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
381
(Early Qing)
Full Year Range of Early Qing is assumed.
[1644, 1796]
present
None
382
(Sui Dynasty)
Full Year Range of Sui Dynasty is assumed.
[581, 618]
present
None
383
(Late Roman Republic)
Full Year Range of Late Roman Republic is assumed.
[-133, -31]
present
None
384
(Western Zhou)
Full Year Range of Western Zhou is assumed.
[-1122, -771]
present
None
385
(Yangshao)
Full Year Range of Yangshao is assumed.
[-5000, -3000]
absent
None
386
(Shuar - Ecuadorian)
Full Year Range of Shuar - Ecuadorian is assumed.
[1831, 1931]
absent
None
387
(Shuar - Colonial)
Full Year Range of Shuar - Colonial is assumed.
[1534, 1830]
absent
None
388
(Ayyubid Sultanate)
Full Year Range of Ayyubid Sultanate is assumed.
[1171, 1250]
present
None
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