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]
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Variable Definition
written_record The absence or presence of written record for a polity.

# Polity Year(s) Written Record Description   Edit
211
(Asuka)
Full Year Range of Asuka is assumed.
[538, 710]
present
None
212
(Bulgaria - Middle)
Full Year Range of Bulgaria - Middle is assumed.
[865, 1018]
present
None
213
(Chu Kingdom - Warring States Period)
Full Year Range of Chu Kingdom - Warring States Period is assumed.
[-488, -223]
present
None
214
(Crimean Khanate)
Full Year Range of Crimean Khanate is assumed.
[1440, 1783]
present
None
215
(Jayarid Khanate)
Full Year Range of Jayarid Khanate is assumed.
[1336, 1393]
present
None
216
(Kangju)
Full Year Range of Kangju is assumed.
[-150, 350]
present
None
217
(Kazan Khanate)
Full Year Range of Kazan Khanate is assumed.
[1438, 1552]
present
None
218
(Kingdom of Georgia II)
Full Year Range of Kingdom of Georgia II is assumed.
[975, 1243]
present
None
219
(Lakhmid Kigdom)
Full Year Range of Lakhmid Kigdom is assumed.
[400, 611]
present
None
220
(Russian Principate)
Full Year Range of Russian Principate is assumed.
[1133, 1240]
present
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