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
201	(Hmong - Early Chinese)	Full Year Range of Hmong - Early Chinese is assumed. [1895, 1941]	absent	None
202	(Hmong - Late Qing)	Full Year Range of Hmong - Late Qing is assumed. [1701, 1895]	absent	None
203	(Late Shang)	Full Year Range of Late Shang is assumed. [-1250, -1045]	absent	None
204	(Yangshao)	Full Year Range of Yangshao is assumed. [-5000, -3000]	absent	None
205	(Tairona)	Full Year Range of Tairona is assumed. [1050, 1524]	absent	None
206	(Rum Sultanate)	Full Year Range of Rum Sultanate is assumed. [1077, 1307]	present	None
207	(Songhai Empire - Askiya Dynasty)	Full Year Range of Songhai Empire - Askiya Dynasty is assumed. [1493, 1591]	present	None
208	(Kingdom of Hawaii - Kamehameha Period)	Full Year Range of Kingdom of Hawaii - Kamehameha Period is assumed. [1778, 1819]	absent	None
209	(Oneota)	Full Year Range of Oneota is assumed. [1400, 1650]	absent	None
210	(Funan II)	Full Year Range of Funan II is assumed. [540, 640]	present	None

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