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
281	(Jenne-jeno III)	Full Year Range of Jenne-jeno III is assumed. [400, 899]	absent	None
282	(Ancient Khwarazm)	Full Year Range of Ancient Khwarazm is assumed. [-1000, -521]	absent	None
283	(Qatabanian Commonwealth)	Full Year Range of Qatabanian Commonwealth is assumed. [-450, -111]	present	None
284	(Jenne-jeno IV)	Full Year Range of Jenne-jeno IV is assumed. [900, 1300]	absent	None
285	(Mali Empire)	Full Year Range of Mali Empire is assumed. [1230, 1410]	present	None
286	(Jin)	Full Year Range of Jin is assumed. [-780, -404]	absent	None
287	(Great Ming)	Full Year Range of Great Ming is assumed. [1368, 1644]	absent	None
288	(Northern Song)	Full Year Range of Northern Song is assumed. [960, 1127]	absent	None
289	(Monte Alban Late I)	Full Year Range of Monte Alban Late I is assumed. [-300, -100]	absent	None
290	(Khitan I)	Full Year Range of Khitan I is assumed. [907, 1125]	present	None

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