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
351	(Pre-Sape Sierra Leone)	Full Year Range of Pre-Sape Sierra Leone is assumed. [600, 1400]	absent	None
352	(Sape)	Full Year Range of Sape is assumed. [1400, 1550]	absent	None
353	(Whydah)	Full Year Range of Whydah is assumed. [1671, 1727]	absent	None
354	(Saffarid Caliphate)	Full Year Range of Saffarid Caliphate is assumed. [861, 1003]	present	None
355	(Benin Empire)	Full Year Range of Benin Empire is assumed. [1140, 1897]	absent	None
356	(Kanem)	Full Year Range of Kanem is assumed. [800, 1379]	unknown	None
357	(Plantagenet England)	Full Year Range of Plantagenet England is assumed. [1154, 1485]	present	None
358	(British Empire I)	Full Year Range of British Empire I is assumed. [1690, 1849]	present	None
359	(Napoleonic France)	Full Year Range of Napoleonic France is assumed. [1816, 1870]	present	None
360	(Early United Mexican States)	Full Year Range of Early United Mexican States is assumed. [1810, 1920]	present	None

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