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
71	(Beaker Culture)	Full Year Range of Beaker Culture is assumed. [-3200, -2000]	unknown	None
72	(Deccan - Iron Age)	Full Year Range of Deccan - Iron Age is assumed. [-1200, -300]	unknown	None
73	(Mataram Sultanate)	Full Year Range of Mataram Sultanate is assumed. [1568, 1703]	unknown	None
74	(Hmong - Early Chinese)	Full Year Range of Hmong - Early Chinese is assumed. [1895, 1941]	present	None
75	(Deccan - Neolithic)	Full Year Range of Deccan - Neolithic is assumed. [-2700, -1200]	absent	None
76	(Kampili Kingdom)	Full Year Range of Kampili Kingdom is assumed. [1280, 1327]	unknown	None
77	(Uruk)	Full Year Range of Uruk is assumed. [-4000, -2900]	unknown	None
78	(Sasanid Empire I)	Full Year Range of Sasanid Empire I is assumed. [205, 487]	unknown	None
79	(Iban - Pre-Brooke)	Full Year Range of Iban - Pre-Brooke is assumed. [1650, 1841]	absent	None
80	(Plantagenet England)	Full Year Range of Plantagenet England is assumed. [1154, 1485]	present	None

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