Variable | Definition |
---|---|
Polity | The Seshat Polity Name |
Year(s) | The years for which we have the data. [negative = BCE] |
Confidence | Inferred : The value is inferred. Suspected : The value is suspected (Expert Check Needed). Evidenced : The value is backed up by sufficient evidence. |
Disputed? |
No : No disagreement among scholars. Yes : There is disagreement among scholars. |
Expert? | : Not yet Checked by a Seshat Expert. : Checked and accepted by a Seshat Expert (or RA). |
Variable | Definition |
---|---|
mnemonic_device | The absence or presence of mnemonic device for a polity. |
# | Polity | Year(s) | Mnemonic Device | Confidence | Disputed? | Expert? | Edit |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3 |
Ashikaga Shogunate |
* Year Range of Ashikaga Shogunate is assumed. [1336, 1467] |
unknown |
Suspected | No | Edit | |
4 |
Japan - Azuchi-Momoyama |
* Year Range of Japan - Azuchi-Momoyama is assumed. [1568, 1603] |
unknown |
Confident | No | Edit | |
6 |
Sasanid Empire II |
* Year Range of Sasanid Empire II is assumed. [488, 642] |
unknown |
Suspected | No | Edit | |
8 |
Early Merovingian |
* Year Range of Early Merovingian is assumed. [481, 543] |
unknown |
Suspected | No | Edit | |
9 |
Middle Merovingian |
* Year Range of Middle Merovingian is assumed. [543, 687] |
unknown |
Suspected | No | Edit | |
12 |
Final Postpalatial Crete |
* Year Range of Final Postpalatial Crete is assumed. [-1200, -1000] |
unknown |
Suspected | No | Edit | |
13 |
Prepalatial Crete |
* Year Range of Prepalatial Crete is assumed. [-3000, -1900] |
unknown |
Suspected | No | Edit | |
15 |
Deccan - Iron Age |
* Year Range of Deccan - Iron Age is assumed. [-1200, -300] |
unknown |
Suspected | No | Edit | |
16 |
Satavahana Empire |
* Year Range of Satavahana Empire is assumed. [-100, 203] |
unknown |
Suspected | No | Edit | |
17 |
Abbasid Caliphate II |
* Year Range of Abbasid Caliphate II is assumed. [1191, 1258] |
unknown |
Suspected | No | Edit | |
19 |
Achaemenid Empire |
* Year Range of Achaemenid Empire is assumed. [-550, -331] |
present |
Inferred | No | Edit | |
21 |
Buyid Confederation |
* Year Range of Buyid Confederation is assumed. [932, 1062] |
unknown |
Suspected | No | Edit | |
23 |
Pre-Ceramic Period |
* Year Range of Pre-Ceramic Period is assumed. [-7800, -7200] |
unknown |
Suspected | No | Edit | |
25 |
Sasanid Empire I |
* Year Range of Sasanid Empire I is assumed. [205, 487] |
unknown |
Suspected | No | Edit | |
26 |
Ottoman Empire III |
* Year Range of Ottoman Empire III is assumed. [1683, 1839] |
present |
Confident | No | Edit | |
29 |
Ayyubid Sultanate |
* Year Range of Ayyubid Sultanate is assumed. [1171, 1250] |
present |
Confident | No | Edit | |
31 |
Egypt - Mamluk Sultanate I |
* Year Range of Egypt - Mamluk Sultanate I is assumed. [1260, 1348] |
present |
Confident | No | Edit | |
32 |
Egypt - Mamluk Sultanate III |
* Year Range of Egypt - Mamluk Sultanate III is assumed. [1412, 1517] |
present |
Confident | No | Edit | |
33 |
Egypt - Mamluk Sultanate II |
* Year Range of Egypt - Mamluk Sultanate II is assumed. [1348, 1412] |
present |
Confident | No | Edit | |
34 |
Egypt - Middle Kingdom |
* Year Range of Egypt - Middle Kingdom is assumed. [-2016, -1700] |
unknown |
Suspected | No | Edit | |
35 |
Egypt - New Kingdom Thutmosid Period |
* Year Range of Egypt - New Kingdom Thutmosid Period is assumed. [-1550, -1293] |
unknown |
Suspected | No | Edit | |
36 |
Egypt - Classic Old Kingdom |
* Year Range of Egypt - Classic Old Kingdom is assumed. [-2650, -2350] |
unknown |
Suspected | No | Edit | |
37 |
Ptolemaic Kingdom I |
* Year Range of Ptolemaic Kingdom I is assumed. [-305, -217] |
present |
Confident | No | Edit | |
38 |
Ptolemaic Kingdom II |
* Year Range of Ptolemaic Kingdom II is assumed. [-217, -30] |
present |
Confident | No | Edit | |
39 |
Egypt - Period of the Regions |
* Year Range of Egypt - Period of the Regions is assumed. [-2150, -2016] |
unknown |
Suspected | No | Edit | |
40 |
Egypt - Thebes-Hyksos Period |
* Year Range of Egypt - Thebes-Hyksos Period is assumed. [-1720, -1567] |
unknown |
Suspected | No | Edit | |
41 |
Egypt - Tulunid-Ikhshidid Period |
* Year Range of Egypt - Tulunid-Ikhshidid Period is assumed. [868, 969] |
present |
Confident | No | Edit | |
42 |
Beaker Culture |
* Year Range of Beaker Culture is assumed. [-3200, -2000] |
unknown |
Suspected | No | Edit | |
43 |
Hallstatt A-B1 |
* Year Range of Hallstatt A-B1 is assumed. [-1000, -900] |
unknown |
Suspected | No | Edit | |
47 |
Early United Mexican States |
* Year Range of Early United Mexican States is assumed. [1810, 1920] |
present |
Confident | No | Edit | |
48 |
Seljuk Sultanate |
* Year Range of Seljuk Sultanate is assumed. [1037, 1157] |
unknown |
Suspected | No | Edit | |
52 |
Western Han Empire |
* Year Range of Western Han Empire is assumed. [-202, 9] |
present |
Confident | No | Edit | |
53 |
Egypt - Dynasty 0 |
* Year Range of Egypt - Dynasty 0 is assumed. [-3300, -3100] |
unknown |
Suspected | No | Edit | |
54 |
Egypt - Thebes-Libyan Period |
* Year Range of Egypt - Thebes-Libyan Period is assumed. [-1069, -747] |
unknown |
Suspected | No | Edit | |
55 |
Chuuk - Early Truk |
* Year Range of Chuuk - Early Truk is assumed. [1775, 1886] |
absent |
Confident | No | Edit | |
56 |
Chuuk - Late Truk |
* Year Range of Chuuk - Late Truk is assumed. [1886, 1948] |
absent |
Confident | No | Edit | |
57 |
Atlantic Complex |
* Year Range of Atlantic Complex is assumed. [-2200, -1000] |
unknown |
Suspected | No | Edit | |
59 |
Abbasid Caliphate I |
* Year Range of Abbasid Caliphate I is assumed. [750, 946] |
present |
Confident | No | Edit | |
60 |
Akkadian Empire |
* Year Range of Akkadian Empire is assumed. [-2270, -2083] |
present |
Confident | No | Edit | |
61 |
Elam - Shutrukid Period |
* Year Range of Elam - Shutrukid Period is assumed. [-1199, -1100] |
present |
Inferred | No | Edit | |
62 |
Elam - Shimashki Period |
* Year Range of Elam - Shimashki Period is assumed. [-2028, -1940] |
present |
Inferred | No | Edit | |
63 |
Kamakura Shogunate |
* Year Range of Kamakura Shogunate is assumed. [1185, 1333] |
unknown |
Confident | No | Edit | |
64 |
Kansai - Kofun Period |
* Year Range of Kansai - Kofun Period is assumed. [250, 537] |
unknown |
Suspected | No | Edit | |
66 |
Warring States Japan |
* Year Range of Warring States Japan is assumed. [1467, 1568] |
unknown |
Suspected | No | Edit | |
67 |
Tokugawa Shogunate |
* Year Range of Tokugawa Shogunate is assumed. [1603, 1868] |
unknown |
Confident | No | Edit | |
69 |
Phoenician Empire |
* Year Range of Phoenician Empire is assumed. [-1200, -332] |
unknown |
Confident | No | Edit | |
75 |
Songhai Empire - Askiya Dynasty |
* Year Range of Songhai Empire - Askiya Dynasty is assumed. [1493, 1591] |
unknown |
Suspected | No | Edit | |
76 |
Eastern Turk Khaganate |
* Year Range of Eastern Turk Khaganate is assumed. [583, 630] |
unknown |
Suspected | No | Edit | |
78 |
Second Turk Khaganate |
* Year Range of Second Turk Khaganate is assumed. [682, 744] |
unknown |
Suspected | No | Edit | |
80 |
Xianbei Confederation |
* Year Range of Xianbei Confederation is assumed. [100, 250] |
unknown |
Suspected | No | Edit | |
83 |
Xiongnu Imperial Confederation |
* Year Range of Xiongnu Imperial Confederation is assumed. [-209, -60] |
unknown |
Suspected | No | Edit | |
84 |
Later Wagadu Empire |
* Year Range of Later Wagadu Empire is assumed. [1078, 1203] |
unknown |
Suspected | No | Edit | |
85 |
Middle Wagadu Empire |
* Year Range of Middle Wagadu Empire is assumed. [700, 1077] |
unknown |
Suspected | No | Edit | |
86 |
Cuzco - Early Intermediate I |
* Year Range of Cuzco - Early Intermediate I is assumed. [200, 499] |
unknown |
Suspected | No | Edit | |
87 |
Cuzco - Early Intermediate II |
* Year Range of Cuzco - Early Intermediate II is assumed. [500, 649] |
unknown |
Suspected | No | Edit | |
88 |
Cuzco - Late Formative |
* Year Range of Cuzco - Late Formative is assumed. [-500, 200] |
unknown |
Suspected | No | Edit | |
90 |
Egypt - Kushite Period |
* Year Range of Egypt - Kushite Period is assumed. [-747, -656] |
unknown |
Suspected | No | Edit | |
91 |
Fatimid Caliphate |
* Year Range of Fatimid Caliphate is assumed. [909, 1171] |
present |
Confident | No | Edit | |
92 |
Konya Plain - Late Bronze Age II |
* Year Range of Konya Plain - Late Bronze Age II is assumed. [-1500, -1400] |
unknown |
Suspected | No | Edit | |
93 |
Konya Plain - Early Chalcolithic |
* Year Range of Konya Plain - Early Chalcolithic is assumed. [-6000, -5500] |
absent |
Confident | No | Edit | |
94 |
East Roman Empire |
* Year Range of East Roman Empire is assumed. [395, 631] |
present |
Inferred | No | Edit | |
95 |
Hatti - Old Kingdom |
* Year Range of Hatti - Old Kingdom is assumed. [-1650, -1500] |
unknown |
Suspected | No | Edit | |
96 |
Konya Plain - Ceramic Neolithic |
* Year Range of Konya Plain - Ceramic Neolithic is assumed. [-7000, -6600] |
unknown |
Suspected | No | Edit | |
97 |
Konya Plain - Early Neolithic |
* Year Range of Konya Plain - Early Neolithic is assumed. [-9600, -7000] |
absent |
Confident | No | Edit | |
98 |
Rome - Republic of St Peter II |
* Year Range of Rome - Republic of St Peter II is assumed. [904, 1198] |
present |
Inferred | No | Edit | |
99 |
Papal States - High Medieval Period |
* Year Range of Papal States - High Medieval Period is assumed. [1198, 1309] |
present |
Inferred | No | Edit | |
100 |
Papal States - Medieval Period II |
* Year Range of Papal States - Medieval Period II is assumed. [1648, 1809] |
present |
Inferred | No | Edit | |
101 |
Papal States - Renaissance Period |
* Year Range of Papal States - Renaissance Period is assumed. [1378, 1527] |
present |
Inferred | No | Edit | |
105 |
Late Formative Basin of Mexico |
* Year Range of Late Formative Basin of Mexico is assumed. [-400, -101] |
present |
Confident | No | Edit | |
106 |
Terminal Formative Basin of Mexico |
* Year Range of Terminal Formative Basin of Mexico is assumed. [-100, 99] |
present |
Confident | No | Edit | |
108 |
Kachi Plain - Aceramic Neolithic |
* Year Range of Kachi Plain - Aceramic Neolithic is assumed. [-7500, -5500] |
unknown |
Suspected | No | Edit | |
109 |
Kachi Plain - Ceramic Neolithic |
* Year Range of Kachi Plain - Ceramic Neolithic is assumed. [-5500, -4000] |
unknown |
Suspected | No | Edit | |
111 |
Umayyad Caliphate |
* Year Range of Umayyad Caliphate is assumed. [661, 750] |
present |
Confident | No | Edit | |
112 |
Byzantine Empire I |
* Year Range of Byzantine Empire I is assumed. [632, 866] |
absent |
Confident | No | Edit | |
113 |
Byzantine Empire III |
* Year Range of Byzantine Empire III is assumed. [1073, 1204] |
absent |
Confident | No | Edit | |
114 |
Konya Plain - Late Neolithic |
* Year Range of Konya Plain - Late Neolithic is assumed. [-6600, -6000] |
absent |
Confident | No | Edit | |
115 |
Ottoman Empire II |
* Year Range of Ottoman Empire II is assumed. [1517, 1683] |
present |
Confident | No | Edit | |
117 |
Timurid Empire |
* Year Range of Timurid Empire is assumed. [1370, 1526] |
unknown |
Suspected | No | Edit | |
119 |
Eastern Han Empire |
* Year Range of Eastern Han Empire is assumed. [25, 220] |
present |
Confident | No | Edit | |
121 |
Hmong - Early Chinese |
* Year Range of Hmong - Early Chinese is assumed. [1895, 1941] |
unknown |
Suspected | No | Edit | |
127 |
Tang Dynasty II |
* Year Range of Tang Dynasty II is assumed. [763, 907] |
present |
Confident | No | Edit | |
128 |
Shuar - Colonial |
* Year Range of Shuar - Colonial is assumed. [1534, 1830] |
absent |
Confident | No | Edit | |
129 |
Shuar - Ecuadorian |
* Year Range of Shuar - Ecuadorian is assumed. [1831, 1931] |
absent |
Confident | No | Edit | |
133 |
Ottoman Emirate |
* Year Range of Ottoman Emirate is assumed. [1299, 1402] |
present |
Confident | No | Edit | |
134 |
Ottoman Empire I |
* Year Range of Ottoman Empire I is assumed. [1402, 1517] |
present |
Confident | No | Edit | |
135 |
Haudenosaunee Confederacy - Late |
* Year Range of Haudenosaunee Confederacy - Late is assumed. [1714, 1848] |
present |
Confident | No | Edit | |
136 |
Yemen - Qasimid Dynasty |
* Year Range of Yemen - Qasimid Dynasty is assumed. [1637, 1805] |
absent |
Confident | No | Edit | |
137 |
Egypt - New Kingdom Ramesside Period |
* Year Range of Egypt - New Kingdom Ramesside Period is assumed. [-1293, -1070] |
present |
Confident | No | Edit | |
138 |
Akan - Pre-Ashanti |
* Year Range of Akan - Pre-Ashanti is assumed. [1501, 1701] |
present |
Inferred | No | Edit | |
141 |
Russian Empire, Romanov Dynasty II |
* Year Range of Russian Empire, Romanov Dynasty II is assumed. [1776, 1917] |
present |
Confident | No | Edit | |
142 |
Russian Empire, Romanov Dynasty I |
* Year Range of Russian Empire, Romanov Dynasty I is assumed. [1614, 1775] |
present |
Confident | No | Edit | |
143 |
Holy Roman Empire - Ottonian-Salian Dynasty |
* Year Range of Holy Roman Empire - Ottonian-Salian Dynasty is assumed. [919, 1125] |
unknown |
Suspected | No | Edit | |
144 |
Ashanti Empire |
* Year Range of Ashanti Empire is assumed. [1701, 1895] |
present |
Confident | No | Edit | |
145 |
Iban - Pre-Brooke |
* Year Range of Iban - Pre-Brooke is assumed. [1650, 1841] |
present |
Confident | No | Edit | |
146 |
Iban - Brooke Raj and Colonial |
* Year Range of Iban - Brooke Raj and Colonial is assumed. [1841, 1987] |
present |
Confident | No | Edit | |
148 |
Icelandic Commonwealth |
* Year Range of Icelandic Commonwealth is assumed. [930, 1262] |
unknown |
Confident | No | Edit | |
149 |
Papal States - Medieval Period I |
* Year Range of Papal States - Medieval Period I is assumed. [1527, 1648] |
present |
Confident | No | Edit | |
151 |
Elam - Awan Dynasty I |
* Year Range of Elam - Awan Dynasty I is assumed. [-2675, -2100] |
present |
Inferred | No | Edit | |
152 |
Elam - Kidinuid Period |
* Year Range of Elam - Kidinuid Period is assumed. [-1500, -1400] |
present |
Inferred | No | Edit | |
153 |
Elam - Igihalkid Period |
* Year Range of Elam - Igihalkid Period is assumed. [-1399, -1200] |
present |
Inferred | No | Edit | |
156 |
Parthian Empire I |
* Year Range of Parthian Empire I is assumed. [-247, 40] |
unknown |
Suspected | No | Edit | |
158 |
Parthian Empire II |
* Year Range of Parthian Empire II is assumed. [41, 226] |
unknown |
Suspected | No | Edit | |
159 |
Elam - Early Sukkalmah |
* Year Range of Elam - Early Sukkalmah is assumed. [-1900, -1701] |
present |
Inferred | No | Edit | |
160 |
Elam - Late Sukkalmah |
* Year Range of Elam - Late Sukkalmah is assumed. [-1700, -1500] |
present |
Inferred | No | Edit | |
161 |
Lombard Kingdom |
* Year Range of Lombard Kingdom is assumed. [568, 774] |
unknown |
Suspected | No | Edit | |
162 |
Us Reconstruction-Progressive |
* Year Range of Us Reconstruction-Progressive is assumed. [1866, 1933] |
unknown |
Suspected | No | Edit | |
163 |
Japan - Middle Jomon |
* Year Range of Japan - Middle Jomon is assumed. [-3500, -2500] |
present |
Inferred | No | Edit | |
164 |
Kansai - Yayoi Period |
* Year Range of Kansai - Yayoi Period is assumed. [-300, 250] |
unknown |
Suspected | No | Edit | |
165 |
Classical Angkor |
* Year Range of Classical Angkor is assumed. [1100, 1220] |
present |
Confident | No | Edit | |
169 |
Early Monte Alban I |
* Year Range of Early Monte Alban I is assumed. [-500, -300] |
absent |
Confident | No | Edit | |
170 |
Monte Alban Late I |
* Year Range of Monte Alban Late I is assumed. [-300, -100] |
absent |
Confident | No | Edit | |
172 |
Monte Alban IIIB and IV |
* Year Range of Monte Alban IIIB and IV is assumed. [500, 900] |
absent |
Confident | No | Edit | |
173 |
Archaic Basin of Mexico |
* Year Range of Archaic Basin of Mexico is assumed. [-6000, -2001] |
present |
Confident | No | Edit | |
174 |
Epiclassic Basin of Mexico |
* Year Range of Epiclassic Basin of Mexico is assumed. [650, 899] |
present |
Confident | No | Edit | |
175 |
Early Formative Basin of Mexico |
* Year Range of Early Formative Basin of Mexico is assumed. [-1200, -801] |
present |
Confident | No | Edit | |
176 |
Middle Formative Basin of Mexico |
* Year Range of Middle Formative Basin of Mexico is assumed. [-800, -401] |
present |
Confident | No | Edit | |
177 |
Initial Formative Basin of Mexico |
* Year Range of Initial Formative Basin of Mexico is assumed. [-2000, -1201] |
present |
Confident | No | Edit | |
178 |
Middle Postclassic Basin of Mexico |
* Year Range of Middle Postclassic Basin of Mexico is assumed. [1200, 1426] |
present |
Confident | No | Edit | |
179 |
Oaxaca - Rosario |
* Year Range of Oaxaca - Rosario is assumed. [-700, -500] |
absent |
Inferred | No | Edit | |
180 |
Oaxaca - Tierras Largas |
* Year Range of Oaxaca - Tierras Largas is assumed. [-1400, -1150] |
unknown |
Suspected | No | Edit | |
182 |
Khwarezmid Empire |
* Year Range of Khwarezmid Empire is assumed. [1157, 1231] |
unknown |
Suspected | No | Edit | |
183 |
Kingdom of Norway II |
* Year Range of Kingdom of Norway II is assumed. [1262, 1396] |
unknown |
Confident | No | Edit | |
184 |
Cuzco - Late Intermediate I |
* Year Range of Cuzco - Late Intermediate I is assumed. [1000, 1250] |
absent |
Inferred | No | Edit | |
185 |
Orokaiva - Pre-Colonial |
* Year Range of Orokaiva - Pre-Colonial is assumed. [1734, 1883] |
present |
Confident | No | Edit | |
186 |
Orokaiva - Colonial |
* Year Range of Orokaiva - Colonial is assumed. [1884, 1942] |
present |
Confident | No | Edit | |
187 |
Kachi Plain - Chalcolithic |
* Year Range of Kachi Plain - Chalcolithic is assumed. [-4000, -3200] |
unknown |
Suspected | No | Edit | |
188 |
Kachi Plain - Post-Urban Period |
* Year Range of Kachi Plain - Post-Urban Period is assumed. [-1800, -1300] |
unknown |
Suspected | No | Edit | |
189 |
Kachi Plain - Pre-Urban Period |
* Year Range of Kachi Plain - Pre-Urban Period is assumed. [-3200, -2500] |
unknown |
Suspected | No | Edit | |
191 |
Byzantine Empire II |
* Year Range of Byzantine Empire II is assumed. [867, 1072] |
absent |
Confident | No | Edit | |
192 |
Late Cappadocia |
* Year Range of Late Cappadocia is assumed. [-322, -93] |
unknown |
Suspected | No | Edit | |
193 |
Hatti - New Kingdom |
* Year Range of Hatti - New Kingdom is assumed. [-1400, -1180] |
absent |
Confident | No | Edit | |
194 |
Early Illinois Confederation |
* Year Range of Early Illinois Confederation is assumed. [1640, 1717] |
present |
Confident | No | Edit | |
195 |
Haudenosaunee Confederacy - Early |
* Year Range of Haudenosaunee Confederacy - Early is assumed. [1566, 1713] |
present |
Confident | No | Edit | |
197 |
Plantagenet England |
* Year Range of Plantagenet England is assumed. [1154, 1485] |
present |
Confident | No | Edit | |
198 |
Chaco Canyon - Late Bonito phase |
* Year Range of Chaco Canyon - Late Bonito phase is assumed. [1101, 1140] |
present |
Confident | No | Edit | |
199 |
Austria - Habsburg Dynasty I |
* Year Range of Austria - Habsburg Dynasty I is assumed. [1454, 1648] |
present |
Confident | No | Edit | |
200 |
Greco-Bactrian Kingdom |
* Year Range of Greco-Bactrian Kingdom is assumed. [-256, -125] |
unknown |
Suspected | No | Edit | |
201 |
Saffarid Caliphate |
* Year Range of Saffarid Caliphate is assumed. [861, 1003] |
unknown |
Suspected | No | Edit |