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
21	(Badarian)	Full Year Range of Badarian is assumed. [-4400, -3800]	absent	None
22	(Eastern Han Empire)	Full Year Range of Eastern Han Empire is assumed. [25, 220]	present	None
23	(British Empire II)	Full Year Range of British Empire II is assumed. [1850, 1968]	present	None
24	(Ptolemaic Kingdom I)	Full Year Range of Ptolemaic Kingdom I is assumed. [-305, -217]	present	None
25	(Ptolemaic Kingdom II)	Full Year Range of Ptolemaic Kingdom II is assumed. [-217, -30]	present	None
26	(Beaker Culture)	Full Year Range of Beaker Culture is assumed. [-3200, -2000]	unknown	None
27	(French Kingdom - Late Bourbon)	Full Year Range of French Kingdom - Late Bourbon is assumed. [1660, 1815]	present	None
28	(Carolingian Empire II)	Full Year Range of Carolingian Empire II is assumed. [840, 987]	unknown	None
29	(British Empire IIIIIIIIII)	Full Year Range of British Empire IIIIIIIIII is assumed. [1850, 1968]	present	None
30	(Hallstatt B2-3)	Full Year Range of Hallstatt B2-3 is assumed. [-900, -700]	unknown	None

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