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
291	(Late Angkor)	Full Year Range of Late Angkor is assumed. [1220, 1432]	present	None
292	(Khmer Kingdom)	Full Year Range of Khmer Kingdom is assumed. [1432, 1594]	present	None
293	(Funan I)	Full Year Range of Funan I is assumed. [225, 540]	present	None
294	(Funan II)	Full Year Range of Funan II is assumed. [540, 640]	present	None
295	(Jenne-jeno I)	Full Year Range of Jenne-jeno I is assumed. [-250, 49]	absent	None
296	(Jenne-jeno II)	Full Year Range of Jenne-jeno II is assumed. [50, 399]	absent	None
297	(Jenne-jeno III)	Full Year Range of Jenne-jeno III is assumed. [400, 899]	absent	None
298	(Jenne-jeno IV)	Full Year Range of Jenne-jeno IV is assumed. [900, 1300]	absent	None
299	(Segou Kingdom)	Full Year Range of Segou Kingdom is assumed. [1650, 1712]	absent	None
300	(Khitan I)	Full Year Range of Khitan I is assumed. [907, 1125]	present	None

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