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
321	(Kachi Plain - Urban Period I)	Full Year Range of Kachi Plain - Urban Period I is assumed. [-2500, -2100]	absent	None
322	(Kachi Plain - Urban Period II)	Full Year Range of Kachi Plain - Urban Period II is assumed. [-2100, 1800]	absent	None
323	(Egypt - Kushite Period)	Full Year Range of Egypt - Kushite Period is assumed. [-747, -656]	absent	None
324	(Futa Jallon)	Full Year Range of Futa Jallon is assumed. [1725, 1896]	present	None
325	(Pandya Empire)	Full Year Range of Pandya Empire is assumed. [1250, 1323]	present	None
326	(Dambadaneiya)	Full Year Range of Dambadaneiya is assumed. [1232, 1293]	present	None
327	(Tunni Sultanate)	Full Year Range of Tunni Sultanate is assumed. [800, 1200]	present	None
328	(Anurādhapura IV)	Full Year Range of Anurādhapura IV is assumed. [614, 1017]	present	None
329	(Polonnaruwa)	Full Year Range of Polonnaruwa is assumed. [1070, 1255]	present	None
330	(Tang Dynasty II)	Full Year Range of Tang Dynasty II is assumed. [763, 907]	absent	None

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