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]
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Variable Definition
religious_literature The absence or presence of religious literature for a polity.

# Polity Year(s) Religious Literature Description   Edit
391
(Kingdom of Gomma)
Full Year Range of Kingdom of Gomma is assumed.
[1780, 1886]
present
None
392
(Plantagenet England)
Full Year Range of Plantagenet England is assumed.
[1154, 1485]
present
None
393
(Kingdom of Bohemia - Luxembourgian and Jagiellonian Dynasty)
Full Year Range of Kingdom of Bohemia - Luxembourgian and Jagiellonian Dynasty is assumed.
[1310, 1526]
present
None
394
(Shoa Sultanate)
Full Year Range of Shoa Sultanate is assumed.
[1108, 1285]
present
None
395
(Harla Kingdom)
Full Year Range of Harla Kingdom is assumed.
[-10000, 2000]
present
None
396
(Hadiya Sultanate)
Full Year Range of Hadiya Sultanate is assumed.
[1300, 1680]
present
None
397
(Ifat Sultanate)
Full Year Range of Ifat Sultanate is assumed.
[1280, 1375]
present
None
398
(Medri Bahri)
Full Year Range of Medri Bahri is assumed.
[1310, 1889]
present
None
399
(Majeerteen Sultanate)
Full Year Range of Majeerteen Sultanate is assumed.
[1750, 1926]
present
None
400
(Funj Sultanate)
Full Year Range of Funj Sultanate is assumed.
[1504, 1820]
present
None
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