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
141	(Konya Plain - Late Chalcolithic)	Full Year Range of Konya Plain - Late Chalcolithic is assumed. [-5500, -3000]	absent	None
142	(Hallstatt D)	Full Year Range of Hallstatt D is assumed. [-600, -475]	unknown	None
143	(Hephthalites)	Full Year Range of Hephthalites is assumed. [408, 561]	present	None
144	(Western Zhou)	Full Year Range of Western Zhou is assumed. [-1122, -771]	absent	None
145	(Great Yuan)	Full Year Range of Great Yuan is assumed. [1271, 1368]	absent	None
146	(East Roman Empire)	Full Year Range of East Roman Empire is assumed. [395, 631]	present	None
147	(Hatti - Old Kingdom)	Full Year Range of Hatti - Old Kingdom is assumed. [-1650, -1500]	absent	None
148	(Lysimachus Kingdom)	Full Year Range of Lysimachus Kingdom is assumed. [-323, -281]	present	None
149	(Konya Plain - Ceramic Neolithic)	Full Year Range of Konya Plain - Ceramic Neolithic is assumed. [-7000, -6600]	absent	None
150	(Second Turk Khaganate)	Full Year Range of Second Turk Khaganate is assumed. [682, 744]	present	None

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