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
231	(Viet Baiyu Kingdom)	Full Year Range of Viet Baiyu Kingdom is assumed. [-332, -109]	present	None
232	(Xixia)	Full Year Range of Xixia is assumed. [1032, 1227]	present	None
233	(Yueban)	Full Year Range of Yueban is assumed. [350, 450]	unknown	None
234	(Zagwe)	Full Year Range of Zagwe is assumed. [1137, 1269]	present	None
235	(Zirids)	Full Year Range of Zirids is assumed. [973, 1148]	present	None
236	(Japan - Incipient Jomon)	Full Year Range of Japan - Incipient Jomon is assumed. [-13600, -9200]	absent	None
237	(Japan - Early Jomon)	Full Year Range of Japan - Early Jomon is assumed. [-5300, -3500]	absent	None
238	(Japan - Middle Jomon)	Full Year Range of Japan - Middle Jomon is assumed. [-3500, -2500]	absent	None
239	(Japan - Late Jomon)	Full Year Range of Japan - Late Jomon is assumed. [-2500, -1200]	absent	None
240	(Russian Principate)	Full Year Range of Russian Principate is assumed. [1133, 1240]	present	EMPTY_COMMENT

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