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
371	(Egypt - Kushite Period)	Full Year Range of Egypt - Kushite Period is assumed. [-747, -656]	present	None
372	(Ayutthaya)	Full Year Range of Ayutthaya is assumed. [1593, 1767]	present	None
373	(Late Xiongnu)	Full Year Range of Late Xiongnu is assumed. [-60, 100]	absent	None
374	(Orokaiva - Pre-Colonial)	Full Year Range of Orokaiva - Pre-Colonial is assumed. [1734, 1883]	absent	None
375	(Xiongnu Imperial Confederation)	Full Year Range of Xiongnu Imperial Confederation is assumed. [-209, -60]	absent	None
376	(Later Wagadu Empire)	Full Year Range of Later Wagadu Empire is assumed. [1078, 1203]	present	None
377	(Middle Wagadu Empire)	Full Year Range of Middle Wagadu Empire is assumed. [700, 1077]	absent	None
378	(Early Monte Alban I)	Full Year Range of Early Monte Alban I is assumed. [-500, -300]	present	None
379	(Monte Alban Late I)	Full Year Range of Monte Alban Late I is assumed. [-300, -100]	present	None
380	(Monte Alban II)	Full Year Range of Monte Alban II is assumed. [-100, 200]	present	None

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