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
211	(Khanate of Bukhara)	Full Year Range of Khanate of Bukhara is assumed. [1599, 1747]	present	None
212	(Koktepe II)	Full Year Range of Koktepe II is assumed. [-750, -550]	absent	None
213	(Monopalatial Crete)	Full Year Range of Monopalatial Crete is assumed. [-1450, -1300]	absent	None
214	(Kidarite Kingdom)	Full Year Range of Kidarite Kingdom is assumed. [388, 477]	present	None
215	(Western Jin)	Full Year Range of Western Jin is assumed. [265, 317]	present	None
216	(Erligang)	Full Year Range of Erligang is assumed. [-1650, -1250]	unknown	None
217	(Erlitou)	Full Year Range of Erlitou is assumed. [-1850, -1600]	unknown	None
218	(Jin)	Full Year Range of Jin is assumed. [-780, -404]	absent	None
219	(Great Ming)	Full Year Range of Great Ming is assumed. [1368, 1644]	present	None
220	(Xiongnu Imperial Confederation)	Full Year Range of Xiongnu Imperial Confederation is assumed. [-209, -60]	unknown	None

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