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Section
: Information / Writing Systems
Variable:
Mnemonic Device
(All coded records)
Talking about Writing Systems, Mnemonic devices are: For example, tallies
Mnemonic Device
#
Polity
Coded Value
Tags
Year(s)
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Desc
1
Early Qing
present
Confident
1644
CE
1796
CE
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2
Late Qing
present
Confident
1796
CE
1912
CE
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3
Archaic Basin of Mexico
present
Confident
6000
BCE
2001
BCE
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4
Initial Formative Basin of Mexico
present
Confident
2000
BCE
1201
BCE
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5
Early Formative Basin of Mexico
present
Confident
1200
BCE
801
BCE
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6
Middle Formative Basin of Mexico
present
Confident
800
BCE
401
BCE
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7
Late Formative Basin of Mexico
present
Confident
400
BCE
101
BCE
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8
Terminal Formative Basin of Mexico
present
Confident
100
BCE
99
CE
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9
Epiclassic Basin of Mexico
present
Confident
650
CE
899
CE
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10
Toltecs
present
Confident
900
CE
1199
CE
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11
Middle Postclassic Basin of Mexico
present
Confident
1200
CE
1426
CE
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12
Aztec Empire
present
Confident
1427
CE
1526
CE
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13
Early Illinois Confederation
present
Confident
1640
CE
1717
CE
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14
Early Angkor
present
Confident
802
CE
1100
CE
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15
Classical Angkor
present
Confident
1100
CE
1220
CE
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16
Late Angkor
present
Confident
1220
CE
1432
CE
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17
Khmer Kingdom
present
Confident
1432
CE
1594
CE
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18
Chuuk - Early Truk
absent
Confident
1775
CE
1886
CE
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19
Chuuk - Late Truk
absent
Confident
1886
CE
1948
CE
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20
Prepalatial Crete
unknown
Suspected
3000
BCE
1900
BCE
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21
Final Postpalatial Crete
unknown
Suspected
1200
BCE
1000
BCE
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22
East Roman Empire
present
Inferred
395
CE
631
CE
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23
Byzantine Empire I
absent
Confident
632
CE
866
CE
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24
Byzantine Empire II
absent
Confident
867
CE
1072
CE
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25
Byzantine Empire III
absent
Confident
1073
CE
1204
CE
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26
Cuzco - Late Formative
unknown
Suspected
500
BCE
200
CE
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27
Cuzco - Early Intermediate I
unknown
Suspected
200
CE
499
CE
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28
Cuzco - Early Intermediate II
unknown
Suspected
500
CE
649
CE
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29
Cuzco - Late Intermediate I
absent
Inferred
1000
CE
1250
CE
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30
Inca Empire
present
Confident
1375
CE
1532
CE
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31
Deccan - Iron Age
unknown
Suspected
1200
BCE
300
BCE
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32
Satavahana Empire
unknown
Suspected
100
BCE
203
CE
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33
Haudenosaunee Confederacy - Early
present
Confident
1566
CE
1713
CE
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34
Haudenosaunee Confederacy - Late
present
Confident
1714
CE
1848
CE
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35
Canaan
present
Inferred
2000
BCE
1175
BCE
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36
Phoenician Empire
unknown
Confident
1200
BCE
332
BCE
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37
Yisrael
unknown
Confident
1030
BCE
722
BCE
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38
Achaemenid Empire
present
Inferred
550
BCE
331
BCE
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39
Seleucids
unknown
Suspected
312
BCE
63
BCE
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40
Ptolemaic Kingdom I
present
Confident
305
BCE
217
BCE
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41
Yehuda
present
Inferred
141
BCE
63
BCE
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42
Early A'chik
absent
Confident
1775
CE
1867
CE
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43
Late A'chik
present
Confident
1867
CE
1956
CE
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44
Akan - Pre-Ashanti
present
Inferred
1501
CE
1701
CE
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45
Ashanti Empire
present
Confident
1701
CE
1895
CE
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46
Icelandic Commonwealth
unknown
Confident
930
CE
1262
CE
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47
Kingdom of Norway II
unknown
Confident
1262
CE
1396
CE
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48
Kachi Plain - Aceramic Neolithic
unknown
Suspected
7500
BCE
5500
BCE
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49
Kachi Plain - Ceramic Neolithic
unknown
Suspected
5500
BCE
4000
BCE
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50
Kachi Plain - Chalcolithic
unknown
Suspected
4000
BCE
3200
BCE
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51
Kachi Plain - Pre-Urban Period
unknown
Suspected
3200
BCE
2500
BCE
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52
Kachi Plain - Post-Urban Period
unknown
Suspected
1800
BCE
1300
BCE
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53
Parthian Empire I
unknown
Suspected
247
BCE
40
CE
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54
Sasanid Empire I
unknown
Suspected
205
CE
487
CE
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55
Hephthalites
present
Confident
408
CE
561
CE
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56
Sasanid Empire II
unknown
Suspected
488
CE
642
CE
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57
Umayyad Caliphate
present
Confident
661
CE
750
CE
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58
Abbasid Caliphate I
present
Confident
750
CE
946
CE
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59
Japan - Middle Jomon
present
Inferred
3500
BCE
2500
BCE
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60
Kansai - Yayoi Period
unknown
Suspected
300
BCE
250
CE
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61
Kansai - Kofun Period
unknown
Suspected
250
CE
537
CE
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62
Heian
unknown
Confident
794
CE
1185
CE
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63
Kamakura Shogunate
unknown
Confident
1185
CE
1333
CE
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64
Ashikaga Shogunate
unknown
Suspected
1336
CE
1467
CE
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65
Warring States Japan
unknown
Suspected
1467
CE
1568
CE
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66
Japan - Azuchi-Momoyama
unknown
Confident
1568
CE
1603
CE
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67
Tokugawa Shogunate
unknown
Confident
1603
CE
1868
CE
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68
Iban - Pre-Brooke
present
Confident
1650
CE
1841
CE
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69
Iban - Brooke Raj and Colonial
present
Confident
1841
CE
1987
CE
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70
Konya Plain - Early Neolithic
absent
Confident
9600
BCE
7000
BCE
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71
Konya Plain - Ceramic Neolithic
unknown
Suspected
7000
BCE
6600
BCE
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72
Konya Plain - Late Neolithic
absent
Confident
6600
BCE
6000
BCE
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73
Konya Plain - Early Chalcolithic
absent
Confident
6000
BCE
5500
BCE
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74
Hatti - Old Kingdom
unknown
Suspected
1650
BCE
1500
BCE
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75
Konya Plain - Late Bronze Age II
unknown
Suspected
1500
BCE
1400
BCE
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76
Hatti - New Kingdom
absent
Confident
1400
BCE
1180
BCE
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77
Late Cappadocia
unknown
Suspected
322
BCE
93
BCE
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78
Ilkhanate
unknown
Suspected
1256
CE
1339
CE
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79
Ottoman Emirate
present
Confident
1299
CE
1402
CE
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80
Ottoman Empire I
present
Confident
1402
CE
1517
CE
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81
Ottoman Empire II
present
Confident
1517
CE
1683
CE
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82
Ottoman Empire III
present
Confident
1683
CE
1839
CE
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83
Rome - Republic of St Peter II
present
Inferred
904
CE
1198
CE
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84
Papal States - High Medieval Period
present
Inferred
1198
CE
1309
CE
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85
Papal States - Renaissance Period
present
Inferred
1378
CE
1527
CE
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86
Papal States - Medieval Period I
present
Confident
1527
CE
1648
CE
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87
Papal States - Medieval Period II
present
Inferred
1648
CE
1809
CE
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88
Sakha - Early
absent
Inferred
1400
CE
1632
CE
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89
Sakha - Late
present
Confident
1632
CE
1900
CE
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90
Shuar - Colonial
absent
Confident
1534
CE
1830
CE
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91
Shuar - Ecuadorian
absent
Confident
1831
CE
1931
CE
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92
Egypt - New Kingdom Thutmosid Period
unknown
Suspected
1550
BCE
1293
BCE
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93
Egypt - New Kingdom Ramesside Period
present
Confident
1293
BCE
1070
BCE
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94
Egypt - Thebes-Libyan Period
unknown
Suspected
1069
BCE
747
BCE
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95
Ptolemaic Kingdom II
present
Confident
217
BCE
30
BCE
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96
Middle Wagadu Empire
unknown
Suspected
700
CE
1077
CE
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97
Fatimid Caliphate
present
Confident
909
CE
1171
CE
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98
Later Wagadu Empire
unknown
Suspected
1078
CE
1203
CE
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99
Mali Empire
unknown
Suspected
1230
CE
1410
CE
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100
Egypt - Mamluk Sultanate I
present
Confident
1260
CE
1348
CE
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101
Egypt - Mamluk Sultanate II
present
Confident
1348
CE
1412
CE
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102
Egypt - Mamluk Sultanate III
present
Confident
1412
CE
1517
CE
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103
Songhai Empire - Askiya Dynasty
unknown
Suspected
1493
CE
1591
CE
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104
Western Han Empire
present
Confident
202
BCE
9
CE
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105
Eastern Han Empire
present
Confident
25
CE
220
CE
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106
Western Jin
present
Confident
265
CE
317
CE
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107
Northern Wei
present
Confident
386
CE
534
CE
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108
Sui Dynasty
present
Confident
581
CE
618
CE
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109
Tang Dynasty I
present
Confident
617
CE
763
CE
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110
Nara Kingdom
unknown
Confident
710
CE
794
CE
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111
Tang Dynasty II
present
Confident
763
CE
907
CE
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112
Jin Dynasty
present
Confident
1115
CE
1234
CE
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113
Great Yuan
present
Confident
1271
CE
1368
CE
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114
Great Ming
present
Confident
1368
CE
1644
CE
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115
Xiongnu Imperial Confederation
unknown
Suspected
209
BCE
60
BCE
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116
Late Xiongnu
unknown
Suspected
60
BCE
100
CE
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117
Eastern Turk Khaganate
unknown
Suspected
583
CE
630
CE
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118
Uigur Khaganate
unknown
Suspected
745
CE
840
CE
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119
Samanid Empire
unknown
Suspected
819
CE
999
CE
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120
Khitan I
unknown
Suspected
907
CE
1125
CE
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121
Kara-Khanids
unknown
Suspected
950
CE
1212
CE
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122
Khwarezmid Empire
unknown
Suspected
1157
CE
1231
CE
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123
Early Merovingian
unknown
Suspected
481
CE
543
CE
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124
Lombard Kingdom
unknown
Suspected
568
CE
774
CE
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125
Middle Merovingian
unknown
Suspected
543
CE
687
CE
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126
Greco-Bactrian Kingdom
unknown
Suspected
256
BCE
125
BCE
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127
Saffarid Caliphate
unknown
Suspected
861
CE
1003
CE
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128
Egypt - Tulunid-Ikhshidid Period
present
Confident
868
CE
969
CE
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129
Buyid Confederation
unknown
Suspected
932
CE
1062
CE
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130
Seljuk Sultanate
unknown
Suspected
1037
CE
1157
CE
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131
Ayyubid Sultanate
present
Confident
1171
CE
1250
CE
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132
Timurid Empire
unknown
Suspected
1370
CE
1526
CE
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133
Safavid Empire
unknown
Suspected
1501
CE
1722
CE
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134
Erlitou
present
Inferred
1850
BCE
1600
BCE
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135
Northern Song
present
Confident
960
CE
1127
CE
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136
Jenne-jeno I
unknown
Suspected
250
BCE
49
CE
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137
Jenne-jeno II
unknown
Suspected
50
CE
399
CE
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138
Jenne-jeno III
unknown
Suspected
400
CE
899
CE
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139
Jenne-jeno IV
unknown
Suspected
900
CE
1300
CE
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140
Neguanje
unknown
Suspected
250
CE
1050
CE
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141
Early Xiongnu
unknown
Suspected
1400
BCE
300
BCE
Loading...
142
Xianbei Confederation
unknown
Suspected
100
CE
250
CE
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143
Second Turk Khaganate
unknown
Suspected
682
CE
744
CE
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144
Early Mongols
absent
Confident
1000
CE
1206
CE
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145
Orokaiva - Pre-Colonial
present
Confident
1734
CE
1883
CE
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146
Orokaiva - Colonial
present
Confident
1884
CE
1942
CE
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147
Beaker Culture
unknown
Suspected
3200
BCE
2000
BCE
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148
Atlantic Complex
unknown
Suspected
2200
BCE
1000
BCE
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149
Hallstatt A-B1
unknown
Suspected
1000
BCE
900
BCE
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150
Hallstatt B2-3
unknown
Suspected
900
BCE
700
BCE
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151
Hallstatt C
unknown
Suspected
700
BCE
600
BCE
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152
Hallstatt D
unknown
Suspected
600
BCE
475
BCE
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153
La Tene B2-C1
unknown
Suspected
325
BCE
175
BCE
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154
La Tene C2-D
unknown
Suspected
175
BCE
27
BCE
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155
Hmong - Early Chinese
unknown
Suspected
1895
CE
1941
CE
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156
Ubaid
unknown
Suspected
5500
BCE
4201
BCE
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157
Akkadian Empire
present
Confident
2270
BCE
2083
BCE
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158
Parthian Empire II
unknown
Suspected
41
CE
226
CE
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159
Abbasid Caliphate II
unknown
Suspected
1191
CE
1258
CE
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160
Pre-Ceramic Period
unknown
Suspected
7800
BCE
7200
BCE
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161
Susa II
present
Inferred
3800
BCE
3100
BCE
Loading...
162
Susa III
present
Inferred
3100
BCE
2675
BCE
Loading...
163
Elam - Awan Dynasty I
present
Inferred
2675
BCE
2100
BCE
Loading...
164
Elam - Shimashki Period
present
Inferred
2028
BCE
1940
BCE
Loading...
165
Elam - Early Sukkalmah
present
Inferred
1900
BCE
1701
BCE
Loading...
166
Elam - Late Sukkalmah
present
Inferred
1700
BCE
1500
BCE
Loading...
167
Elam - Kidinuid Period
present
Inferred
1500
BCE
1400
BCE
Loading...
168
Elam - Igihalkid Period
present
Inferred
1399
BCE
1200
BCE
Loading...
169
Elam - Shutrukid Period
present
Inferred
1199
BCE
1100
BCE
Loading...
170
Elam II
present
Inferred
743
BCE
647
BCE
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171
Elam III
present
Inferred
612
BCE
539
BCE
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172
Ak Koyunlu
unknown
Suspected
1339
CE
1501
CE
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173
Badarian
absent
Inferred
4400
BCE
3800
BCE
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174
Naqada I
unknown
Suspected
3800
BCE
3550
BCE
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175
Naqada II
unknown
Suspected
3550
BCE
3300
BCE
Loading...
176
Egypt - Dynasty 0
unknown
Suspected
3300
BCE
3100
BCE
Loading...
177
Egypt - Classic Old Kingdom
unknown
Suspected
2650
BCE
2350
BCE
Loading...
178
Egypt - Period of the Regions
unknown
Suspected
2150
BCE
2016
BCE
Loading...
179
Egypt - Middle Kingdom
unknown
Suspected
2016
BCE
1700
BCE
Loading...
180
Egypt - Thebes-Hyksos Period
unknown
Suspected
1720
BCE
1567
BCE
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181
Egypt - Kushite Period
unknown
Suspected
747
BCE
656
BCE
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182
Oaxaca - Tierras Largas
unknown
Suspected
1400
BCE
1150
BCE
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183
Oaxaca - Rosario
absent
Inferred
700
BCE
500
BCE
Loading...
184
Early Monte Alban I
absent
Confident
500
BCE
300
BCE
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185
Monte Alban Late I
absent
Confident
300
BCE
100
BCE
Loading...
186
Monte Alban II
absent
Confident
100
BCE
200
CE
Loading...
187
Monte Alban III
absent
Confident
200
CE
500
CE
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188
Monte Alban IIIB and IV
absent
Confident
500
CE
900
CE
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189
Monte Alban V
absent
Confident
900
CE
1520
CE
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190
Yemen - Qasimid Dynasty
absent
Confident
1637
CE
1805
CE
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191
Antebellum US
unknown
Suspected
1776
CE
1865
CE
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192
Austria - Habsburg Dynasty I
present
Confident
1454
CE
1648
CE
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193
Early United Mexican States
present
Confident
1810
CE
1920
CE
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194
Russian Empire, Romanov Dynasty II
present
Confident
1776
CE
1917
CE
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195
Us Reconstruction-Progressive
unknown
Suspected
1866
CE
1933
CE
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196
Chaco Canyon - Late Bonito phase
present
Confident
1101
CE
1140
CE
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197
Plantagenet England
present
Confident
1154
CE
1485
CE
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198
Russian Empire, Romanov Dynasty I
present
Confident
1614
CE
1775
CE
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199
Soviet Union
present
Confident
1923
CE
1991
CE
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200
Foys
present
Confident
1600
CE
1892
CE
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201
Holy Roman Empire - Ottonian-Salian Dynasty
unknown
Suspected
919
CE
1125
CE
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