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
31	(Shuar - Colonial)	Full Year Range of Shuar - Colonial is assumed. [1534, 1830]	absent	None
32	(British Empire II)	Full Year Range of British Empire II is assumed. [1850, 1968]	present	None
33	(La Tene A-B1)	Full Year Range of La Tene A-B1 is assumed. [-475, -325]	absent	None
34	(Egypt - New Kingdom Ramesside Period)	Full Year Range of Egypt - New Kingdom Ramesside Period is assumed. [-1293, -1070]	present	None
35	(Early Merovingian)	Full Year Range of Early Merovingian is assumed. [481, 543]	unknown	None
36	(Hallstatt D)	Full Year Range of Hallstatt D is assumed. [-600, -475]	unknown	None
37	(Egypt - Middle Kingdom)	Full Year Range of Egypt - Middle Kingdom is assumed. [-2016, -1700]	present	None
38	(Great Yuan)	Full Year Range of Great Yuan is assumed. [1271, 1368]	present	None
39	(Eastern Han Empire)	Full Year Range of Eastern Han Empire is assumed. [25, 220]	absent	None
40	(Hallstatt C)	Full Year Range of Hallstatt C is assumed. [-700, -600]	unknown	None

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