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
11	(Kingdom of Kaffa)	1531 CE 1897 CE	present	None
12	(Sakha - Late)	1632 CE 1800 CE	absent	None
13	(Buganda)	1700 CE 1859 CE	absent	None
14	(Haudenosaunee Confederacy - Late)	1714 CE 1831 CE	absent	None
15	(Spanish Empire II)	1716 CE 1814 CE	present	None
16	(Nkore)	1750 CE 1859 CE	absent	None
17	(Sakha - Late)	1801 CE 1900 CE	present	None
18	(Haudenosaunee Confederacy - Late)	1832 CE 1848 CE	present	None
19	(Buganda)	1860 CE 1894 CE	present	None
20	(Nkore)	1860 CE 1901 CE	unknown	None

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