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
81	(Hmong - Early Chinese)	Full Year Range of Hmong - Early Chinese is assumed. [1895, 1941]	present	None
82	(Middle Roman Republic)	Full Year Range of Middle Roman Republic is assumed. [-264, -133]	present	None
83	(Iban - Pre-Brooke)	Full Year Range of Iban - Pre-Brooke is assumed. [1650, 1841]	absent	None
84	(Canaan)	Full Year Range of Canaan is assumed. [-2000, -1175]	absent	None
85	(Yehuda)	Full Year Range of Yehuda is assumed. [-141, -63]	present	None
86	(Kingdom of Ayodhya)	Full Year Range of Kingdom of Ayodhya is assumed. [-64, 34]	present	None
87	(Chalukyas of Badami)	Full Year Range of Chalukyas of Badami is assumed. [543, 753]	present	None
88	(Delhi Sultanate)	Full Year Range of Delhi Sultanate is assumed. [1206, 1526]	present	None
89	(Gahadavala Dynasty)	Full Year Range of Gahadavala Dynasty is assumed. [1085, 1193]	present	None
90	(Plantagenet England)	Full Year Range of Plantagenet England is assumed. [1154, 1485]	present	None

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