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)

Contributors:

Metadata:

Download MetaData

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
scientific_literature	The absence or presence of scientific literature for a polity.

Actual Data:

Add More Facts Download All See One-Page Mode

#	Polity	Year(s)	Scientific Literature	Description	Edit
11	(Early Modern Sierra Leone)	1833 CE 1896 CE	present	None
12	(Buganda)	1860 CE 1894 CE	unknown	None
13	(Nkore)	1860 CE 1901 CE	unknown	None
14	(Austria - Habsburg Dynasty II)	1867 CE 1918 CE	present	None
15	(Soviet Union)	1923 CE 1991 CE	present	None
16	(Xiongnu Imperial Confederation)	Full Year Range of Xiongnu Imperial Confederation is assumed. [-209, -60]	unknown	None
17	(Shuar - Ecuadorian)	Full Year Range of Shuar - Ecuadorian is assumed. [1831, 1931]	absent	None
18	(Yangshao)	Full Year Range of Yangshao is assumed. [-5000, -3000]	absent	None
19	(Late Xiongnu)	Full Year Range of Late Xiongnu is assumed. [-60, 100]	unknown	None
20	(Uruk)	Full Year Range of Uruk is assumed. [-4000, -2900]	absent	None

Page 2 (of 39)