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
71	(Early Maravi)	Full Year Range of Early Maravi is assumed. [1400, 1499]	absent	None
72	(Numidia)	Full Year Range of Numidia is assumed. [-220, -46]	present	None
73	(Novgorod Land)	Full Year Range of Novgorod Land is assumed. [880, 1240]	present	None
74	(Chu Kingdom - Warring States Period)	Full Year Range of Chu Kingdom - Warring States Period is assumed. [-488, -223]	present	None
75	(Ottoman Empire Late Period)	Full Year Range of Ottoman Empire Late Period is assumed. [1873, 1920]	present	None
76	(Pre-Maravi)	Full Year Range of Pre-Maravi is assumed. [1151, 1399]	absent	None
77	(Sharqi)	Full Year Range of Sharqi is assumed. [1394, 1479]	present	None
78	(Songhai Empire)	Full Year Range of Songhai Empire is assumed. [1376, 1493]	present	None
79	(Southern Qi State)	Full Year Range of Southern Qi State is assumed. [479, 502]	present	None
80	(Northern Maravi Kingdom)	Full Year Range of Northern Maravi Kingdom is assumed. [1500, 1621]	absent	None

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