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
431	(Late Classic Tikal)	Full Year Range of Late Classic Tikal is assumed. [555, 869]	present	None
432	(Tudor and Early Stuart England)	Full Year Range of Tudor and Early Stuart England is assumed. [1486, 1689]	present	None
433	(Austria - Habsburg Dynasty II)	Full Year Range of Austria - Habsburg Dynasty II is assumed. [1649, 1918]	present	None
434	(Khwarezmid Empire)	Full Year Range of Khwarezmid Empire is assumed. [1157, 1231]	present	None
435	(Hohokam Culture)	Full Year Range of Hohokam Culture is assumed. [300, 1500]	absent	None
436	(Alaouite Dynasty I)	Full Year Range of Alaouite Dynasty I is assumed. [1631, 1727]	present	None
437	(Austria - Habsburg Dynasty I)	Full Year Range of Austria - Habsburg Dynasty I is assumed. [1454, 1648]	present	None
438	(Armenian Kingdom)	Full Year Range of Armenian Kingdom is assumed. [-188, 6]	present	None
439	(Golden Horde)	Full Year Range of Golden Horde is assumed. [1240, 1440]	present	None
440	(Saffarid Caliphate)	Full Year Range of Saffarid Caliphate is assumed. [861, 1003]	present	None

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