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
241	(Sape)	Full Year Range of Sape is assumed. [1400, 1550]	absent	None
242	(Whydah)	Full Year Range of Whydah is assumed. [1671, 1727]	absent	None
243	(Ọ̀ràézè Ǹrì)	Full Year Range of Ọ̀ràézè Ǹrì is assumed. [1043, 1911]	absent	None
244	(Benin Empire)	Full Year Range of Benin Empire is assumed. [1140, 1897]	absent	None
245	(Kingdom of the Huns)	Full Year Range of Kingdom of the Huns is assumed. [376, 469]	absent	None
246	(Early United Mexican States)	Full Year Range of Early United Mexican States is assumed. [1810, 1920]	present	None
247	(Plantagenet England)	Full Year Range of Plantagenet England is assumed. [1154, 1485]	present	None
248	(Jaffna)	Full Year Range of Jaffna is assumed. [1310, 1591]	present	None
249	(Durrani Empire)	Full Year Range of Durrani Empire is assumed. [1747, 1826]	present	None
250	(Canaan)	Full Year Range of Canaan is assumed. [-2000, -1175]	present	None

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