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
401	(Kingdom of Gumma)	Full Year Range of Kingdom of Gumma is assumed. [1800, 1897]	present	None
402	(Emirate of Harar)	Full Year Range of Emirate of Harar is assumed. [1650, 1875]	present	None
403	(Early Sultanate of Aussa)	Full Year Range of Early Sultanate of Aussa is assumed. [1734, 1895]	present	None
404	(Isaaq Sultanate)	Full Year Range of Isaaq Sultanate is assumed. [1300, 1886]	present	None
405	(Ilú-ọba Ọ̀yọ́)	Full Year Range of Ilú-ọba Ọ̀yọ́ is assumed. [1601, 1835]	present	None
406	(Kingdom of Cayor)	Full Year Range of Kingdom of Cayor is assumed. [1549, 1864]	present	None
407	(Kingdom of Saloum)	Full Year Range of Kingdom of Saloum is assumed. [1490, 1863]	present	None
408	(Kingdom of Baol)	Full Year Range of Kingdom of Baol is assumed. [1550, 1890]	present	None
409	(Kingdom of Sine)	Full Year Range of Kingdom of Sine is assumed. [1350, 1887]	present	None
410	(Kingdom of Waalo)	Full Year Range of Kingdom of Waalo is assumed. [1287, 1855]	present	None

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