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
51	(Kingdom of Congo)	Full Year Range of Kingdom of Congo is assumed. [1491, 1568]	present	None
52	(Kingdom of Georgia II)	Full Year Range of Kingdom of Georgia II is assumed. [975, 1243]	present	None
53	(Kingdom of Sicily - Hohenstaufen and Angevin dynasties)	Full Year Range of Kingdom of Sicily - Hohenstaufen and Angevin dynasties is assumed. [1194, 1281]	present	None
54	(La Mula-Sarigua)	Full Year Range of La Mula-Sarigua is assumed. [-1300, 200]	absent	None
55	(Lakhmid Kigdom)	Full Year Range of Lakhmid Kigdom is assumed. [400, 611]	present	None
56	(Late East Africa Iron Age)	Full Year Range of Late East Africa Iron Age is assumed. [800, 1150]	absent	None
57	(Late Greater Coclé)	Full Year Range of Late Greater Coclé is assumed. [1000, 1515]	absent	None
58	(Later Qin Kingdom)	Full Year Range of Later Qin Kingdom is assumed. [386, 417]	present	None
59	(Early Tana 1)	Full Year Range of Early Tana 1 is assumed. [500, 749]	unknown	None
60	(Maravi Empire)	Full Year Range of Maravi Empire is assumed. [1622, 1870]	absent	None

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