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
121	(Early Mongols)	Full Year Range of Early Mongols is assumed. [1000, 1206]	absent	None
122	(Xianbei Confederation)	Full Year Range of Xianbei Confederation is assumed. [100, 250]	absent	None
123	(Late Xiongnu)	Full Year Range of Late Xiongnu is assumed. [-60, 100]	unknown	None
124	(Xiongnu Imperial Confederation)	Full Year Range of Xiongnu Imperial Confederation is assumed. [-209, -60]	unknown	None
125	(Inca Empire)	Full Year Range of Inca Empire is assumed. [1375, 1532]	absent	None
126	(Kachi Plain - Proto-Historic Period)	Full Year Range of Kachi Plain - Proto-Historic Period is assumed. [-1300, -500]	absent	None
127	(Western Zhou)	Full Year Range of Western Zhou is assumed. [-1122, -771]	present	None
128	(Mughal Empire)	Full Year Range of Mughal Empire is assumed. [1526, 1858]	unknown	None
129	(Early A'chik)	Full Year Range of Early A'chik is assumed. [1775, 1867]	absent	None
130	(Late Shang)	Full Year Range of Late Shang is assumed. [-1250, -1045]	unknown	None

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