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
431
(Antebellum US)
Full Year Range of Antebellum US is assumed.
[1776, 1865]
present
None
432
(Tudor and Early Stuart England)
Full Year Range of Tudor and Early Stuart England is assumed.
[1486, 1689]
present
None
433
(Austria - Habsburg Dynasty I)
Full Year Range of Austria - Habsburg Dynasty I is assumed.
[1454, 1648]
present
None
434
(Anglo-Saxon England II)
Full Year Range of Anglo-Saxon England II is assumed.
[927, 1065]
present
None
435
(Austria - Habsburg Dynasty II)
Full Year Range of Austria - Habsburg Dynasty II is assumed.
[1649, 1918]
present
None
436
(Khwarezmid Empire)
Full Year Range of Khwarezmid Empire is assumed.
[1157, 1231]
present
None
437
(Hohokam Culture)
Full Year Range of Hohokam Culture is assumed.
[300, 1500]
absent
None
438
(Alaouite Dynasty I)
Full Year Range of Alaouite Dynasty I is assumed.
[1631, 1727]
present
None
439
(British Empire I)
Full Year Range of British Empire I is assumed.
[1690, 1849]
present
None
440
(Napoleonic France)
Full Year Range of Napoleonic France is assumed.
[1816, 1870]
present
None
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