Section: Social Complexity
Subsection: Kinds of Written Documents

Fiction

Talking about kinds of written documents, fiction includes poetry.   (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
fiction The absence or presence of fiction for a polity.

# Polity Year(s) Fiction Description   Edit
61
(Makuria Kingdom I)
Full Year Range of Makuria Kingdom I is assumed.
[568, 618]
unknown
None
62
(Makuria Kingdom II)
Full Year Range of Makuria Kingdom II is assumed.
[619, 849]
present
None
63
(Chu Kingdom - Warring States Period)
Full Year Range of Chu Kingdom - Warring States Period is assumed.
[-488, -223]
uncoded
None
64
(Chu Kingdom - Spring and Autumn Period)
Full Year Range of Chu Kingdom - Spring and Autumn Period is assumed.
[-740, -489]
present
None
65
(Pre-Maravi)
Full Year Range of Pre-Maravi is assumed.
[1151, 1399]
absent
None
66
(Chaulukya Dynasty)
Full Year Range of Chaulukya Dynasty is assumed.
[941, 1245]
present
None
67
(Chauhana Dynasty)
Full Year Range of Chauhana Dynasty is assumed.
[973, 1192]
present
None
68
(Cwezi Dynasty)
Full Year Range of Cwezi Dynasty is assumed.
[1450, 1699]
absent
None
69
(Eastern Zhou)
Full Year Range of Eastern Zhou is assumed.
[-475, -256]
uncoded
None
70
(Monagrillo)
Full Year Range of Monagrillo is assumed.
[-3000, -1300]
absent
None
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