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
331	(Sasanid Empire II)	Full Year Range of Sasanid Empire II is assumed. [488, 642]	present	None
332	(Seleucids)	Full Year Range of Seleucids is assumed. [-312, -63]	present	None
333	(Seljuk Sultanate)	Full Year Range of Seljuk Sultanate is assumed. [1037, 1157]	present	None
334	(Elam - Shimashki Period)	Full Year Range of Elam - Shimashki Period is assumed. [-2028, -1940]	present	None
335	(Elam - Early Sukkalmah)	Full Year Range of Elam - Early Sukkalmah is assumed. [-1900, -1701]	present	None
336	(Elam - Late Sukkalmah)	Full Year Range of Elam - Late Sukkalmah is assumed. [-1700, -1500]	present	None
337	(Susa II)	Full Year Range of Susa II is assumed. [-3800, -3100]	present	None
338	(Susa III)	Full Year Range of Susa III is assumed. [-3100, -2675]	present	None
339	(Latium - Copper Age)	Full Year Range of Latium - Copper Age is assumed. [-3600, -1800]	absent	None
340	(Latium - Iron Age)	Full Year Range of Latium - Iron Age is assumed. [-1000, -580]	absent	None

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