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
411	(Rum Sultanate)	Full Year Range of Rum Sultanate is assumed. [1077, 1307]	present	None
412	(Tabal Kingdoms)	Full Year Range of Tabal Kingdoms is assumed. [-900, -730]	present	None
413	(Kingdom of Hawaii - Kamehameha Period)	Full Year Range of Kingdom of Hawaii - Kamehameha Period is assumed. [1778, 1819]	absent	None
414	(Cahokia - Emergent Mississippian II)	Full Year Range of Cahokia - Emergent Mississippian II is assumed. [900, 1049]	absent	None
415	(Cahokia - Late Woodland III)	Full Year Range of Cahokia - Late Woodland III is assumed. [600, 750]	absent	None
416	(Cahokia - Sand Prairie)	Full Year Range of Cahokia - Sand Prairie is assumed. [1275, 1400]	absent	None
417	(Ancient Khwarazm)	Full Year Range of Ancient Khwarazm is assumed. [-1000, -521]	absent	None
418	(Koktepe II)	Full Year Range of Koktepe II is assumed. [-750, -550]	absent	None
419	(Samanid Empire)	Full Year Range of Samanid Empire is assumed. [819, 999]	present	None
420	(Himyar I)	Full Year Range of Himyar I is assumed. [270, 340]	present	None

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