Section: Social Complexity

Subsection: Writing Systems

Non Phonetic 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
non_phonetic_writing	The absence or presence of non phonetic writing for a polity.

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#	Polity	Year(s)	Non Phonetic Writing	Description	Edit
111	(Jin)	Full Year Range of Jin is assumed. [-780, -404]	present	None
112	(Great Ming)	Full Year Range of Great Ming is assumed. [1368, 1644]	present	None
113	(Northern Song)	Full Year Range of Northern Song is assumed. [960, 1127]	present	None
114	(Northern Wei)	Full Year Range of Northern Wei is assumed. [386, 534]	present	None
115	(Early Qing)	Full Year Range of Early Qing is assumed. [1644, 1796]	present	None
116	(Sui Dynasty)	Full Year Range of Sui Dynasty is assumed. [581, 618]	present	None
117	(Tang Dynasty I)	Full Year Range of Tang Dynasty I is assumed. [617, 763]	present	None
118	(Tang Dynasty II)	Full Year Range of Tang Dynasty II is assumed. [763, 907]	present	None
119	(Early Wei Dynasty)	Full Year Range of Early Wei Dynasty is assumed. [-445, -225]	present	None
120	(Monte Alban V Late Postclassic)	Full Year Range of Monte Alban V Late Postclassic is assumed. [1101, 1520]	present	None

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