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
171	(Roman Empire - Dominate)	Full Year Range of Roman Empire - Dominate is assumed. [285, 394]	present	None
172	(Cahokia - Early Woodland)	Full Year Range of Cahokia - Early Woodland is assumed. [-600, -150]	absent	None
173	(Cahokia - Late Woodland II)	Full Year Range of Cahokia - Late Woodland II is assumed. [450, 600]	absent	None
174	(Cahokia - Emergent Mississippian I)	Full Year Range of Cahokia - Emergent Mississippian I is assumed. [750, 900]	absent	None
175	(Khanate of Bukhara)	Full Year Range of Khanate of Bukhara is assumed. [1599, 1747]	present	None
176	(Early Mongols)	Full Year Range of Early Mongols is assumed. [1000, 1206]	unknown	None
177	(Sogdiana - City-States Period)	Full Year Range of Sogdiana - City-States Period is assumed. [604, 711]	present	None
178	(Rasulid Dynasty)	Full Year Range of Rasulid Dynasty is assumed. [1229, 1453]	present	None
179	(Yemen - Era of Warlords)	Full Year Range of Yemen - Era of Warlords is assumed. [1038, 1174]	present	None
180	(Iban - Pre-Brooke)	Full Year Range of Iban - Pre-Brooke is assumed. [1650, 1841]	absent	None

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