| 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 |
|---|---|
| written_record | The absence or presence of written record for a polity. |
| # | Polity | Year(s) | Written Record | Description | Edit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 271 |
(Italian Kingdom Late Antiquity) |
Full Year Range of Italian Kingdom Late Antiquity is assumed. [476, 489] |
present |
None | |
| 276 |
(The Emirate of Crete) |
Full Year Range of The Emirate of Crete is assumed. [824, 961] |
present |
None | |
| 278 |
(Neo-Assyrian Empire) |
Full Year Range of Neo-Assyrian Empire is assumed. [-911, -612] |
present |
None | |
| 279 |
(Early Maravi) |
Full Year Range of Early Maravi is assumed. [1400, 1499] |
absent |
The following suggests that writing did not develop indigenously in the region. "The earliest of the written documents on Malawi go back to the sixteenth century. Some adventurous Portuguese explorers and traders who periodically passed through central and southern Malawi as they sought minerals and other resources in the interior of the region wrote these documents." [Juwayeyi 2020] | |
| 280 |
(Northern Maravi Kingdom) |
Full Year Range of Northern Maravi Kingdom is assumed. [1500, 1621] |
absent |
EMPTY_COMMENT |