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
361	(Fipa)	Full Year Range of Fipa is assumed. [1600, 1890]	absent	None
362	(Bugesera)	Full Year Range of Bugesera is assumed. [1700, 1799]	absent	None
363	(Buhaya)	Full Year Range of Buhaya is assumed. [-10000, 2000]	absent	None
364	(Early Cholas)	Full Year Range of Early Cholas is assumed. [-300, 300]	present	None
365	(Thanjavur Maratha Kingdom)	Full Year Range of Thanjavur Maratha Kingdom is assumed. [1675, 1799]	present	None
366	(Early Pandyas)	Full Year Range of Early Pandyas is assumed. [-300, 300]	present	None
367	(Hausa bakwai)	Full Year Range of Hausa bakwai is assumed. [900, 1808]	present	None
368	(Plantagenet England)	Full Year Range of Plantagenet England is assumed. [1154, 1485]	present	None
369	(Mane)	Full Year Range of Mane is assumed. [1550, 1650]	absent	None
370	(Middle and Late Nok)	Full Year Range of Middle and Late Nok is assumed. [-1500, -901]	absent	None

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