Section: Social Complexity
Subsection: Kinds of Written Documents

Sacred Text

Talking about kinds of written documents, sacred texts originate from supernatural agents (deities), or are directly inspired by them.   (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
sacred_text The absence or presence of sacred text for a polity.

# Polity Year(s) Sacred Text Description   Edit
1
(Kansai - Kofun Period)
250 CE 399 CE
absent
None
2
(Rouran Khaganate)
300 CE 499 CE
absent
None
3
(Kansai - Kofun Period)
399 CE 537 CE
absent
None
4
(Hephthalites)
408 CE 487 CE
absent
None
5
(Hephthalites)
488 CE 561 CE
present
None
6
(Rouran Khaganate)
500 CE 555 CE
present
None
7
(Icelandic Commonwealth)
930 CE 1000 CE
absent
None
8
(Icelandic Commonwealth)
1001 CE 1262 CE
present
None
9
(Middle Postclassic Basin of Mexico)
1200 CE 1299 CE
unknown
None
10
(Middle Postclassic Basin of Mexico)
1300 CE 1426 CE
present
None
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