Section: Social Complexity

Subsection: Writing Systems

Written Record

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
201	(British Empire I)	Full Year Range of British Empire I is assumed. [1690, 1849]	present	None
202	(Kingdom of Hawaii - Post-Kamehameha Period)	Full Year Range of Kingdom of Hawaii - Post-Kamehameha Period is assumed. [1820, 1898]	present	None
203	(Austro-Hungarian Monarchy)	Full Year Range of Austro-Hungarian Monarchy is assumed. [1867, 1918]	present	None
204	(Later Wagadu Empire)	Full Year Range of Later Wagadu Empire is assumed. [1078, 1203]	present	None
205	(Anglo-Saxon England I)	Full Year Range of Anglo-Saxon England I is assumed. [410, 926]	A~P	None
206	(Oirats)	Full Year Range of Oirats is assumed. [1368, 1630]	present	None
207	(British Empire II)	Full Year Range of British Empire II is assumed. [1850, 1968]	present	None
208	(Bagan)	Full Year Range of Bagan is assumed. [1044, 1287]	present	None
209	(Banu Ghaniya)	Full Year Range of Banu Ghaniya is assumed. [1126, 1227]	present	None
210	(Russian Principate)	Full Year Range of Russian Principate is assumed. [1133, 1240]	present	EMPTY_COMMENT

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