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
421	(Middle and Late Nok)	Full Year Range of Middle and Late Nok is assumed. [-1500, -901]	absent	None
422	(Middle and Late Nok)	Full Year Range of Middle and Late Nok is assumed. [-900, 0]	absent	None
423	(Pre-Sape Sierra Leone)	Full Year Range of Pre-Sape Sierra Leone is assumed. [600, 1400]	absent	None
424	(Us Reconstruction-Progressive)	Full Year Range of Us Reconstruction-Progressive is assumed. [1866, 1933]	present	None
425	(Sape)	Full Year Range of Sape is assumed. [1400, 1550]	absent	None
426	(Whydah)	Full Year Range of Whydah is assumed. [1671, 1727]	absent	None
427	(Ọ̀ràézè Ǹrì)	Full Year Range of Ọ̀ràézè Ǹrì is assumed. [1043, 1911]	absent	None
428	(Benin Empire)	Full Year Range of Benin Empire is assumed. [1140, 1897]	absent	None
429	(Kanem)	Full Year Range of Kanem is assumed. [800, 1379]	unknown	None
430	(Chaco Canyon - Late Bonito phase)	Full Year Range of Chaco Canyon - Late Bonito phase is assumed. [1101, 1140]	absent	None

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