIIIIII
-
present
Confident No Edit
256
The Emirate of Crete
-
present
Confident No Edit
257
Egypt - Middle Kingdom
-
present
Confident No Edit
258
Mughal Empire
-
present
Confident No Edit
259
Satavahana Empire
-
present
Confident No Edit
260
Umayyad Caliphate
-
present
Confident No Edit
261
Classical Crete
-
present
Confident No Edit
262
British Empire II
-
present
Confident No Edit
263
Egypt - New Kingdom Ramesside Period
-
present
Confident No Edit
264
Egypt - Classic Old Kingdom
-
present
Confident Yes Edit
265
Fatimid Caliphate
-
present
Confident No Edit
266
Egypt - Late Old Kingdom
-
present
Confident Yes Edit
267
Byzantine Empire I
-
present
Confident No Edit
268
Papal States - High Medieval Period
-
present
Confident No Edit
269
Byzantine Empire II
-
present
Confident No Edit
270
French Kingdom - Early Bourbon
-
present
Confident No Edit
271
French Kingdom - Late Bourbon
-
present
Confident No Edit
272
Proto-French Kingdom
-
present
Confident No Edit
273
Byzantine Empire III
-
present
Confident No Edit
274
Carolingian Empire II
-
present
Confident No Edit
275
French Kingdom - Late Valois
-
present
Confident No Edit
276
French Kingdom - Early Valois
-
present
Confident No Edit
277
Kingdom of Lydia
-
present
Confident No Edit
278
Roman Empire - Dominate
-
present
Confident No Edit
279
Delhi Sultanate
-
present
Confident No Edit
280
Gupta Empire
-
present
Confident No Edit
281
Kampili Kingdom
-
present
Confident No Edit
282
Papal States - Renaissance Period
-
present
Confident No Edit
283
Antebellum US
-
present
Confident No Edit
284
Vakataka Kingdom
-
present
Confident No Edit
285
Abbasid Caliphate I
-
present
Confident No Edit
286
Abbasid Caliphate II
-
present
Confident No Edit
287
Rum Sultanate
-
present
Confident No Edit
288
Asuka
-
present
Confident No Edit
289
Hoysala Kingdom
-
present
Confident No Edit
290
Rashtrakuta Empire
-
present
Confident No Edit
291
Vijayanagara Empire
-
present
Confident No Edit
292
Kassite Babylonia
-
present
Confident No Edit
293
Eastern Han Empire
-
present
Confident No Edit
294
Ilkhanate
-
present
Confident No Edit
295
Qajar
-
present
Confident No Edit
296
Nara Kingdom
-
present
Confident No Edit
297
Tokugawa Shogunate
-
present
Confident No Edit
298
Icelandic Commonwealth
1101 CE 1262 CE
present
Confident No Edit
299
Papal States - Medieval Period II
-
present
Confident No Edit
300
Roman Empire - Principate
-
present
Confident No Edit
301
Kara-Khanids
-
present
Confident No Edit
302
Classical Angkor
-
present
Confident No Edit
303
Early Angkor
-
present
Confident No Edit
304
Khmer Kingdom
-
present
Confident No Edit
305
Chenla
-
present
Confident No Edit
306
Funan I
-
present
Confident No Edit
307
Funan II
-
present
Confident No Edit
308
Futa Jallon
-
present
Confident No Edit
309
Late Angkor
-
present
Confident No Edit
310
Dutch Empire
-
present
Confident No Edit
311
Egypt - Mamluk Sultanate II
-
present
Confident No Edit
312
Great Yuan
-
present
Confident No Edit
313
Spanish Empire II
1716 CE 1814 CE
present
Confident No Edit
314
Early Modern Sierra Leone
1833 CE 1896 CE
present
Confident No Edit
315
British Empire I
-
present
Confident No Edit
316
Hellenistic Crete
-
present
Confident No Edit
317
Kingdom of Bohemia - Luxembourgian and Jagiellonian Dynasty
-
present
Confident No Edit
318
Us Reconstruction-Progressive
-
present
Confident No Edit
319
Tudor and Early Stuart England
-
present
Confident No Edit
320
Austria - Habsburg Dynasty II
-
present
Confident No Edit
321
Kingdom of Norway II
-
present
Confident No Edit
322
Khwarezmid Empire
-
present
Confident No Edit
323
Austria - Habsburg Dynasty II
1867 CE 1918 CE
present
Confident No Edit
324
Austria - Habsburg Dynasty I
-
present
Confident No Edit
325
Durrani Empire
-
present
Confident No Edit
326
Ghur Principality
-
present
Confident No Edit
327
Hephthalites
-
present
Confident No Edit
328
Jin
-
present
Confident No Edit
329
Rouran Khaganate
-
unknown
Suspected No Edit
330
Early Xiongnu
-
unknown
Suspected No Edit
331
Late Xiongnu
-
unknown
Suspected No Edit
332
Xiongnu Imperial Confederation
-
unknown
Suspected No Edit
333
Erligang
-
unknown
Suspected No Edit
334
Hallstatt A-B1
-
unknown
Suspected No Edit
335
Hallstatt B2-3
-
unknown
Suspected No Edit
336
Hallstatt D
-
unknown
Suspected No Edit
337
Atlantic Complex
-
unknown
Suspected No Edit
338
Western Zhou
-
unknown
Suspected No Edit
339
Egypt - Dynasty 0
-
unknown
Suspected No Edit
340
Beaker Culture
-
unknown
Suspected No Edit
341
Kanem
-
unknown
Suspected No Edit
342
Elam - Shimashki Period
-
unknown
Suspected No Edit
343
Erlitou
-
unknown
Suspected No Edit
344
Plantagenet England
-
unknown
Suspected No Edit
345
Egypt - Period of the Regions
-
unknown
Suspected No Edit
346
Himyar I
-
unknown
Suspected No Edit
347
Hallstatt C
-
unknown
Suspected No Edit
348
Khanate of Bukhara
-
unknown
Suspected No Edit
349
Ur - Dynasty III
-
unknown
Suspected No Edit
350
Himyar II
-
unknown
Suspected No Edit
351
Early Dynastic
-
unknown
Suspected No Edit
352
Akkadian Empire
-
unknown
Suspected No Edit
353
Kachi Plain - Urban Period II
-
unknown
Suspected No Edit
354
Deccan - Iron Age
-
unknown
Suspected No Edit
355
Hatti - New Kingdom
-
unknown
Suspected No Edit
356
Phoenician Empire
-
unknown
Suspected No Edit
357
Eastern Turk Khaganate
-
unknown
Suspected No Edit
358
Hatti - Old Kingdom
-
unknown
Suspected No Edit
359
Second Turk Khaganate
-
unknown
Suspected No Edit
360
Uigur Khaganate
-
unknown
Suspected No Edit
361
Later Wagadu Empire
-
unknown
Suspected No Edit
362
Kachi Plain - Urban Period I
-
unknown
Suspected No Edit
363
Warring States Japan
-
unknown
Suspected No Edit
364
Sind - Abbasid-Fatimid Period
-
unknown
Suspected No Edit
365
Sind - Samma Dynasty
-
unknown
Suspected No Edit
366
Konya Plain - Late Bronze Age II
-
unknown
Suspected No Edit
367
Phrygian Kingdom
-
unknown
Suspected No Edit
368
Buganda
1860 CE 1894 CE
unknown
Suspected No Edit
369
Nkore
1860 CE 1901 CE
unknown
Suspected No Edit
370
Chalukyas of Kalyani
-
unknown
Suspected No Edit
371
Early Illinois Confederation
-
unknown
Suspected No Edit
372
Late Shang
-
unknown
Suspected No Edit
373
Yisrael
-
unknown
Confident No Edit
374
Yehuda
-
unknown
Confident No Edit