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
21	(Buganda)	1860 CE 1894 CE	present	None
22	(Nkore)	1860 CE 1901 CE	unknown	None
23	(Soviet Union)	1923 CE 1991 CE	present	None
24	(Banu Ghaniya)	Full Year Range of Banu Ghaniya is assumed. [1126, 1227]	present	None
25	(Axum III)	Full Year Range of Axum III is assumed. [600, 800]	present	None
26	(Kievan Rus)	Full Year Range of Kievan Rus is assumed. [880, 1242]	present	None
27	(Southern Song)	Full Year Range of Southern Song is assumed. [1127, 1279]	present	None
28	(Bagan)	Full Year Range of Bagan is assumed. [1044, 1287]	present	None
29	(Axum II)	Full Year Range of Axum II is assumed. [350, 599]	present	None
30	(Avar Khaganate)	Full Year Range of Avar Khaganate is assumed. [586, 822]	unknown	None

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