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
81	(Hawaii II)	Full Year Range of Hawaii II is assumed. [1200, 1580]	absent	None
82	(Magadha)	Full Year Range of Magadha is assumed. [450, 605]	present	None
83	(Kannauj - Varman Dynasty)	Full Year Range of Kannauj - Varman Dynasty is assumed. [650, 780]	present	None
84	(Java - Buni Culture)	Full Year Range of Java - Buni Culture is assumed. [-400, 500]	present	None
85	(Kediri Kingdom)	Full Year Range of Kediri Kingdom is assumed. [1049, 1222]	present	None
86	(Yehuda)	Full Year Range of Yehuda is assumed. [-141, -63]	present	None
87	(Yisrael)	Full Year Range of Yisrael is assumed. [-1030, -722]	present	None
88	(Chalukyas of Badami)	Full Year Range of Chalukyas of Badami is assumed. [543, 753]	present	None
89	(Delhi Sultanate)	Full Year Range of Delhi Sultanate is assumed. [1206, 1526]	present	None
90	(Timurid Empire)	Full Year Range of Timurid Empire is assumed. [1370, 1526]	present	None

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