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
201	(Rattanakosin)	Full Year Range of Rattanakosin is assumed. [1782, 1873]	present	None
202	(Fatimid Caliphate)	Full Year Range of Fatimid Caliphate is assumed. [909, 1171]	present	None
203	(Byzantine Empire II)	Full Year Range of Byzantine Empire II is assumed. [867, 1072]	present	None
204	(Ottoman Empire I)	Full Year Range of Ottoman Empire I is assumed. [1402, 1517]	present	None
205	(Ottoman Empire II)	Full Year Range of Ottoman Empire II is assumed. [1517, 1683]	present	None
206	(Roman Empire - Dominate)	Full Year Range of Roman Empire - Dominate is assumed. [285, 394]	present	None
207	(Inca Empire)	Full Year Range of Inca Empire is assumed. [1375, 1532]	absent	None
208	(Kingdom of Hawaii - Kamehameha Period)	Full Year Range of Kingdom of Hawaii - Kamehameha Period is assumed. [1778, 1819]	absent	None
209	(Oneota)	Full Year Range of Oneota is assumed. [1400, 1650]	absent	None
210	(Monopalatial Crete)	Full Year Range of Monopalatial Crete is assumed. [-1450, -1300]	absent	None

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