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
11	(Spanish Empire II)	1716 CE 1814 CE	present	None
12	(Nkore)	1750 CE 1859 CE	absent	None
13	(Early Modern Sierra Leone)	1833 CE 1896 CE	present	None
14	(Buganda)	1860 CE 1894 CE	present	None
15	(Nkore)	1860 CE 1901 CE	unknown	None
16	(Austria - Habsburg Dynasty II)	1867 CE 1918 CE	present	None
17	(Jin Dynasty)	Full Year Range of Jin Dynasty is assumed. [1115, 1234]	present	None
18	(Hmong - Late Qing)	Full Year Range of Hmong - Late Qing is assumed. [1701, 1895]	absent	None
19	(Akan - Pre-Ashanti)	Full Year Range of Akan - Pre-Ashanti is assumed. [1501, 1701]	absent	None
20	(Oneota)	Full Year Range of Oneota is assumed. [1400, 1650]	absent	None

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