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]
Verified	A Seshat Expert has approved this piece of data.

Variable	Definition
sacred_text	The absence or presence of sacred text for a polity.

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#	Polity	Year(s)	Sacred Text	Description	Edit
101	(Akkadian Empire)	Full Year Range of Akkadian Empire is assumed. [-2270, -2083]	present	None
102	(Neo-Babylonian Empire)	Full Year Range of Neo-Babylonian Empire is assumed. [-626, -539]	present	None
103	(Ubaid)	Full Year Range of Ubaid is assumed. [-5500, -4201]	absent	None
104	(Ak Koyunlu)	Full Year Range of Ak Koyunlu is assumed. [1339, 1501]	present	None
105	(Buyid Confederation)	Full Year Range of Buyid Confederation is assumed. [932, 1062]	present	None
106	(Elymais II)	Full Year Range of Elymais II is assumed. [25, 215]	present	None
107	(Susiana - Late Ubaid)	Full Year Range of Susiana - Late Ubaid is assumed. [-4700, -4300]	absent	None
108	(Parthian Empire I)	Full Year Range of Parthian Empire I is assumed. [-247, 40]	present	None
109	(Parthian Empire II)	Full Year Range of Parthian Empire II is assumed. [41, 226]	present	None
110	(Plantagenet England)	Full Year Range of Plantagenet England is assumed. [1154, 1485]	present	None

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