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
71
(British Empire II)
Full Year Range of British Empire II is assumed.
[1850, 1968]
present
Isambard Kingdom Brunel engineered many bridges.
72
(Mataram Sultanate)
Full Year Range of Mataram Sultanate is assumed.
[1568, 1703]
present
By the mid-seventeeenth century there were permanent bridges. §REF§(Ricklefs 1993, 92)§REF§
73
(Deccan - Neolithic)
Full Year Range of Deccan - Neolithic is assumed.
[-2700, -1200]
unknown
None
74
(Hoysala Kingdom)
Full Year Range of Hoysala Kingdom is assumed.
[1108, 1346]
unknown
None
75
(Abbasid Caliphate II)
Full Year Range of Abbasid Caliphate II is assumed.
[1191, 1258]
present
None
76
(Neo-Assyrian Empire)
Full Year Range of Neo-Assyrian Empire is assumed.
[-911, -612]
present
None
77
(Ubaid)
Full Year Range of Ubaid is assumed.
[-5500, -4201]
unknown
None
78
(Ur - Dynasty III)
Full Year Range of Ur - Dynasty III is assumed.
[-2112, -2004]
unknown
None
79
(Uruk)
Full Year Range of Uruk is assumed.
[-4000, -2900]
unknown
None
80
(Kushan Empire)
Full Year Range of Kushan Empire is assumed.
[35, 319]
unknown
None
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