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
361	(Jenne-jeno II)	Full Year Range of Jenne-jeno II is assumed. [50, 399]	absent	None
362	(Jenne-jeno III)	Full Year Range of Jenne-jeno III is assumed. [400, 899]	absent	None
363	(Jenne-jeno IV)	Full Year Range of Jenne-jeno IV is assumed. [900, 1300]	absent	None
364	(Segou Kingdom)	Full Year Range of Segou Kingdom is assumed. [1650, 1712]	absent	None
365	(Songhai Empire - Askiya Dynasty)	Full Year Range of Songhai Empire - Askiya Dynasty is assumed. [1493, 1591]	present	None
366	(Eastern Turk Khaganate)	Full Year Range of Eastern Turk Khaganate is assumed. [583, 630]	present	None
367	(Khitan I)	Full Year Range of Khitan I is assumed. [907, 1125]	present	None
368	(Late Mongols)	Full Year Range of Late Mongols is assumed. [1368, 1690]	present	None
369	(Kachi Plain - Urban Period II)	Full Year Range of Kachi Plain - Urban Period II is assumed. [-2100, 1800]	present	None
370	(Early Xiongnu)	Full Year Range of Early Xiongnu is assumed. [-1400, -300]	absent	None

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