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
321	(Fatimid Caliphate)	Full Year Range of Fatimid Caliphate is assumed. [909, 1171]	present	None
322	(Byzantine Empire I)	Full Year Range of Byzantine Empire I is assumed. [632, 866]	present	None
323	(Byzantine Empire II)	Full Year Range of Byzantine Empire II is assumed. [867, 1072]	present	None
324	(Byzantine Empire III)	Full Year Range of Byzantine Empire III is assumed. [1073, 1204]	present	None
325	(Hatti - Old Kingdom)	Full Year Range of Hatti - Old Kingdom is assumed. [-1650, -1500]	unknown	None
326	(Kingdom of Lydia)	Full Year Range of Kingdom of Lydia is assumed. [-670, -546]	present	None
327	(Ottoman Emirate)	Full Year Range of Ottoman Emirate is assumed. [1299, 1402]	present	None
328	(Foys)	Full Year Range of Foys is assumed. [1600, 1892]	absent	None
329	(Ottoman Empire I)	Full Year Range of Ottoman Empire I is assumed. [1402, 1517]	present	None
330	(Ottoman Empire II)	Full Year Range of Ottoman Empire II is assumed. [1517, 1683]	present	None

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