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
211	(La Tene C2-D)	Full Year Range of La Tene C2-D is assumed. [-175, -27]	absent	None
212	(French Kingdom - Late Valois)	Full Year Range of French Kingdom - Late Valois is assumed. [1450, 1589]	present	None
213	(The Emirate of Crete)	Full Year Range of The Emirate of Crete is assumed. [824, 961]	present	None
214	(Hellenistic Crete)	Full Year Range of Hellenistic Crete is assumed. [-323, -69]	present	None
215	(Hawaii I)	Full Year Range of Hawaii I is assumed. [1000, 1200]	absent	None
216	(Hawaii III)	Full Year Range of Hawaii III is assumed. [1580, 1778]	absent	None
217	(Mataram Sultanate)	Full Year Range of Mataram Sultanate is assumed. [1568, 1703]	present	None
218	(Yehuda)	Full Year Range of Yehuda is assumed. [-141, -63]	present	None
219	(Kingdom of Ayodhya)	Full Year Range of Kingdom of Ayodhya is assumed. [-64, 34]	present	None
220	(Delhi Sultanate)	Full Year Range of Delhi Sultanate is assumed. [1206, 1526]	present	None

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