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
191	(Yemen Ziyad Dynasty)	Full Year Range of Yemen Ziyad Dynasty is assumed. [822, 1037]	present	None
192	(Anurādhapura I)	Full Year Range of Anurādhapura I is assumed. [-300, 70]	present	None
193	(Russian Empire, Romanov Dynasty II)	Full Year Range of Russian Empire, Romanov Dynasty II is assumed. [1776, 1917]	present	None
194	(Adal Sultanate)	Full Year Range of Adal Sultanate is assumed. [1375, 1543]	present	None
195	(Tunni Sultanate)	Full Year Range of Tunni Sultanate is assumed. [800, 1200]	present	None
196	(Habr Yunis)	Full Year Range of Habr Yunis is assumed. [1300, 1886]	present	None
197	(Sultanate of Geledi)	Full Year Range of Sultanate of Geledi is assumed. [1750, 1911]	present	None
198	(Harla Kingdom)	Full Year Range of Harla Kingdom is assumed. [-10000, 2000]	present	None
199	(Ifat Sultanate)	Full Year Range of Ifat Sultanate is assumed. [1280, 1375]	present	None
200	(Iban - Pre-Brooke)	Full Year Range of Iban - Pre-Brooke is assumed. [1650, 1841]	absent	None

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