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
301	(Gupta Empire)	Full Year Range of Gupta Empire is assumed. [320, 550]	present	None
302	(Mahajanapada era)	Full Year Range of Mahajanapada era is assumed. [-600, -324]	absent	None
303	(Magadha - Maurya Empire)	Full Year Range of Magadha - Maurya Empire is assumed. [-324, -187]	present	None
304	(Rashtrakuta Empire)	Full Year Range of Rashtrakuta Empire is assumed. [753, 973]	present	None
305	(Satavahana Empire)	Full Year Range of Satavahana Empire is assumed. [-100, 203]	present	None
306	(Vakataka Kingdom)	Full Year Range of Vakataka Kingdom is assumed. [255, 550]	present	None
307	(Bazi Dynasty)	Full Year Range of Bazi Dynasty is assumed. [-1005, -986]	present	None
308	(Dynasty of E)	Full Year Range of Dynasty of E is assumed. [-979, -732]	present	None
309	(Second Dynasty of Isin)	Full Year Range of Second Dynasty of Isin is assumed. [-1153, -1027]	present	None
310	(Ur - Dynasty III)	Full Year Range of Ur - Dynasty III is assumed. [-2112, -2004]	present	None

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