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
181	(Kushan Empire)	Full Year Range of Kushan Empire is assumed. [35, 319]	present	None
182	(Western Jin)	Full Year Range of Western Jin is assumed. [265, 317]	present	None
183	(Erligang)	Full Year Range of Erligang is assumed. [-1650, -1250]	unknown	None
184	(Erlitou)	Full Year Range of Erlitou is assumed. [-1850, -1600]	unknown	None
185	(Hmong - Early Chinese)	Full Year Range of Hmong - Early Chinese is assumed. [1895, 1941]	absent	None
186	(Jin)	Full Year Range of Jin is assumed. [-780, -404]	present	None
187	(Great Ming)	Full Year Range of Great Ming is assumed. [1368, 1644]	present	None
188	(Northern Wei)	Full Year Range of Northern Wei is assumed. [386, 534]	present	None
189	(Koktepe I)	Full Year Range of Koktepe I is assumed. [-1400, -1000]	absent	None
190	(Konya Plain - Early Bronze Age)	Full Year Range of Konya Plain - Early Bronze Age is assumed. [-3000, -2000]	absent	None

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