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
31	(Kidarite Kingdom)	Full Year Range of Kidarite Kingdom is assumed. [388, 477]	present	None
32	(Tang Dynasty II)	Full Year Range of Tang Dynasty II is assumed. [763, 907]	present	None
33	(Late Qing)	Full Year Range of Late Qing is assumed. [1796, 1912]	present	None
34	(Greco-Bactrian Kingdom)	Full Year Range of Greco-Bactrian Kingdom is assumed. [-256, -125]	present	None
35	(Hallstatt A-B1)	Full Year Range of Hallstatt A-B1 is assumed. [-1000, -900]	unknown	None
36	(French Kingdom - Early Bourbon)	Full Year Range of French Kingdom - Early Bourbon is assumed. [1589, 1660]	present	None
37	(Northern Wei)	Full Year Range of Northern Wei is assumed. [386, 534]	present	None
38	(Carolingian Empire I)	Full Year Range of Carolingian Empire I is assumed. [752, 840]	present	None
39	(French Kingdom - Early Valois)	Full Year Range of French Kingdom - Early Valois is assumed. [1328, 1450]	present	None
40	(Early Xiongnu)	Full Year Range of Early Xiongnu is assumed. [-1400, -300]	unknown	None

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