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
311	(Achaemenid Empire)	Full Year Range of Achaemenid Empire is assumed. [-550, -331]	present	None
312	(Susiana - Muhammad Jaffar)	Full Year Range of Susiana - Muhammad Jaffar is assumed. [-7000, -6000]	absent	None
313	(Elam - Awan Dynasty I)	Full Year Range of Elam - Awan Dynasty I is assumed. [-2675, -2100]	present	None
314	(Buyid Confederation)	Full Year Range of Buyid Confederation is assumed. [932, 1062]	present	None
315	(Elymais II)	Full Year Range of Elymais II is assumed. [25, 215]	present	None
316	(Formative Period)	Full Year Range of Formative Period is assumed. [-7200, -7000]	absent	None
317	(Roman Kingdom)	Full Year Range of Roman Kingdom is assumed. [-716, -509]	present	None
318	(Ilkhanate)	Full Year Range of Ilkhanate is assumed. [1256, 1339]	present	None
319	(Susiana A)	Full Year Range of Susiana A is assumed. [-6000, -5700]	absent	None
320	(Susiana - Late Ubaid)	Full Year Range of Susiana - Late Ubaid is assumed. [-4700, -4300]	absent	None

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