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
201	(Greco-Bactrian Kingdom)	Full Year Range of Greco-Bactrian Kingdom is assumed. [-256, -125]	present	None
202	(Emirate of Harar)	Full Year Range of Emirate of Harar is assumed. [1650, 1875]	present	None
203	(Thanjavur Maratha Kingdom)	Full Year Range of Thanjavur Maratha Kingdom is assumed. [1675, 1799]	present	None
204	(Proto-Yoruba)	Full Year Range of Proto-Yoruba is assumed. [301, 649]	absent	None
205	(Classical Ife)	Full Year Range of Classical Ife is assumed. [1000, 1400]	absent	None
206	(Late Formative Yoruba)	Full Year Range of Late Formative Yoruba is assumed. [650, 1049]	absent	None
207	(Allada)	Full Year Range of Allada is assumed. [1100, 1724]	absent	None
208	(Ilú-ọba Ọ̀yọ́)	Full Year Range of Ilú-ọba Ọ̀yọ́ is assumed. [1601, 1835]	present	None
209	(Oyo)	Full Year Range of Oyo is assumed. [1300, 1535]	absent	None
210	(Iban - Pre-Brooke)	Full Year Range of Iban - Pre-Brooke is assumed. [1650, 1841]	absent	None

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