Section: Social Complexity

Subsection: Writing Systems

Non Phonetic Writing

Talking about writing systems, this refers to the kind of script (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
non_phonetic_writing	The absence or presence of non phonetic writing for a polity.

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#	Polity	Year(s)	Non Phonetic Writing	Description	Edit
61	(Northern Wei)	Full Year Range of Northern Wei is assumed. [386, 534]	present	None
62	(Early Qing)	Full Year Range of Early Qing is assumed. [1644, 1796]	present	None
63	(Western Zhou)	Full Year Range of Western Zhou is assumed. [-1122, -771]	present	None
64	(Egypt - Mamluk Sultanate I)	Full Year Range of Egypt - Mamluk Sultanate I is assumed. [1260, 1348]	absent	None
65	(Ilkhanate)	Full Year Range of Ilkhanate is assumed. [1256, 1339]	absent	None
66	(Early Wei Dynasty)	Full Year Range of Early Wei Dynasty is assumed. [-445, -225]	present	None
67	(Tang Dynasty II)	Full Year Range of Tang Dynasty II is assumed. [763, 907]	present	None
68	(Great Yuan)	Full Year Range of Great Yuan is assumed. [1271, 1368]	present	None
69	(Egypt - Dynasty I)	Full Year Range of Egypt - Dynasty I is assumed. [-3100, -2900]	present	None
70	(Badarian)	Full Year Range of Badarian is assumed. [-4400, -3800]	absent	None

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