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
281	(Saadi Sultanate)	Full Year Range of Saadi Sultanate is assumed. [1554, 1659]	present	None
282	(Jenne-jeno I)	Full Year Range of Jenne-jeno I is assumed. [-250, 49]	absent	None
283	(Jenne-jeno II)	Full Year Range of Jenne-jeno II is assumed. [50, 399]	absent	None
284	(Jenne-jeno III)	Full Year Range of Jenne-jeno III is assumed. [400, 899]	absent	None
285	(Jenne-jeno IV)	Full Year Range of Jenne-jeno IV is assumed. [900, 1300]	absent	None
286	(Segou Kingdom)	Full Year Range of Segou Kingdom is assumed. [1650, 1712]	absent	None
287	(Mongol Empire)	Full Year Range of Mongol Empire is assumed. [1206, 1368]	present	None
288	(Late Mongols)	Full Year Range of Late Mongols is assumed. [1368, 1690]	present	None
289	(Oaxaca - Tierras Largas)	Full Year Range of Oaxaca - Tierras Largas is assumed. [-1400, -1150]	absent	None
290	(Second Turk Khaganate)	Full Year Range of Second Turk Khaganate is assumed. [682, 744]	present	None

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