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
371	(Middle and Late Nok)	Full Year Range of Middle and Late Nok is assumed. [-900, 0]	absent	None
372	(Pre-Sape Sierra Leone)	Full Year Range of Pre-Sape Sierra Leone is assumed. [600, 1400]	absent	None
373	(Sape)	Full Year Range of Sape is assumed. [1400, 1550]	absent	None
374	(Whydah)	Full Year Range of Whydah is assumed. [1671, 1727]	absent	None
375	(Ọ̀ràézè Ǹrì)	Full Year Range of Ọ̀ràézè Ǹrì is assumed. [1043, 1911]	absent	None
376	(Benin Empire)	Full Year Range of Benin Empire is assumed. [1140, 1897]	absent	None
377	(Kanem)	Full Year Range of Kanem is assumed. [800, 1379]	unknown	None
378	(Kingdom of Bohemia - Luxembourgian and Jagiellonian Dynasty)	Full Year Range of Kingdom of Bohemia - Luxembourgian and Jagiellonian Dynasty is assumed. [1310, 1526]	present	None
379	(Us Reconstruction-Progressive)	Full Year Range of Us Reconstruction-Progressive is assumed. [1866, 1933]	present	None
380	(Chaco Canyon - Late Bonito phase)	Full Year Range of Chaco Canyon - Late Bonito phase is assumed. [1101, 1140]	absent	None

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