Section: Social Complexity
Subsection: Transport infrastructure

Bridge

Talking about transport infrastructure, bridges refers to bridges built and/or maintained by the polity (that is, code 'present' even if the polity did not build a bridge, but devotes resources to maintaining it).   (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]
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Variable Definition
bridge The absence or presence of bridge for a polity.

# Polity Year(s) Bridge Description   Edit
11
(Naqada I)
Full Year Range of Naqada I is assumed.
[-3800, -3550]
absent
None
12
(Naqada II)
Full Year Range of Naqada II is assumed.
[-3550, -3300]
absent
None
13
(Sogdiana - City-States Period)
Full Year Range of Sogdiana - City-States Period is assumed.
[604, 711]
present
"It was in the name of the com- munity that the town could rent out certain properties, such as the bridge at Panjikent, the toll of which was entrusted to two persons, on condition that they pay 150 silver drachms in advance for the annual receipts." §REF§(De la Vaissière 2005, 168)§REF§
14
(Rasulid Dynasty)
Full Year Range of Rasulid Dynasty is assumed.
[1229, 1453]
present
There was a Rasulid bridge at Damt.§REF§(Lamprakos 2016) Michele Lamprakos. 2016. Building a World Heritage City: Sanaa, Yemen. Routledge.§REF§
15
(Egypt - Dynasty 0)
Full Year Range of Egypt - Dynasty 0 is assumed.
[-3300, -3100]
absent
None
16
(Yemen - Tahirid Dynasty)
Full Year Range of Yemen - Tahirid Dynasty is assumed.
[1454, 1517]
present
This is based on the codes for the Rasulids as 'Sultan 'Amir also appears to have been emulating the high period of Rasulid power a hundred years earlier'§REF§Porter, Venetia Ann (1992) The history and monuments of the Tahirid dynasty of the Yemen 858-923/1454-1517, Durham theses, Durham University, p. 4 Available at Durham E-Theses Online: http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/5867/§REF§. There was a Rasulid bridge at Damt.§REF§(Lamprakos 2016) Michele Lamprakos. 2016. Building a World Heritage City: Sanaa, Yemen. Routledge.§REF§
17
(Ptolemaic Kingdom I)
Full Year Range of Ptolemaic Kingdom I is assumed.
[-305, -217]
present
None
18
(Ptolemaic Kingdom II)
Full Year Range of Ptolemaic Kingdom II is assumed.
[-217, -30]
present
None
19
(Egypt - Tulunid-Ikhshidid Period)
Full Year Range of Egypt - Tulunid-Ikhshidid Period is assumed.
[868, 969]
present
None
20
(Tang Dynasty II)
Full Year Range of Tang Dynasty II is assumed.
[763, 907]
present
None
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