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
391	(Soviet Union)	Full Year Range of Soviet Union is assumed. [1918, 1991]	present	None
392	(Holy Roman Empire - Ottonian-Salian Dynasty)	Full Year Range of Holy Roman Empire - Ottonian-Salian Dynasty is assumed. [919, 1125]	present	None
393	(Classical Ife)	Full Year Range of Classical Ife is assumed. [1000, 1400]	absent	None
394	(Hallstatt A-B1)	Full Year Range of Hallstatt A-B1 is assumed. [-1000, -900]	unknown	None
395	(Hallstatt B2-3)	Full Year Range of Hallstatt B2-3 is assumed. [-900, -700]	unknown	None
396	(Hallstatt C)	Full Year Range of Hallstatt C is assumed. [-700, -600]	unknown	None
397	(Hallstatt D)	Full Year Range of Hallstatt D is assumed. [-600, -475]	unknown	None
398	(British Empire II)	Full Year Range of British Empire II is assumed. [1850, 1968]	present	None
399	(Akan - Pre-Ashanti)	Full Year Range of Akan - Pre-Ashanti is assumed. [1501, 1701]	absent	None
400	(Archaic Crete)	Full Year Range of Archaic Crete is assumed. [-710, -500]	absent	None

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