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
321	(Elam - Kidinuid Period)	Full Year Range of Elam - Kidinuid Period is assumed. [-1500, -1400]	present	None
322	(Elam - Igihalkid Period)	Full Year Range of Elam - Igihalkid Period is assumed. [-1399, -1200]	present	None
323	(Elam II)	Full Year Range of Elam II is assumed. [-743, -647]	present	None
324	(Elam III)	Full Year Range of Elam III is assumed. [-612, -539]	present	None
325	(Parthian Empire I)	Full Year Range of Parthian Empire I is assumed. [-247, 40]	present	None
326	(Parthian Empire II)	Full Year Range of Parthian Empire II is assumed. [41, 226]	present	None
327	(Pre-Ceramic Period)	Full Year Range of Pre-Ceramic Period is assumed. [-7800, -7200]	absent	None
328	(Cuzco - Late Intermediate II)	Full Year Range of Cuzco - Late Intermediate II is assumed. [1250, 1400]	absent	None
329	(Safavid Empire)	Full Year Range of Safavid Empire is assumed. [1501, 1722]	present	None
330	(Sasanid Empire I)	Full Year Range of Sasanid Empire I is assumed. [205, 487]	present	None

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