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
391	(Oaxaca - San Jose)	Full Year Range of Oaxaca - San Jose is assumed. [-1150, -700]	absent	None
392	(Oaxaca - Tierras Largas)	Full Year Range of Oaxaca - Tierras Largas is assumed. [-1400, -1150]	absent	None
393	(Sarazm)	Full Year Range of Sarazm is assumed. [-3500, -2000]	absent	None
394	(Fatimid Caliphate)	Full Year Range of Fatimid Caliphate is assumed. [909, 1171]	present	None
395	(Konya Plain - Late Bronze Age II)	Full Year Range of Konya Plain - Late Bronze Age II is assumed. [-1500, -1400]	present	None
396	(Cuzco - Early Intermediate II)	Full Year Range of Cuzco - Early Intermediate II is assumed. [500, 649]	absent	None
397	(Cuzco - Late Intermediate I)	Full Year Range of Cuzco - Late Intermediate I is assumed. [1000, 1250]	absent	None
398	(Kachi Plain - Chalcolithic)	Full Year Range of Kachi Plain - Chalcolithic is assumed. [-4000, -3200]	absent	None
399	(Indo-Greek Kingdom)	Full Year Range of Indo-Greek Kingdom is assumed. [-180, -10]	present	None
400	(Kachi Plain - Post-Urban Period)	Full Year Range of Kachi Plain - Post-Urban Period is assumed. [-1800, -1300]	absent	None

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