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
341	(Republic of St Peter I)	Full Year Range of Republic of St Peter I is assumed. [711, 904]	present	None
342	(Asuka)	Full Year Range of Asuka is assumed. [538, 710]	present	None
343	(Japan - Incipient Jomon)	Full Year Range of Japan - Incipient Jomon is assumed. [-13600, -9200]	absent	None
344	(Japan - Early Jomon)	Full Year Range of Japan - Early Jomon is assumed. [-5300, -3500]	absent	None
345	(Japan - Middle Jomon)	Full Year Range of Japan - Middle Jomon is assumed. [-3500, -2500]	absent	None
346	(Japan - Late Jomon)	Full Year Range of Japan - Late Jomon is assumed. [-2500, -1200]	absent	None
347	(Kamakura Shogunate)	Full Year Range of Kamakura Shogunate is assumed. [1185, 1333]	present	None
348	(Nara Kingdom)	Full Year Range of Nara Kingdom is assumed. [710, 794]	present	None
349	(Kansai - Yayoi Period)	Full Year Range of Kansai - Yayoi Period is assumed. [-300, 250]	present	None
350	(Western Turk Khaganate)	Full Year Range of Western Turk Khaganate is assumed. [582, 630]	present	None

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