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
341	(Yemen - Tahirid Dynasty)	Full Year Range of Yemen - Tahirid Dynasty is assumed. [1454, 1517]	present	None
342	(Toro)	Full Year Range of Toro is assumed. [1830, 1896]	absent	None
343	(Futa Jallon)	Full Year Range of Futa Jallon is assumed. [1725, 1896]	present	None
344	(Dutch Empire)	Full Year Range of Dutch Empire is assumed. [1648, 1795]	present	None
345	(Proto-Yoruba)	Full Year Range of Proto-Yoruba is assumed. [301, 649]	absent	None
346	(Sui Dynasty)	Full Year Range of Sui Dynasty is assumed. [581, 618]	present	None
347	(Late Formative Yoruba)	Full Year Range of Late Formative Yoruba is assumed. [650, 1049]	absent	None
348	(Allada)	Full Year Range of Allada is assumed. [1100, 1724]	absent	None
349	(Oyo)	Full Year Range of Oyo is assumed. [1300, 1535]	absent	None
350	(Proto-Yoruboid)	Full Year Range of Proto-Yoruboid is assumed. [-300, 300]	absent	None

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