| 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 |
|---|---|
| history | The absence or presence of history for a polity. |
| # | Polity | Year(s) | History | Description | Edit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 481 |
(Qatabanian Commonwealth) |
Full Year Range of Qatabanian Commonwealth is assumed. [-450, -111] |
absent |
None | |
| 482 |
(British East India Company) |
Full Year Range of British East India Company is assumed. [1757, 1858] |
present |
The need for the EIC to recruit large numbers of Indian and Bengali speaking munshis (translators or language teachers) to assist them in learning and dealing with administrative documents in Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit led to the creation of a new literati class of historians, poets and language experts. [Hussain_Bhattacharya 2020] Calcutta became the centre of the production of colonial historical knowledge and books. [Hussain_Bhattacharya 2020] | |
| 483 |
(Nawabs of Bengal) |
Full Year Range of Nawabs of Bengal is assumed. [1717, 1757] |
present |
Several historical literatures on Bengal were written by Persian scholars between 1700 - 1757, such as Naubahari-Murshid Quli Khan I written by Azad al-Husaini in 1729. [Hussain_Bhattacharya 2020] | |
| 485 |
(Southern Song) |
Full Year Range of Southern Song is assumed. [1127, 1279] |
present |
"The first general and unofficial histories of China made their appearance." [Gernet 1962, p. 230] | |
| 486 |
(Macedonian Empire) |
Full Year Range of Macedonian Empire is assumed. [-330, -312] |
present |
EMPTY_COMMENT | |
| 487 |
(Portuguese Empire - Renaissance Period) |
Full Year Range of Portuguese Empire - Renaissance Period is assumed. [1495, 1579] |
present |
"The first known printing press in Portugal, introduced during the same king’s reign, was operating by 1487. Initially Portuguese printing was confined to brief official documents; but soon more ambitious works were produced – religious and legal texts, then the Latin classics, commentaries, grammars, historical chronicles and Portuguese poetry and drama." [Disney 2009] | |
| 488 |
(Portuguese Empire - Early Modern) |
Full Year Range of Portuguese Empire - Early Modern is assumed. [1640, 1806] |
present |
"The first known printing press in Portugal, introduced during the same king’s reign, was operating by 1487. Initially Portuguese printing was confined to brief official documents; but soon more ambitious works were produced – religious and legal texts, then the Latin classics, commentaries, grammars, historical chronicles and Portuguese poetry and drama. [...] Some 60 per cent ofbooks published in Portugal between 1715 and 1750 were on religious themes, while only4 per cent were on scientific subjects. [...] Although religious publications always predominated, there was a robust market for poetry and history, followed by philosophy, ethics and works of self-instruction and self-improvement." [Disney 2009] Although religious publications always predominated, there was a robust market for poetry and history, followed by philosophy, ethics and works of self-instruction and self-improvement." [Disney 2009] | |
| 489 |
(Grand Principality of Moscow, Rurikid Dynasty) |
Full Year Range of Grand Principality of Moscow, Rurikid Dynasty is assumed. [1480, 1613] |
absent |
EMPTY_COMMENT |