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
31	(Western Zhou)	Full Year Range of Western Zhou is assumed. [-1122, -771]	present	None
32	(Hallstatt B2-3)	Full Year Range of Hallstatt B2-3 is assumed. [-900, -700]	unknown	None
33	(Hallstatt A-B1)	Full Year Range of Hallstatt A-B1 is assumed. [-1000, -900]	unknown	None
34	(Late Roman Republic)	Full Year Range of Late Roman Republic is assumed. [-133, -31]	present	None
35	(Inca Empire)	Full Year Range of Inca Empire is assumed. [1375, 1532]	absent	None
36	(Egypt - Mamluk Sultanate I)	Full Year Range of Egypt - Mamluk Sultanate I is assumed. [1260, 1348]	present	None
37	(Beaker Culture)	Full Year Range of Beaker Culture is assumed. [-3200, -2000]	unknown	None
38	(Isin-Larsa)	Full Year Range of Isin-Larsa is assumed. [-2004, -1763]	present	None
39	(Egypt - Dynasty 0)	Full Year Range of Egypt - Dynasty 0 is assumed. [-3300, -3100]	unknown	None
40	(Neo-Assyrian Empire)	Full Year Range of Neo-Assyrian Empire is assumed. [-911, -612]	present	None

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