Section: Social Complexity

Subsection: Kinds of Written Documents

Religious Literature

Talking about kinds of written documents, religious literature differs from the sacred texts. for example, it may provide commentary on the sacred texts, or advice on how to live a virtuous life. (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
religious_literature	The absence or presence of religious literature for a polity.

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#	Polity	Year(s)	Religious Literature	Description	Edit
111	(Second Turk Khaganate)	Full Year Range of Second Turk Khaganate is assumed. [682, 744]	unknown	None
112	(Uigur Khaganate)	Full Year Range of Uigur Khaganate is assumed. [745, 840]	unknown	None
113	(Elam - Early Sukkalmah)	Full Year Range of Elam - Early Sukkalmah is assumed. [-1900, -1701]	present	None
114	(Elam - Late Sukkalmah)	Full Year Range of Elam - Late Sukkalmah is assumed. [-1700, -1500]	present	None
115	(Susa I)	Full Year Range of Susa I is assumed. [-4300, -3800]	absent	None
116	(Susa III)	Full Year Range of Susa III is assumed. [-3100, -2675]	present	None
117	(Haudenosaunee Confederacy - Early)	Full Year Range of Haudenosaunee Confederacy - Early is assumed. [1566, 1713]	absent	None
118	(Hallstatt D)	Full Year Range of Hallstatt D is assumed. [-600, -475]	unknown	None
119	(Latium - Iron Age)	Full Year Range of Latium - Iron Age is assumed. [-1000, -580]	absent	None
120	(Deccan - Iron Age)	Full Year Range of Deccan - Iron Age is assumed. [-1200, -300]	unknown	None

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