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
291	(Yisrael)	Full Year Range of Yisrael is assumed. [-1030, -722]	present	None
292	(Chalukyas of Badami)	Full Year Range of Chalukyas of Badami is assumed. [543, 753]	present	None
293	(Delhi Sultanate)	Full Year Range of Delhi Sultanate is assumed. [1206, 1526]	present	None
294	(Late A'chik)	Full Year Range of Late A'chik is assumed. [1867, 1956]	present	None
295	(Kampili Kingdom)	Full Year Range of Kampili Kingdom is assumed. [1280, 1327]	present	None
296	(Mughal Empire)	Full Year Range of Mughal Empire is assumed. [1526, 1858]	present	None
297	(Magadha - Sunga Empire)	Full Year Range of Magadha - Sunga Empire is assumed. [-187, -65]	present	None
298	(Vijayanagara Empire)	Full Year Range of Vijayanagara Empire is assumed. [1336, 1646]	present	None
299	(Abbasid Caliphate II)	Full Year Range of Abbasid Caliphate II is assumed. [1191, 1258]	present	None
300	(Early Dynastic)	Full Year Range of Early Dynastic is assumed. [-2900, -2500]	present	None

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