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
261	(Elam - Shutrukid Period)	Full Year Range of Elam - Shutrukid Period is assumed. [-1199, -1100]	present	None
262	(Parthian Empire II)	Full Year Range of Parthian Empire II is assumed. [41, 226]	present	None
263	(Pre-Ceramic Period)	Full Year Range of Pre-Ceramic Period is assumed. [-7800, -7200]	absent	None
264	(Qajar)	Full Year Range of Qajar is assumed. [1794, 1925]	present	None
265	(Safavid Empire)	Full Year Range of Safavid Empire is assumed. [1501, 1722]	present	None
266	(Sasanid Empire I)	Full Year Range of Sasanid Empire I is assumed. [205, 487]	present	None
267	(Japan - Early Jomon)	Full Year Range of Japan - Early Jomon is assumed. [-5300, -3500]	absent	None
268	(Japan - Middle Jomon)	Full Year Range of Japan - Middle Jomon is assumed. [-3500, -2500]	absent	None
269	(Late Mongols)	Full Year Range of Late Mongols is assumed. [1368, 1690]	present	None
270	(Sasanid Empire II)	Full Year Range of Sasanid Empire II is assumed. [488, 642]	present	None

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