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]
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Variable Definition
phonetic_alphabetic_writing The absence or presence of phonetic alphabetic writing for a polity.

# Polity Year(s) Phonetic Alphabetic Writing Description   Edit
11
(Spanish Empire II)
1716 CE 1814 CE
present
None
12
(Nkore)
1750 CE 1859 CE
absent
None
13
(Sakha - Late)
1801 CE 1900 CE
present
None
14
(Haudenosaunee Confederacy - Late)
1832 CE 1848 CE
present
None
15
(Early Modern Sierra Leone)
1833 CE 1896 CE
present
None
16
(Iban - Brooke Raj and Colonial)
1841 CE 1921 CE
absent
None
17
(Buganda)
1860 CE 1894 CE
present
None
18
(Nkore)
1860 CE 1901 CE
unknown
None
19
(Austria - Habsburg Dynasty II)
1867 CE 1918 CE
present
None
20
(Iban - Brooke Raj and Colonial)
1922 CE 1987 CE
present
None
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