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
221	(Later Yan Kingdom)	Full Year Range of Later Yan Kingdom is assumed. [385, 409]	present	None
222	(Makuria Kingdom II)	Full Year Range of Makuria Kingdom II is assumed. [619, 849]	present	None
223	(Makuria Kingdom III)	Full Year Range of Makuria Kingdom III is assumed. [850, 1099]	present	None
224	(Malacca Sultanate)	Full Year Range of Malacca Sultanate is assumed. [1396, 1511]	present	None
225	(Malacca Sultanate)	Full Year Range of Malacca Sultanate is assumed. [1270, 1415]	present	None
226	(Mauretania)	Full Year Range of Mauretania is assumed. [-125, 44]	present	None
227	(Numidia)	Full Year Range of Numidia is assumed. [-220, -46]	present	None
228	(Sukhotai)	Full Year Range of Sukhotai is assumed. [1238, 1419]	present	None
229	(Third Scythian Kingdom)	Full Year Range of Third Scythian Kingdom is assumed. [-429, -225]	present	None
230	(Russian Principate)	Full Year Range of Russian Principate is assumed. [1133, 1240]	present	EMPTY_COMMENT

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