| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 282 |
(Cahokia - Lohman-Stirling) |
Full Year Range of Cahokia - Lohman-Stirling is assumed. [1050, 1199] |
absent |
None | |
| 283 |
(Cahokia - Moorehead) |
Full Year Range of Cahokia - Moorehead is assumed. [1200, 1275] |
absent |
None | |
| 284 |
(Kingdom of Norway II) |
Full Year Range of Kingdom of Norway II is assumed. [1262, 1396] |
present |
None | |
| 285 |
(Egypt - Dynasty II) |
Full Year Range of Egypt - Dynasty II is assumed. [-2900, -2687] |
present |
None | |
| 287 |
(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] | |
| 288 |
(Egypt - New Kingdom Ramesside Period) |
Full Year Range of Egypt - New Kingdom Ramesside Period is assumed. [-1293, -1070] |
present |
None | |
| 289 |
(Egypt - New Kingdom Thutmosid Period) |
Full Year Range of Egypt - New Kingdom Thutmosid Period is assumed. [-1550, -1293] |
present |
None | |
| 290 |
(Northern Maravi Kingdom) |
Full Year Range of Northern Maravi Kingdom is assumed. [1500, 1621] |
absent |
EMPTY_COMMENT |