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
91	(Jenne-jeno IV)	Full Year Range of Jenne-jeno IV is assumed. [900, 1300]	unknown	None
92	(Mali Empire)	Full Year Range of Mali Empire is assumed. [1230, 1410]	unknown	None
93	(Eastern Turk Khaganate)	Full Year Range of Eastern Turk Khaganate is assumed. [583, 630]	unknown	None
94	(Khitan I)	Full Year Range of Khitan I is assumed. [907, 1125]	unknown	None
95	(Early Mongols)	Full Year Range of Early Mongols is assumed. [1000, 1206]	absent	None
96	(Vijayanagara Empire)	Full Year Range of Vijayanagara Empire is assumed. [1336, 1646]	present	None
97	(Abbasid Caliphate II)	Full Year Range of Abbasid Caliphate II is assumed. [1191, 1258]	present	None
98	(Early Dynastic)	Full Year Range of Early Dynastic is assumed. [-2900, -2500]	present	None
99	(Neo-Assyrian Empire)	Full Year Range of Neo-Assyrian Empire is assumed. [-911, -612]	present	None
100	(Hallstatt B2-3)	Full Year Range of Hallstatt B2-3 is assumed. [-900, -700]	unknown	None

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