Section: Social Complexity
Subsection: Kinds of Written Documents

Scientific Literature

Talking about kinds of written documents, scientific literature includes mathematics, natural sciences, social sciences   (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]
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Variable Definition
scientific_literature The absence or presence of scientific literature for a polity.

# Polity Year(s) Scientific Literature Description   Edit
1
(Icelandic Commonwealth)
930 CE 1100 CE
absent
None
2
(Icelandic Commonwealth)
1101 CE 1262 CE
present
None
3
(Middle Postclassic Basin of Mexico)
1200 CE 1299 CE
unknown
None
4
(Middle Postclassic Basin of Mexico)
1300 CE 1426 CE
present
None
5
(Russian Empire, Romanov Dynasty I)
1615 CE 1700 CE
A~P
None
6
(Early Modern Sierra Leone)
1650 CE 1832 CE
absent
None
7
(Russian Empire, Romanov Dynasty I)
1700 CE 1775 CE
present
None
8
(Buganda)
1700 CE 1859 CE
absent
None
9
(Spanish Empire II)
1716 CE 1814 CE
present
None
10
(Nkore)
1750 CE 1859 CE
absent
None
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