Section: Social Complexity

Subsection: Transport infrastructure

Canal

Talking about transport infrastructure, canals refers to canals built and/or maintained by the polity (that is, code 'present' even if the polity did not build a canal, 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]
Verified	A Seshat Expert has approved this piece of data.

Variable	Definition
canal	The absence or presence of canal for a polity.

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#	Polity	Year(s)	Canal	Description	Edit
1	(Russian Empire, Romanov Dynasty I)	1614 CE 1706 CE	absent	None
2	(Russian Empire, Romanov Dynasty I)	1706 CE 1775 CE	present	None
3	(Spanish Empire II)	1716 CE 1814 CE	present	None
4	(Soviet Union)	1923 CE 1991 CE	present	None
5	(Jin Dynasty)	Full Year Range of Jin Dynasty is assumed. [1115, 1234]	present	None
6	(Shuar - Colonial)	Full Year Range of Shuar - Colonial is assumed. [1534, 1830]	absent	None
7	(Hallstatt C)	Full Year Range of Hallstatt C is assumed. [-700, -600]	unknown	None
8	(Egypt - Tulunid-Ikhshidid Period)	Full Year Range of Egypt - Tulunid-Ikhshidid Period is assumed. [868, 969]	present	None
9	(Tocharians)	Full Year Range of Tocharians is assumed. [-129, 29]	unknown	None
10	(Egypt - Thebes-Hyksos Period)	Full Year Range of Egypt - Thebes-Hyksos Period is assumed. [-1720, -1567]	present	None

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