Section: Social Complexity

Subsection: Writing Systems

Written Record

Talking about writing systems, written records are more than short and fragmentary inscriptions, such as found on tombs or runic stones. there must be several sentences strung together, at the very minimum. for example, royal proclamations from mesopotamia and egypt qualify as written records (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
written_record	The absence or presence of written record for a polity.

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#	Polity	Year(s)	Written Record	Description	Edit
91	(Kampili Kingdom)	Full Year Range of Kampili Kingdom is assumed. [1280, 1327]	present	None
92	(Mughal Empire)	Full Year Range of Mughal Empire is assumed. [1526, 1858]	present	None
93	(Magadha - Sunga Empire)	Full Year Range of Magadha - Sunga Empire is assumed. [-187, -65]	present	None
94	(Vijayanagara Empire)	Full Year Range of Vijayanagara Empire is assumed. [1336, 1646]	present	None
95	(Abbasid Caliphate II)	Full Year Range of Abbasid Caliphate II is assumed. [1191, 1258]	present	None
96	(Early Dynastic)	Full Year Range of Early Dynastic is assumed. [-2900, -2500]	present	None
97	(Isin-Larsa)	Full Year Range of Isin-Larsa is assumed. [-2004, -1763]	present	None
98	(Ubaid)	Full Year Range of Ubaid is assumed. [-5500, -4201]	absent	None
99	(Susiana B)	Full Year Range of Susiana B is assumed. [-5700, -5100]	absent	None
100	(Timurid Empire)	Full Year Range of Timurid Empire is assumed. [1370, 1526]	present	None

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