Section: Social Complexity

Subsection: Kinds of Written Documents

Practical Literature

Talking about kinds of written documents, practical literature refers to texts written with the aim of providing guidance on a certain topic, for example manuals on agriculture, warfare, or cooking. letters do not count as practical literature. (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
practical_literature	The absence or presence of practical literature for a polity.

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#	Polity	Year(s)	Practical Literature	Description	Edit
111	(Japan - Final Jomon)	Full Year Range of Japan - Final Jomon is assumed. [-1200, -300]	absent	None
112	(Nara Kingdom)	Full Year Range of Nara Kingdom is assumed. [710, 794]	present	None
113	(Tokugawa Shogunate)	Full Year Range of Tokugawa Shogunate is assumed. [1603, 1868]	present	None
114	(Western Turk Khaganate)	Full Year Range of Western Turk Khaganate is assumed. [582, 630]	present	None
115	(Chenla)	Full Year Range of Chenla is assumed. [550, 825]	present	None
116	(Andronovo)	Full Year Range of Andronovo is assumed. [-1800, -1200]	absent	None
117	(Mali Empire)	Full Year Range of Mali Empire is assumed. [1230, 1410]	present	None
118	(Songhai Empire - Askiya Dynasty)	Full Year Range of Songhai Empire - Askiya Dynasty is assumed. [1493, 1591]	present	None
119	(Eastern Turk Khaganate)	Full Year Range of Eastern Turk Khaganate is assumed. [583, 630]	present	None
120	(Western Zhou)	Full Year Range of Western Zhou is assumed. [-1122, -771]	present	None

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