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
51	(Anglo-Saxon England I)	Full Year Range of Anglo-Saxon England I is assumed. [410, 926]	A~P	None
52	(Lombard Kingdom)	Full Year Range of Lombard Kingdom is assumed. [568, 774]	present	None
53	(Golden Horde)	Full Year Range of Golden Horde is assumed. [1240, 1440]	P~A	None
54	(British Empire IIIIIIIIII)	Full Year Range of British Empire IIIIIIIIII is assumed. [1850, 1968]	present	None
55	(French Kingdom - Late Valois)	Full Year Range of French Kingdom - Late Valois is assumed. [1450, 1589]	present	None
56	(British Empire II)	Full Year Range of British Empire II is assumed. [1850, 1968]	present	None
57	(Akan - Pre-Ashanti)	Full Year Range of Akan - Pre-Ashanti is assumed. [1501, 1701]	absent	None
58	(Tokugawa Shogunate)	Full Year Range of Tokugawa Shogunate is assumed. [1603, 1868]	present	None
59	(Archaic Crete)	Full Year Range of Archaic Crete is assumed. [-710, -500]	absent	None
60	(La Tene A-B1)	Full Year Range of La Tene A-B1 is assumed. [-475, -325]	absent	None

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