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Section
: Information / Writing Systems
Variable:
Mnemonic Device
(All coded records)
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Talking about Writing Systems, Mnemonic devices are: For example, tallies
243
Mnemonic Device
Records
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Polity
Coded Value
Tags
Year(s)
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1
Norman England
Present
Confident
1100
CE
1153
CE
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2
Soviet Union
Present
Confident
1923
CE
1991
CE
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3
Sui Dynasty
Present
Confident
581
CE
618
CE
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4
Ashikaga Shogunate
Unknown
Suspected
1336
CE
1467
CE
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5
Japan - Azuchi-Momoyama
Unknown
Confident
1568
CE
1603
CE
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6
Heian
Unknown
Confident
794
CE
1185
CE
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7
Sasanid Empire II
Unknown
Suspected
488
CE
642
CE
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8
Seleucid Empire
Unknown
Suspected
312
BCE
63
BCE
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9
Early Merovingian
Unknown
Suspected
481
CE
543
CE
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10
Middle Merovingian
Unknown
Suspected
543
CE
687
CE
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11
La Tene B2-C1
Unknown
Suspected
325
BCE
175
BCE
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12
La Tene C2-D
Unknown
Suspected
175
BCE
27
BCE
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13
Final Postpalatial Crete
Unknown
Suspected
1200
BCE
1000
BCE
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14
Prepalatial Crete
Unknown
Suspected
3000
BCE
1900
BCE
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15
Yisrael
Unknown
Confident
1030
BCE
722
BCE
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16
Deccan - Iron Age
Unknown
Suspected
1200
BCE
300
BCE
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17
Satavahana Empire
Unknown
Suspected
100
BCE
200
CE
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18
Abbasid Caliphate II
Unknown
Suspected
1191
CE
1258
CE
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19
Ubaid
Unknown
Suspected
5500
BCE
4201
BCE
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20
Achaemenid Empire
Present
Inferred
550
BCE
331
BCE
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21
Ak Koyunlu
Unknown
Suspected
1339
CE
1501
CE
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22
Buyid Confederation
Unknown
Suspected
932
CE
1062
CE
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23
Ilkhanate
Unknown
Suspected
1256
CE
1339
CE
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24
Pre-Ceramic Period
Unknown
Suspected
7800
BCE
7200
BCE
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25
Safavid Empire
Unknown
Suspected
1501
CE
1722
CE
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26
Sasanid Empire I
Unknown
Suspected
205
CE
487
CE
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27
Ottoman Empire III
Present
Confident
1683
CE
1839
CE
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28
Great Yuan
Present
Confident
1271
CE
1368
CE
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29
Neguanje
Unknown
Suspected
250
CE
1050
CE
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30
Ayyubid Sultanate
Present
Confident
1171
CE
1250
CE
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31
Badarian
Absent
Inferred
4400
BCE
3800
BCE
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32
Egypt - Mamluk Sultanate I
Present
Confident
1260
CE
1348
CE
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33
Egypt - Mamluk Sultanate III
Present
Confident
1412
CE
1517
CE
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34
Egypt - Mamluk Sultanate II
Present
Confident
1348
CE
1412
CE
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35
Egypt - Middle Kingdom
Unknown
Suspected
2016
BCE
1700
BCE
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36
Egypt - New Kingdom Thutmosid Period
Unknown
Suspected
1550
BCE
1293
BCE
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37
Egypt - Classic Old Kingdom
Unknown
Suspected
2650
BCE
2350
BCE
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38
Ptolemaic Kingdom I
Present
Confident
305
BCE
217
BCE
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39
Ptolemaic Kingdom II
Present
Confident
217
BCE
30
BCE
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40
Egypt - Period of the Regions
Unknown
Suspected
2150
BCE
2016
BCE
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41
Egypt - Thebes-Hyksos Period
Unknown
Suspected
1720
BCE
1567
BCE
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42
Egypt - Tulunid-Ikhshidid Period
Present
Confident
868
CE
969
CE
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43
Beaker Culture
Unknown
Suspected
3200
BCE
2000
BCE
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44
Hallstatt A-B1
Unknown
Suspected
1000
BCE
900
BCE
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45
Hallstatt B2-3
Unknown
Suspected
900
BCE
700
BCE
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46
Hallstatt C
Unknown
Suspected
700
BCE
600
BCE
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47
Hallstatt D
Unknown
Suspected
600
BCE
475
BCE
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48
Early United Mexican States
Present
Confident
1810
CE
1920
CE
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49
Seljuk Sultanate
Unknown
Suspected
1037
CE
1157
CE
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50
Erlitou
Present
Inferred
1850
BCE
1600
BCE
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51
Northern Wei
Present
Confident
386
CE
534
CE
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52
Late Qing
Present
Confident
1796
CE
1912
CE
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53
Western Han Empire
Present
Confident
202
BCE
9
CE
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54
Egypt - Dynasty 0
Unknown
Suspected
3300
BCE
3100
BCE
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55
Egypt - Thebes-Libyan Period
Unknown
Suspected
1069
BCE
747
BCE
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56
Chuuk - Early Truk
Absent
Confident
1775
CE
1886
CE
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57
Chuuk - Late Truk
Absent
Confident
1886
CE
1948
CE
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58
Eastern Zhou
Uncoded
Undecided
475
BCE
256
BCE
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59
Classic Tana
Unknown
Suspected
1100
CE
1498
CE
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60
Almoravids
Present
Confident
1035
CE
1150
CE
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61
Chu Kingdom - Spring and Autumn Period
Uncoded
Undecided
740
BCE
489
BCE
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62
Chu Kingdom - Warring States Period
Uncoded
Undecided
488
BCE
223
BCE
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63
Kingdom of Sicily - Hohenstaufen and Angevin dynasties
Present
Confident
1194
CE
1281
CE
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64
Monte Alban V Early Postclassic
Absent
Confident
900
CE
1099
CE
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65
Monte Alban V Late Postclassic
Absent
Confident
1101
CE
1520
CE
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66
Ottoman Empire Late Period
Absent
Confident
1873
CE
1920
CE
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67
Atlantic Complex
Unknown
Suspected
2200
BCE
1000
BCE
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68
Canaan
Present
Inferred
2000
BCE
1175
BCE
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69
Abbasid Caliphate I
Present
Confident
750
CE
946
CE
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70
Akkadian Empire
Present
Confident
2270
BCE
2083
BCE
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71
Elam - Shutrukid Period
Present
Inferred
1199
BCE
1100
BCE
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72
Elam - Shimashki Period
Present
Inferred
2028
BCE
1940
BCE
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73
Kamakura Shogunate
Unknown
Confident
1185
CE
1333
CE
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74
Kansai - Kofun Period
Unknown
Suspected
250
CE
537
CE
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75
Nara Kingdom
Unknown
Confident
710
CE
794
CE
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76
Warring States Japan
Unknown
Suspected
1467
CE
1568
CE
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77
Tokugawa Shogunate
Unknown
Confident
1603
CE
1868
CE
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78
Kara-Khanids
Unknown
Suspected
950
CE
1212
CE
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79
Phoenician Empire
Unknown
Confident
1200
BCE
332
BCE
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80
Jenne-jeno I
Unknown
Suspected
250
BCE
49
CE
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81
Jenne-jeno II
Unknown
Suspected
50
CE
399
CE
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82
Jenne-jeno III
Unknown
Suspected
400
CE
899
CE
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83
Jenne-jeno IV
Unknown
Suspected
900
CE
1300
CE
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84
Mali Empire
Unknown
Suspected
1230
CE
1410
CE
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85
Songhai Empire - Askiya Dynasty
Unknown
Suspected
1493
CE
1591
CE
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86
Eastern Turk Khaganate
Unknown
Suspected
583
CE
630
CE
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87
Khitan I
Unknown
Suspected
907
CE
1125
CE
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88
Second Turk Khaganate
Unknown
Suspected
682
CE
744
CE
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89
Uigur Khaganate
Unknown
Suspected
745
CE
840
CE
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90
Xianbei Confederation
Unknown
Suspected
100
CE
250
CE
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91
Early Xiongnu
Unknown
Suspected
1400
BCE
300
BCE
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92
Late Xiongnu
Unknown
Suspected
60
BCE
100
CE
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93
Xiongnu Imperial Confederation
Unknown
Suspected
209
BCE
60
BCE
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94
Later Wagadu Empire
Unknown
Suspected
1078
CE
1203
CE
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95
Middle Wagadu Empire
Unknown
Suspected
700
CE
1077
CE
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96
Cuzco - Early Intermediate I
Unknown
Suspected
200
CE
499
CE
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97
Cuzco - Early Intermediate II
Unknown
Suspected
500
CE
649
CE
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98
Cuzco - Late Formative
Unknown
Suspected
500
BCE
200
CE
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99
Inca Empire
Present
Confident
1375
CE
1532
CE
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100
Egypt - Kushite Period
Unknown
Suspected
747
BCE
656
BCE
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101
Fatimid Caliphate
Present
Confident
909
CE
1171
CE
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102
Konya Plain - Late Bronze Age II
Unknown
Suspected
1500
BCE
1400
BCE
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103
Konya Plain - Early Chalcolithic
Absent
Confident
6000
BCE
5500
BCE
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104
East Roman Empire
Present
Inferred
395
CE
631
CE
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105
Hatti - Old Kingdom
Unknown
Suspected
1650
BCE
1500
BCE
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106
Konya Plain - Ceramic Neolithic
Unknown
Suspected
7000
BCE
6600
BCE
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107
Konya Plain - Early Neolithic
Absent
Confident
9600
BCE
7000
BCE
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108
Rome - Republic of St Peter II
Present
Inferred
904
CE
1198
CE
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109
Papal States - High Medieval Period
Present
Inferred
1198
CE
1309
CE
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110
Papal States - Early Modern Period II
Present
Inferred
1648
CE
1809
CE
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111
Papal States - Renaissance Period
Present
Inferred
1378
CE
1527
CE
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112
Khmer Kingdom
Present
Confident
1432
CE
1594
CE
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113
Monte Alban V
Absent
Confident
900
CE
1520
CE
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114
Aztec Empire
Present
Confident
1427
CE
1526
CE
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115
Late Formative Basin of Mexico
Present
Confident
400
BCE
101
BCE
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116
Terminal Formative Basin of Mexico
Present
Confident
100
BCE
99
CE
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117
Toltecs
Present
Confident
900
CE
1199
CE
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118
Kachi Plain - Aceramic Neolithic
Unknown
Suspected
7500
BCE
5500
BCE
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119
Kachi Plain - Ceramic Neolithic
Unknown
Suspected
5500
BCE
4000
BCE
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120
Sakha - Late
Present
Confident
1632
CE
1900
CE
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121
Umayyad Caliphate
Present
Confident
661
CE
750
CE
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122
Byzantine Empire I
Absent
Confident
632
CE
866
CE
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123
Byzantine Empire III
Absent
Confident
1073
CE
1204
CE
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124
Konya Plain - Late Neolithic
Absent
Confident
6600
BCE
6000
BCE
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125
Ottoman Empire II
Present
Confident
1517
CE
1683
CE
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126
Samanid Empire
Unknown
Suspected
819
CE
999
CE
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127
Timurid Empire
Unknown
Suspected
1370
CE
1526
CE
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128
Hephthalite Empire
Present
Confident
408
CE
561
CE
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129
Eastern Han Empire
Present
Confident
25
CE
220
CE
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130
Western Jin
Present
Confident
265
CE
317
CE
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131
Hmong - Early Chinese
Unknown
Suspected
1895
CE
1941
CE
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132
Jin Dynasty
Present
Confident
1115
CE
1234
CE
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133
Great Ming
Present
Confident
1368
CE
1644
CE
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134
Northern Song
Present
Confident
960
CE
1127
CE
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135
Early Qing
Present
Confident
1644
CE
1796
CE
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136
Tang Dynasty I
Present
Confident
617
CE
763
CE
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137
Tang Dynasty II
Present
Confident
763
CE
907
CE
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138
Shuar - Colonial
Absent
Confident
1534
CE
1830
CE
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139
Shuar - Ecuadorian
Absent
Confident
1831
CE
1931
CE
Loading...
140
Naqada I
Unknown
Suspected
3800
BCE
3550
BCE
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141
Byzantine Empire II
Absent
Confident
867
CE
1072
CE
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142
East Francia
Present
Confident
842
CE
919
CE
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143
Ottoman Empire IV
Present
Confident
1839
CE
1922
CE
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144
Kingdom of Hawaii - Post-Kamehameha Period
Present
Confident
1820
CE
1898
CE
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145
Naqada II
Unknown
Suspected
3550
BCE
3300
BCE
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146
Yehuda
Present
Inferred
141
BCE
63
BCE
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147
Ottoman Emirate
Present
Confident
1299
CE
1402
CE
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148
Ottoman Empire I
Present
Confident
1402
CE
1517
CE
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149
Haudenosaunee Confederacy - Late
Present
Confident
1714
CE
1848
CE
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150
Yemen - Qasimid Dynasty
Absent
Confident
1637
CE
1805
CE
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151
Egypt - New Kingdom Ramesside Period
Present
Confident
1293
BCE
1070
BCE
Loading...
152
Akan - Pre-Ashanti
Present
Inferred
1501
CE
1701
CE
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153
Susa II
Present
Inferred
3800
BCE
3100
BCE
Loading...
154
Susa III
Present
Inferred
3100
BCE
2675
BCE
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155
Russian Empire, Romanov Dynasty II
Present
Confident
1776
CE
1917
CE
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156
Russian Empire, Romanov Dynasty I
Present
Confident
1614
CE
1775
CE
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157
Holy Roman Empire - Ottonian-Salian Dynasty
Unknown
Suspected
919
CE
1125
CE
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158
Sakha - Early
Absent
Inferred
1400
CE
1632
CE
Loading...
159
Ashanti Empire
Present
Confident
1701
CE
1895
CE
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160
Iban - Pre-Brooke
Present
Confident
1650
CE
1841
CE
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161
Iban - Brooke Raj and Colonial
Present
Confident
1841
CE
1987
CE
Loading...
162
Early A'chik
Absent
Confident
1775
CE
1867
CE
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163
Icelandic Commonwealth
Unknown
Confident
930
CE
1262
CE
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164
Papal States - Early Modern Period I
Present
Confident
1527
CE
1648
CE
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165
Late A'chik
Present
Confident
1867
CE
1956
CE
Loading...
166
Elam - Awan Dynasty I
Present
Inferred
2675
BCE
2100
BCE
Loading...
167
Elam - Kidinuid Period
Present
Inferred
1500
BCE
1400
BCE
Loading...
168
Elam - Igihalkid Period
Present
Inferred
1399
BCE
1200
BCE
Loading...
169
Elam II
Present
Inferred
743
BCE
647
BCE
Loading...
170
Elam III
Present
Inferred
612
BCE
539
BCE
Loading...
171
Parthian Empire I
Unknown
Suspected
247
BCE
40
CE
Loading...
172
Monte Alban II
Absent
Confident
100
BCE
200
CE
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173
Parthian Empire II
Unknown
Suspected
41
CE
226
CE
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174
Elam - Early Sukkalmah
Present
Inferred
1900
BCE
1701
BCE
Loading...
175
Elam - Late Sukkalmah
Present
Inferred
1700
BCE
1500
BCE
Loading...
176
Lombard Kingdom
Unknown
Suspected
568
CE
774
CE
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177
Us Reconstruction-Progressive
Unknown
Suspected
1866
CE
1933
CE
Loading...
178
Japan - Middle Jomon
Present
Inferred
3500
BCE
2500
BCE
Loading...
179
Kansai - Yayoi Period
Unknown
Suspected
300
BCE
250
CE
Loading...
180
Classical Angkor
Present
Confident
1100
CE
1220
CE
Loading...
181
Early Angkor
Present
Confident
802
CE
1100
CE
Loading...
182
Late Angkor
Present
Confident
1220
CE
1432
CE
Loading...
183
Early Mongols
Absent
Confident
1000
CE
1206
CE
Loading...
184
Early Monte Alban I
Absent
Confident
500
BCE
300
BCE
Loading...
185
Monte Alban Late I
Absent
Confident
300
BCE
100
BCE
Loading...
186
Monte Alban III
Absent
Confident
200
CE
500
CE
Loading...
187
Monte Alban IIIB and IV
Absent
Confident
500
CE
900
CE
Loading...
188
Archaic Basin of Mexico
Present
Confident
6000
BCE
2001
BCE
Loading...
189
Epiclassic Basin of Mexico
Present
Confident
650
CE
899
CE
Loading...
190
Early Formative Basin of Mexico
Present
Confident
1200
BCE
801
BCE
Loading...
191
Middle Formative Basin of Mexico
Present
Confident
800
BCE
401
BCE
Loading...
192
Initial Formative Basin of Mexico
Present
Confident
2000
BCE
1201
BCE
Loading...
193
Middle Postclassic Basin of Mexico
Present
Confident
1200
CE
1426
CE
Loading...
194
Oaxaca - Rosario
Absent
Inferred
700
BCE
500
BCE
Loading...
195
Oaxaca - Tierras Largas
Unknown
Suspected
1400
BCE
1150
BCE
Loading...
196
Antebellum US
Unknown
Suspected
1776
CE
1865
CE
Loading...
197
Khwarezmid Empire
Unknown
Suspected
1157
CE
1231
CE
Loading...
198
Kingdom of Norway II
Unknown
Confident
1262
CE
1396
CE
Loading...
199
Cuzco - Late Intermediate I
Absent
Inferred
1000
CE
1250
CE
Loading...
200
Orokaiva - Pre-Colonial
Present
Confident
1734
CE
1883
CE
Loading...
201
Orokaiva - Colonial
Present
Confident
1884
CE
1942
CE
Loading...
202
Kachi Plain - Chalcolithic
Unknown
Suspected
4000
BCE
3200
BCE
Loading...
203
Kachi Plain - Post-Urban Period
Unknown
Suspected
1800
BCE
1300
BCE
Loading...
204
Kachi Plain - Pre-Urban Period
Unknown
Suspected
3200
BCE
2500
BCE
Loading...
205
Late Cappadocia
Unknown
Suspected
330
BCE
16
CE
Loading...
206
Hatti - New Kingdom
Absent
Confident
1400
BCE
1180
BCE
Loading...
207
Early Illinois Confederation
Present
Confident
1640
CE
1717
CE
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208
Haudenosaunee Confederacy - Early
Present
Confident
1566
CE
1713
CE
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209
Foys
Present
Confident
1715
CE
1894
CE
Loading...
210
Plantagenet England
Present
Confident
1154
CE
1485
CE
Loading...
211
Chaco Canyon - Late Bonito phase
Present
Confident
1101
CE
1140
CE
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212
Austria - Habsburg Dynasty I
Present
Confident
1454
CE
1648
CE
Loading...
213
Saffarid Caliphate
Unknown
Suspected
861
CE
1003
CE
Loading...
214
Chalukyas of Badami
Uncoded
Undecided
543
CE
753
CE
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215
Durrani Empire
Uncoded
Undecided
1747
CE
1826
CE
Loading...
216
Chalukyas of Kalyani
Uncoded
Undecided
973
CE
1189
CE
Loading...
217
Deccan - Neolithic
Uncoded
Undecided
2700
BCE
1200
BCE
Loading...
218
Early Roman Republic
Uncoded
Undecided
509
BCE
264
BCE
Loading...
219
Kushan Empire
Uncoded
Undecided
35
CE
319
CE
Loading...
220
Early Wei Dynasty
Uncoded
Undecided
445
BCE
225
BCE
Loading...
221
Erligang
Uncoded
Undecided
1650
BCE
1250
BCE
Loading...
222
Jin
Uncoded
Undecided
780
BCE
404
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223
Rashtrakuta Empire
Uncoded
Undecided
753
CE
973
CE
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224
Kalingga Kingdom
Uncoded
Undecided
500
CE
732
CE
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225
Latium - Bronze Age
Uncoded
Undecided
1800
BCE
900
BCE
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226
Latium - Copper Age
Uncoded
Undecided
3600
BCE
1800
BCE
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227
Republic of St Peter I
Uncoded
Undecided
752
CE
904
CE
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228
Latium - Iron Age
Uncoded
Undecided
1000
BCE
580
BCE
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229
Longshan
Uncoded
Undecided
3000
BCE
1900
BCE
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230
Lysimachus Kingdom
Uncoded
Undecided
323
BCE
281
BCE
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231
Roman Kingdom
Uncoded
Undecided
716
BCE
509
BCE
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232
Mahajanapada era
Uncoded
Undecided
600
BCE
324
BCE
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233
Qin Empire
Present
Confident
338
BCE
207
BCE
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234
Middle Bronze Age in Central Anatolia
Uncoded
Undecided
2000
BCE
1700
BCE
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235
Macedonian Empire
Present
Confident
330
BCE
312
BCE
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236
Oaxaca - San Jose
Uncoded
Undecided
1150
BCE
700
BCE
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237
Phrygian Kingdom
Uncoded
Undecided
900
BCE
695
BCE
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238
Rum Sultanate
Uncoded
Undecided
1077
CE
1307
CE
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239
Tairona
Uncoded
Undecided
1050
CE
1524
CE
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240
Western Zhou
Uncoded
Undecided
1122
BCE
771
BCE
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241
Yangshao
Uncoded
Undecided
5000
BCE
3000
BCE
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242
Songhai Empire
Present
Confident
1376
CE
1493
CE
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243
Greco-Bactrian Kingdom
Unknown
Suspected
256
BCE
125
BCE
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