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
441	(Holy Roman Empire - Ottonian-Salian Dynasty)	Full Year Range of Holy Roman Empire - Ottonian-Salian Dynasty is assumed. [919, 1125]	present	None
442	(British Empire I)	Full Year Range of British Empire I is assumed. [1690, 1849]	present	None
443	(Kingdom of Hawaii - Post-Kamehameha Period)	Full Year Range of Kingdom of Hawaii - Post-Kamehameha Period is assumed. [1820, 1898]	present	None
444	(Austro-Hungarian Monarchy)	Full Year Range of Austro-Hungarian Monarchy is assumed. [1867, 1918]	present	None
445	(Anglo-Saxon England I)	Full Year Range of Anglo-Saxon England I is assumed. [410, 926]	A~P	None
446	(Oirats)	Full Year Range of Oirats is assumed. [1368, 1630]	present	None
447	(Ghur Principality)	Full Year Range of Ghur Principality is assumed. [1025, 1215]	present	None
448	(British Empire IIIIIIIIII)	Full Year Range of British Empire IIIIIIIIII is assumed. [1850, 1968]	present	None
449	(Jin Dynasty)	Full Year Range of Jin Dynasty is assumed. [1115, 1234]	present	None
450	(Northern Wei)	Full Year Range of Northern Wei is assumed. [386, 534]	present	None

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