Section: Social Complexity

Subsection: Writing Systems

Phonetic Alphabetic 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
phonetic_alphabetic_writing	The absence or presence of phonetic alphabetic writing for a polity.

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#	Polity	Year(s)	Phonetic Alphabetic Writing	Description	Edit
91	(Elam I)	Full Year Range of Elam I is assumed. [-900, -744]	present	None
92	(Elam II)	Full Year Range of Elam II is assumed. [-743, -647]	present	None
93	(Elam III)	Full Year Range of Elam III is assumed. [-612, -539]	present	None
94	(Sasanid Empire I)	Full Year Range of Sasanid Empire I is assumed. [205, 487]	unknown	None
95	(Sasanid Empire II)	Full Year Range of Sasanid Empire II is assumed. [488, 642]	present	None
96	(Seleucids)	Full Year Range of Seleucids is assumed. [-312, -63]	present	None
97	(Seljuk Sultanate)	Full Year Range of Seljuk Sultanate is assumed. [1037, 1157]	present	None
98	(Elam - Shimashki Period)	Full Year Range of Elam - Shimashki Period is assumed. [-2028, -1940]	present	None
99	(Elam - Late Sukkalmah)	Full Year Range of Elam - Late Sukkalmah is assumed. [-1700, -1500]	present	None
100	(Elam - Crisis Period)	Full Year Range of Elam - Crisis Period is assumed. [-1100, -900]	unknown	None

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