Section: Social Complexity

Subsection: Kinds of Written Documents

Religious Literature

Talking about kinds of written documents, religious literature differs from the sacred texts. for example, it may provide commentary on the sacred texts, or advice on how to live a virtuous life. (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
religious_literature	The absence or presence of religious literature for a polity.

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#	Polity	Year(s)	Religious Literature	Description	Edit
91	(French Kingdom - Early Bourbon)	Full Year Range of French Kingdom - Early Bourbon is assumed. [1589, 1660]	present	None
92	(Proto-French Kingdom)	Full Year Range of Proto-French Kingdom is assumed. [987, 1150]	unknown	None
93	(Carolingian Empire II)	Full Year Range of Carolingian Empire II is assumed. [840, 987]	unknown	None
94	(Hallstatt A-B1)	Full Year Range of Hallstatt A-B1 is assumed. [-1000, -900]	unknown	None
95	(Hallstatt B2-3)	Full Year Range of Hallstatt B2-3 is assumed. [-900, -700]	unknown	None
96	(Hallstatt C)	Full Year Range of Hallstatt C is assumed. [-700, -600]	unknown	None
97	(Hallstatt D)	Full Year Range of Hallstatt D is assumed. [-600, -475]	unknown	None
98	(La Tene A-B1)	Full Year Range of La Tene A-B1 is assumed. [-475, -325]	absent	None
99	(French Kingdom - Early Valois)	Full Year Range of French Kingdom - Early Valois is assumed. [1328, 1450]	present	None
100	(Northern Maravi Kingdom)	Full Year Range of Northern Maravi Kingdom is assumed. [1500, 1621]	absent	None

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