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
281	(French Kingdom - Late Capetian)	Full Year Range of French Kingdom - Late Capetian is assumed. [1150, 1328]	present	None
282	(La Tene A-B1)	Full Year Range of La Tene A-B1 is assumed. [-475, -325]	absent	None
283	(La Tene B2-C1)	Full Year Range of La Tene B2-C1 is assumed. [-325, -175]	present	None
284	(La Tene C2-D)	Full Year Range of La Tene C2-D is assumed. [-175, -27]	present	None
285	(Papal States - Medieval Period I)	Full Year Range of Papal States - Medieval Period I is assumed. [1527, 1648]	present	None
286	(Akan - Pre-Ashanti)	Full Year Range of Akan - Pre-Ashanti is assumed. [1501, 1701]	absent	None
287	(Ashanti Empire)	Full Year Range of Ashanti Empire is assumed. [1701, 1895]	present	None
288	(Archaic Crete)	Full Year Range of Archaic Crete is assumed. [-710, -500]	present	None
289	(Geometric Crete)	Full Year Range of Geometric Crete is assumed. [-1000, -710]	present	None
290	(Monopalatial Crete)	Full Year Range of Monopalatial Crete is assumed. [-1450, -1300]	present	None

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