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
341	(Ifat Sultanate)	Full Year Range of Ifat Sultanate is assumed. [1280, 1375]	present	None
342	(Majeerteen Sultanate)	Full Year Range of Majeerteen Sultanate is assumed. [1750, 1926]	present	None
343	(Funj Sultanate)	Full Year Range of Funj Sultanate is assumed. [1504, 1820]	present	None
344	(Early Pandyas)	Full Year Range of Early Pandyas is assumed. [-300, 300]	present	None
345	(Isaaq Sultanate)	Full Year Range of Isaaq Sultanate is assumed. [1300, 1886]	present	None
346	(Proto-Yoruba)	Full Year Range of Proto-Yoruba is assumed. [301, 649]	absent	None
347	(Classical Ife)	Full Year Range of Classical Ife is assumed. [1000, 1400]	absent	None
348	(Late Formative Yoruba)	Full Year Range of Late Formative Yoruba is assumed. [650, 1049]	absent	None
349	(Allada)	Full Year Range of Allada is assumed. [1100, 1724]	absent	None
350	(Ilú-ọba Ọ̀yọ́)	Full Year Range of Ilú-ọba Ọ̀yọ́ is assumed. [1601, 1835]	present	None

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