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
251	(Hephthalites)	Full Year Range of Hephthalites is assumed. [408, 561]	present	None
252	(Kidarite Kingdom)	Full Year Range of Kidarite Kingdom is assumed. [388, 477]	present	None
253	(Kushan Empire)	Full Year Range of Kushan Empire is assumed. [35, 319]	present	None
254	(Tocharians)	Full Year Range of Tocharians is assumed. [-129, 29]	present	None
255	(Eastern Han Empire)	Full Year Range of Eastern Han Empire is assumed. [25, 220]	present	None
256	(Erligang)	Full Year Range of Erligang is assumed. [-1650, -1250]	absent	None
257	(Erlitou)	Full Year Range of Erlitou is assumed. [-1850, -1600]	present	None
258	(Abbasid Caliphate I)	Full Year Range of Abbasid Caliphate I is assumed. [750, 946]	present	None
259	(Erlitou)	Full Year Range of Erlitou is assumed. [-1850, -1600]	absent	None
260	(Hmong - Early Chinese)	Full Year Range of Hmong - Early Chinese is assumed. [1895, 1941]	absent	None

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