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
211	(Kingdom of Jimma)	Full Year Range of Kingdom of Jimma is assumed. [1790, 1932]	present	None
212	(Papal States - Renaissance Period)	Full Year Range of Papal States - Renaissance Period is assumed. [1378, 1527]	present	None
213	(Sokoto Caliphate)	Full Year Range of Sokoto Caliphate is assumed. [1804, 1904]	present	None
214	(Igala)	Full Year Range of Igala is assumed. [1600, 1900]	present	None
215	(Hausa bakwai)	Full Year Range of Hausa bakwai is assumed. [900, 1808]	present	None
216	(Kanem-Borno)	Full Year Range of Kanem-Borno is assumed. [1380, 1893]	present	None
217	(Foys)	Full Year Range of Foys is assumed. [1600, 1892]	absent	None
218	(Imamate of Futa Toro)	Full Year Range of Imamate of Futa Toro is assumed. [1776, 1860]	present	None
219	(Kingdom of Jolof)	Full Year Range of Kingdom of Jolof is assumed. [1549, 1865]	present	None
220	(Iban - Pre-Brooke)	Full Year Range of Iban - Pre-Brooke is assumed. [1650, 1841]	absent	None

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