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
421	(Himyar II)	Full Year Range of Himyar II is assumed. [378, 525]	present	None
422	(Qatabanian Commonwealth)	Full Year Range of Qatabanian Commonwealth is assumed. [-450, -111]	present	None
423	(Sabaean Commonwealth)	Full Year Range of Sabaean Commonwealth is assumed. [-800, -451]	present	None
424	(Kingdom of Saba and Dhu Raydan)	Full Year Range of Kingdom of Saba and Dhu Raydan is assumed. [-110, 149]	present	None
425	(Yemen - Tahirid Dynasty)	Full Year Range of Yemen - Tahirid Dynasty is assumed. [1454, 1517]	present	None
426	(Kingdom of Bohemia - Luxembourgian and Jagiellonian Dynasty)	Full Year Range of Kingdom of Bohemia - Luxembourgian and Jagiellonian Dynasty is assumed. [1310, 1526]	present	None
427	(Lombard Kingdom)	Full Year Range of Lombard Kingdom is assumed. [568, 774]	present	None
428	(Us Reconstruction-Progressive)	Full Year Range of Us Reconstruction-Progressive is assumed. [1866, 1933]	present	None
429	(Chaco Canyon - Late Bonito phase)	Full Year Range of Chaco Canyon - Late Bonito phase is assumed. [1101, 1140]	absent	None
430	(Antebellum US)	Full Year Range of Antebellum US is assumed. [1776, 1865]	present	None

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