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
51	(Samanid Empire)	Full Year Range of Samanid Empire is assumed. [819, 999]	present	None
52	(Final Postpalatial Crete)	Full Year Range of Final Postpalatial Crete is assumed. [-1200, -1000]	absent	None
53	(Geometric Crete)	Full Year Range of Geometric Crete is assumed. [-1000, -710]	absent	None
54	(Monopalatial Crete)	Full Year Range of Monopalatial Crete is assumed. [-1450, -1300]	absent	None
55	(Neolithic Crete)	Full Year Range of Neolithic Crete is assumed. [-7000, -3000]	absent	None
56	(New Palace Crete)	Full Year Range of New Palace Crete is assumed. [-1700, -1450]	absent	None
57	(The Old Palace Crete)	Full Year Range of The Old Palace Crete is assumed. [-1900, -1700]	absent	None
58	(Postpalatial Crete)	Full Year Range of Postpalatial Crete is assumed. [-1300, -1200]	absent	None
59	(Prepalatial Crete)	Full Year Range of Prepalatial Crete is assumed. [-3000, -1900]	absent	None
60	(Egypt - Dynasty 0)	Full Year Range of Egypt - Dynasty 0 is assumed. [-3300, -3100]	unknown	None

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