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
351	(Anurādhapura II)	Full Year Range of Anurādhapura II is assumed. [70, 428]	present	None
352	(Classical Ife)	Full Year Range of Classical Ife is assumed. [1000, 1400]	absent	None
353	(Futa Jallon)	Full Year Range of Futa Jallon is assumed. [1725, 1896]	present	None
354	(Pandya Empire)	Full Year Range of Pandya Empire is assumed. [1250, 1323]	present	None
355	(Dambadaneiya)	Full Year Range of Dambadaneiya is assumed. [1232, 1293]	present	None
356	(Anurādhapura IV)	Full Year Range of Anurādhapura IV is assumed. [614, 1017]	present	None
357	(Polonnaruwa)	Full Year Range of Polonnaruwa is assumed. [1070, 1255]	present	None
358	(Anurādhapura III)	Full Year Range of Anurādhapura III is assumed. [428, 614]	present	None
359	(Dutch Empire)	Full Year Range of Dutch Empire is assumed. [1648, 1795]	present	None
360	(Late Formative Yoruba)	Full Year Range of Late Formative Yoruba is assumed. [650, 1049]	absent	None

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