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
51	(Xixia)	Full Year Range of Xixia is assumed. [1032, 1227]	uncoded	None
52	(Norman England)	Full Year Range of Norman England is assumed. [1066, 1153]	absent	Norman England relied entirely on Latin script, a phonetic alphabetic writing system. [Chibnall 1996]
53	(Durrani Empire)	Full Year Range of Durrani Empire is assumed. [1747, 1826]	absent	None
54	(Ghur Principality)	Full Year Range of Ghur Principality is assumed. [1025, 1215]	absent	None
55	(Gupta Empire)	Full Year Range of Gupta Empire is assumed. [320, 550]	absent	None
56	(Gurjar-Pratihara Dynasty)	Full Year Range of Gurjar-Pratihara Dynasty is assumed. [730, 1030]	absent	None
57	(Kannauj - Varman Dynasty)	Full Year Range of Kannauj - Varman Dynasty is assumed. [650, 780]	absent	None
58	(Magadha)	Full Year Range of Magadha is assumed. [450, 605]	absent	None
59	(Mahajanapada era)	Full Year Range of Mahajanapada era is assumed. [-600, -324]	unknown	None
60	(Northern Maravi Kingdom)	Full Year Range of Northern Maravi Kingdom is assumed. [1500, 1621]	absent	None

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