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
311	(Roman Empire - Principate)	Full Year Range of Roman Empire - Principate is assumed. [-31, 284]	present	None
312	(Western Roman Empire - Late Antiquity)	Full Year Range of Western Roman Empire - Late Antiquity is assumed. [395, 476]	present	None
313	(Republic of Venice III)	Full Year Range of Republic of Venice III is assumed. [1204, 1563]	present	None
314	(Republic of Venice IV)	Full Year Range of Republic of Venice IV is assumed. [1564, 1797]	present	None
315	(Ashikaga Shogunate)	Full Year Range of Ashikaga Shogunate is assumed. [1336, 1467]	present	None
316	(Japan - Azuchi-Momoyama)	Full Year Range of Japan - Azuchi-Momoyama is assumed. [1568, 1603]	present	None
317	(Warring States Japan)	Full Year Range of Warring States Japan is assumed. [1467, 1568]	present	None
318	(Bamana kingdom)	Full Year Range of Bamana kingdom is assumed. [1712, 1861]	unknown	None
319	(Uigur Khaganate)	Full Year Range of Uigur Khaganate is assumed. [745, 840]	present	None
320	(Tokugawa Shogunate)	Full Year Range of Tokugawa Shogunate is assumed. [1603, 1868]	present	None

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