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
351	(Classical Angkor)	Full Year Range of Classical Angkor is assumed. [1100, 1220]	present	None
352	(Cuzco - Late Formative)	Full Year Range of Cuzco - Late Formative is assumed. [-500, 200]	absent	None
353	(Early Angkor)	Full Year Range of Early Angkor is assumed. [802, 1100]	present	None
354	(Late Angkor)	Full Year Range of Late Angkor is assumed. [1220, 1432]	present	None
355	(Khmer Kingdom)	Full Year Range of Khmer Kingdom is assumed. [1432, 1594]	present	None
356	(Chenla)	Full Year Range of Chenla is assumed. [550, 825]	present	None
357	(Funan I)	Full Year Range of Funan I is assumed. [225, 540]	present	None
358	(Funan II)	Full Year Range of Funan II is assumed. [540, 640]	present	None
359	(Saadi Sultanate)	Full Year Range of Saadi Sultanate is assumed. [1554, 1659]	present	None
360	(Jenne-jeno I)	Full Year Range of Jenne-jeno I is assumed. [-250, 49]	absent	None

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