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
221	(La Tene B2-C1)	Full Year Range of La Tene B2-C1 is assumed. [-325, -175]	present	None
222	(La Tene C2-D)	Full Year Range of La Tene C2-D is assumed. [-175, -27]	present	None
223	(Ashanti Empire)	Full Year Range of Ashanti Empire is assumed. [1701, 1895]	present	None
224	(Archaic Crete)	Full Year Range of Archaic Crete is assumed. [-710, -500]	present	None
225	(Sape)	Full Year Range of Sape is assumed. [1400, 1550]	absent	None
226	(Geometric Crete)	Full Year Range of Geometric Crete is assumed. [-1000, -710]	present	None
227	(Hawaii I)	Full Year Range of Hawaii I is assumed. [1000, 1200]	absent	None
228	(Hawaii III)	Full Year Range of Hawaii III is assumed. [1580, 1778]	absent	None
229	(Kalingga Kingdom)	Full Year Range of Kalingga Kingdom is assumed. [500, 732]	present	None
230	(Majapahit Kingdom)	Full Year Range of Majapahit Kingdom is assumed. [1292, 1518]	present	None

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