Section: Social Complexity
Subsection: Kinds of Written Documents

History

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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]
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Variable Definition
history The absence or presence of history for a polity.

# Polity Year(s) History Description   Edit
1
(Kansai - Kofun Period)
250 CE 399 CE
absent
None
2
(Kansai - Kofun Period)
399 CE 537 CE
present
None
3
(Icelandic Commonwealth)
930 CE 1100 CE
absent
None
4
(Icelandic Commonwealth)
1101 CE 1262 CE
present
None
5
(Early Modern Sierra Leone)
1650 CE 1832 CE
absent
None
6
(Spanish Empire II)
1716 CE 1814 CE
present
None
7
(Early Modern Sierra Leone)
1833 CE 1896 CE
present
None
8
(Austria - Habsburg Dynasty II)
1867 CE 1918 CE
present
None
9
(Soviet Union)
1923 CE 1991 CE
present
None
10
(Beaker Culture)
Full Year Range of Beaker Culture is assumed.
[-3200, -2000]
unknown
None
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