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
191	(Ancient Khwarazm)	Full Year Range of Ancient Khwarazm is assumed. [-1000, -521]	absent	None
192	(Kushan Empire)	Full Year Range of Kushan Empire is assumed. [35, 319]	present	None
193	(Tocharians)	Full Year Range of Tocharians is assumed. [-129, 29]	present	None
194	(Western Jin)	Full Year Range of Western Jin is assumed. [265, 317]	present	None
195	(Erlitou)	Full Year Range of Erlitou is assumed. [-1850, -1600]	unknown	None
196	(Hmong - Late Qing)	Full Year Range of Hmong - Late Qing is assumed. [1701, 1895]	absent	None
197	(Great Ming)	Full Year Range of Great Ming is assumed. [1368, 1644]	present	None
198	(Northern Song)	Full Year Range of Northern Song is assumed. [960, 1127]	present	None
199	(Early Qing)	Full Year Range of Early Qing is assumed. [1644, 1796]	present	None
200	(Postpalatial Crete)	Full Year Range of Postpalatial Crete is assumed. [-1300, -1200]	absent	None

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