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]
Verified	A Seshat Expert has approved this piece of data.

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

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#	Polity	Year(s)	Scientific Literature	Description	Edit
21	(Late Xiongnu)	Full Year Range of Late Xiongnu is assumed. [-60, 100]	unknown	None
22	(Uruk)	Full Year Range of Uruk is assumed. [-4000, -2900]	absent	None
23	(Early Merovingian)	Full Year Range of Early Merovingian is assumed. [481, 543]	unknown	None
24	(British Empire II)	Full Year Range of British Empire II is assumed. [1850, 1968]	present	None
25	(Akan - Pre-Ashanti)	Full Year Range of Akan - Pre-Ashanti is assumed. [1501, 1701]	absent	None
26	(Archaic Crete)	Full Year Range of Archaic Crete is assumed. [-710, -500]	absent	None
27	(Hallstatt D)	Full Year Range of Hallstatt D is assumed. [-600, -475]	unknown	None
28	(The Emirate of Crete)	Full Year Range of The Emirate of Crete is assumed. [824, 961]	present	None
29	(Hallstatt C)	Full Year Range of Hallstatt C is assumed. [-700, -600]	unknown	None
30	(Western Zhou)	Full Year Range of Western Zhou is assumed. [-1122, -771]	present	None

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