Section: Social Complexity
Subsection: Kinds of Written Documents

History

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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
history The absence or presence of history for a polity.

# Polity Year(s) History Description   Edit
331
(Funj Sultanate)
Full Year Range of Funj Sultanate is assumed.
[1504, 1820]
present
None
332
(Proto-Yoruba)
Full Year Range of Proto-Yoruba is assumed.
[301, 649]
absent
None
333
(Classical Ife)
Full Year Range of Classical Ife is assumed.
[1000, 1400]
absent
None
334
(Late Formative Yoruba)
Full Year Range of Late Formative Yoruba is assumed.
[650, 1049]
absent
None
335
(Kwararafa)
Full Year Range of Kwararafa is assumed.
[596, 1820]
absent
None
336
(Allada)
Full Year Range of Allada is assumed.
[1100, 1724]
absent
None
337
(Oyo)
Full Year Range of Oyo is assumed.
[1300, 1535]
absent
None
338
(Proto-Yoruboid)
Full Year Range of Proto-Yoruboid is assumed.
[-300, 300]
absent
None
339
(Hausa bakwai)
Full Year Range of Hausa bakwai is assumed.
[900, 1808]
present
None
340
(Kanem-Borno)
Full Year Range of Kanem-Borno is assumed.
[1380, 1893]
present
None
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