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
401	(Mahajanapada era)	Full Year Range of Mahajanapada era is assumed. [-600, -324]	absent	None
402	(Late Cappadocia)	Full Year Range of Late Cappadocia is assumed. [-322, -93]	present	None
403	(Jaffna)	Full Year Range of Jaffna is assumed. [1310, 1591]	present	None
404	(Pre-Sape Sierra Leone)	Full Year Range of Pre-Sape Sierra Leone is assumed. [600, 1400]	absent	None
405	(Whydah)	Full Year Range of Whydah is assumed. [1671, 1727]	absent	None
406	(Ọ̀ràézè Ǹrì)	Full Year Range of Ọ̀ràézè Ǹrì is assumed. [1043, 1911]	absent	None
407	(Benin Empire)	Full Year Range of Benin Empire is assumed. [1140, 1897]	absent	None
408	(Karagwe)	Full Year Range of Karagwe is assumed. [1500, 1916]	absent	None
409	(Kingdom of Bohemia - Luxembourgian and Jagiellonian Dynasty)	Full Year Range of Kingdom of Bohemia - Luxembourgian and Jagiellonian Dynasty is assumed. [1310, 1526]	present	None
410	(Lombard Kingdom)	Full Year Range of Lombard Kingdom is assumed. [568, 774]	present	None

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