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
61	(Canaan)	Full Year Range of Canaan is assumed. [-2000, -1175]	absent	None
62	(Yisrael)	Full Year Range of Yisrael is assumed. [-1030, -722]	unknown	None
63	(Egypt - Dynasty 0)	Full Year Range of Egypt - Dynasty 0 is assumed. [-3300, -3100]	unknown	None
64	(Egypt - Mamluk Sultanate II)	Full Year Range of Egypt - Mamluk Sultanate II is assumed. [1348, 1412]	present	None
65	(Egypt - Mamluk Sultanate I)	Full Year Range of Egypt - Mamluk Sultanate I is assumed. [1260, 1348]	present	None
66	(Ayyubid Sultanate)	Full Year Range of Ayyubid Sultanate is assumed. [1171, 1250]	present	None
67	(Hephthalites)	Full Year Range of Hephthalites is assumed. [408, 561]	present	None
68	(Seleucids)	Full Year Range of Seleucids is assumed. [-312, -63]	unknown	None
69	(Shuar - Ecuadorian)	Full Year Range of Shuar - Ecuadorian is assumed. [1831, 1931]	absent	None
70	(Buyid Confederation)	Full Year Range of Buyid Confederation is assumed. [932, 1062]	unknown	None

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