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
161	(Kachi Plain - Ceramic Neolithic)	Full Year Range of Kachi Plain - Ceramic Neolithic is assumed. [-5500, -4000]	absent	None
162	(Kachi Plain - Pre-Urban Period)	Full Year Range of Kachi Plain - Pre-Urban Period is assumed. [-3200, -2500]	absent	None
163	(Sind - Samma Dynasty)	Full Year Range of Sind - Samma Dynasty is assumed. [1335, 1521]	present	None
164	(British Empire II)	Full Year Range of British Empire II is assumed. [1850, 1968]	present	None
165	(Zungharian Empire)	Full Year Range of Zungharian Empire is assumed. [1670, 1757]	present	None
166	(Mataram Sultanate)	Full Year Range of Mataram Sultanate is assumed. [1568, 1703]	present	None
167	(Second Turk Khaganate)	Full Year Range of Second Turk Khaganate is assumed. [682, 744]	present	None
168	(Late Cappadocia)	Full Year Range of Late Cappadocia is assumed. [-322, -93]	present	None
169	(Hatti - Old Kingdom)	Full Year Range of Hatti - Old Kingdom is assumed. [-1650, -1500]	present	None
170	(Early Mongols)	Full Year Range of Early Mongols is assumed. [1000, 1206]	unknown	None

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