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
321	(Susa I)	Full Year Range of Susa I is assumed. [-4300, -3800]	absent	None
322	(Latium - Bronze Age)	Full Year Range of Latium - Bronze Age is assumed. [-1800, -900]	absent	None
323	(Ostrogothic Kingdom)	Full Year Range of Ostrogothic Kingdom is assumed. [489, 554]	present	None
324	(Early Roman Republic)	Full Year Range of Early Roman Republic is assumed. [-509, -264]	present	None
325	(Middle Roman Republic)	Full Year Range of Middle Roman Republic is assumed. [-264, -133]	present	None
326	(Heian)	Full Year Range of Heian is assumed. [794, 1185]	present	None
327	(Japan - Initial Jomon)	Full Year Range of Japan - Initial Jomon is assumed. [-9200, -5300]	absent	None
328	(Japan - Final Jomon)	Full Year Range of Japan - Final Jomon is assumed. [-1200, -300]	absent	None
329	(Kara-Khanids)	Full Year Range of Kara-Khanids is assumed. [950, 1212]	present	None
330	(Andronovo)	Full Year Range of Andronovo is assumed. [-1800, -1200]	absent	None

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