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
71	(French Kingdom - Early Valois)	Full Year Range of French Kingdom - Early Valois is assumed. [1328, 1450]	present	None
72	(Ilkhanate)	Full Year Range of Ilkhanate is assumed. [1256, 1339]	present	None
73	(Middle Merovingian)	Full Year Range of Middle Merovingian is assumed. [543, 687]	present	None
74	(Hawaii II)	Full Year Range of Hawaii II is assumed. [1200, 1580]	absent	None
75	(Russian Empire, Romanov Dynasty II)	Full Year Range of Russian Empire, Romanov Dynasty II is assumed. [1776, 1917]	present	None
76	(Alaouite Dynasty I)	Full Year Range of Alaouite Dynasty I is assumed. [1631, 1727]	present	None
77	(Kediri Kingdom)	Full Year Range of Kediri Kingdom is assumed. [1049, 1222]	present	None
78	(Yehuda)	Full Year Range of Yehuda is assumed. [-141, -63]	present	None
79	(Delhi Sultanate)	Full Year Range of Delhi Sultanate is assumed. [1206, 1526]	present	None
80	(Elam - Crisis Period)	Full Year Range of Elam - Crisis Period is assumed. [-1100, -900]	unknown	None

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