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
231	(Hawaii III)	Full Year Range of Hawaii III is assumed. [1580, 1778]	absent	None
232	(Mahajanapada era)	Full Year Range of Mahajanapada era is assumed. [-600, -324]	absent	None
233	(Rashtrakuta Empire)	Full Year Range of Rashtrakuta Empire is assumed. [753, 973]	present	None
234	(Vijayanagara Empire)	Full Year Range of Vijayanagara Empire is assumed. [1336, 1646]	present	None
235	(Yisrael)	Full Year Range of Yisrael is assumed. [-1030, -722]	present	None
236	(Yisrael)	Full Year Range of Yisrael is assumed. [-1030, -722]	absent	None
237	(Chalukyas of Kalyani)	Full Year Range of Chalukyas of Kalyani is assumed. [973, 1189]	present	None
238	(Second Dynasty of Isin)	Full Year Range of Second Dynasty of Isin is assumed. [-1153, -1027]	present	None
239	(Early A'chik)	Full Year Range of Early A'chik is assumed. [1775, 1867]	absent	None
240	(Late A'chik)	Full Year Range of Late A'chik is assumed. [1867, 1956]	present	None

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