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
381	(Antebellum US)	Full Year Range of Antebellum US is assumed. [1776, 1865]	present	None
382	(Tudor and Early Stuart England)	Full Year Range of Tudor and Early Stuart England is assumed. [1486, 1689]	present	None
383	(Anglo-Saxon England II)	Full Year Range of Anglo-Saxon England II is assumed. [927, 1065]	present	None
384	(Khwarezmid Empire)	Full Year Range of Khwarezmid Empire is assumed. [1157, 1231]	present	None
385	(Hohokam Culture)	Full Year Range of Hohokam Culture is assumed. [300, 1500]	absent	None
386	(Austria - Habsburg Dynasty I)	Full Year Range of Austria - Habsburg Dynasty I is assumed. [1454, 1648]	present	None
387	(Golden Horde)	Full Year Range of Golden Horde is assumed. [1240, 1440]	present	None
388	(British Empire I)	Full Year Range of British Empire I is assumed. [1690, 1849]	present	None
389	(Napoleonic France)	Full Year Range of Napoleonic France is assumed. [1816, 1870]	present	None
390	(Russian Empire, Romanov Dynasty II)	Full Year Range of Russian Empire, Romanov Dynasty II is assumed. [1776, 1917]	present	None

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