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
131	(Gahadavala Dynasty)	Full Year Range of Gahadavala Dynasty is assumed. [1085, 1193]	present	None
132	(Classical Crete)	Full Year Range of Classical Crete is assumed. [-500, -323]	present	None
133	(Egypt - Middle Kingdom)	Full Year Range of Egypt - Middle Kingdom is assumed. [-2016, -1700]	present	None
134	(Kachi Plain - Proto-Historic Period)	Full Year Range of Kachi Plain - Proto-Historic Period is assumed. [-1300, -500]	absent	None
135	(Deccan - Neolithic)	Full Year Range of Deccan - Neolithic is assumed. [-2700, -1200]	unknown	None
136	(Sakha - Early)	Full Year Range of Sakha - Early is assumed. [1400, 1632]	absent	None
137	(Deccan - Iron Age)	Full Year Range of Deccan - Iron Age is assumed. [-1200, -300]	unknown	None
138	(British Empire II)	Full Year Range of British Empire II is assumed. [1850, 1968]	present	None
139	(Zungharian Empire)	Full Year Range of Zungharian Empire is assumed. [1670, 1757]	present	None
140	(Mataram Sultanate)	Full Year Range of Mataram Sultanate is assumed. [1568, 1703]	present	None

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