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
181	(Anurādhapura IV)	Full Year Range of Anurādhapura IV is assumed. [614, 1017]	present	None
182	(Polonnaruwa)	Full Year Range of Polonnaruwa is assumed. [1070, 1255]	present	None
183	(Anurādhapura III)	Full Year Range of Anurādhapura III is assumed. [428, 614]	present	None
184	(Dutch Empire)	Full Year Range of Dutch Empire is assumed. [1648, 1795]	present	None
185	(Isaaq Sultanate)	Full Year Range of Isaaq Sultanate is assumed. [1300, 1886]	present	None
186	(Pandya Empire)	Full Year Range of Pandya Empire is assumed. [1250, 1323]	present	None
187	(Oneota)	Full Year Range of Oneota is assumed. [1400, 1650]	absent	None
188	(Chagatai Khanate)	Full Year Range of Chagatai Khanate is assumed. [1263, 1402]	present	None
189	(Koktepe I)	Full Year Range of Koktepe I is assumed. [-1400, -1000]	absent	None
190	(Iban - Pre-Brooke)	Full Year Range of Iban - Pre-Brooke is assumed. [1650, 1841]	absent	None

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