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
371	(Karagwe)	Full Year Range of Karagwe is assumed. [1500, 1916]	absent	None
372	(Kingdom of Nyinginya)	Full Year Range of Kingdom of Nyinginya is assumed. [1650, 1897]	absent	None
373	(Nkore)	Full Year Range of Nkore is assumed. [1450, 1749]	absent	None
374	(Ndorwa)	Full Year Range of Ndorwa is assumed. [1700, 1800]	absent	None
375	(Burundi)	Full Year Range of Burundi is assumed. [1680, 1903]	absent	None
376	(Mubari)	Full Year Range of Mubari is assumed. [-10000, 2000]	absent	None
377	(Gisaka)	Full Year Range of Gisaka is assumed. [1700, 1867]	absent	None
378	(Fipa)	Full Year Range of Fipa is assumed. [1600, 1890]	absent	None
379	(Bugesera)	Full Year Range of Bugesera is assumed. [1700, 1799]	absent	None
380	(Buhaya)	Full Year Range of Buhaya is assumed. [-10000, 2000]	absent	None

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