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
251	(Elam III)	Full Year Range of Elam III is assumed. [-612, -539]	present	None
252	(Parthian Empire II)	Full Year Range of Parthian Empire II is assumed. [41, 226]	present	None
253	(Pre-Ceramic Period)	Full Year Range of Pre-Ceramic Period is assumed. [-7800, -7200]	absent	None
254	(Qajar)	Full Year Range of Qajar is assumed. [1794, 1925]	present	None
255	(Safavid Empire)	Full Year Range of Safavid Empire is assumed. [1501, 1722]	present	None
256	(Roman Empire - Principate)	Full Year Range of Roman Empire - Principate is assumed. [-31, 284]	present	None
257	(Sasanid Empire I)	Full Year Range of Sasanid Empire I is assumed. [205, 487]	present	None
258	(Sasanid Empire II)	Full Year Range of Sasanid Empire II is assumed. [488, 642]	present	None
259	(Seljuk Sultanate)	Full Year Range of Seljuk Sultanate is assumed. [1037, 1157]	present	None
260	(Elam - Shimashki Period)	Full Year Range of Elam - Shimashki Period is assumed. [-2028, -1940]	present	None

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