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
111	(Ashikaga Shogunate)	Full Year Range of Ashikaga Shogunate is assumed. [1336, 1467]	present	None
112	(Kansai - Kofun Period)	Full Year Range of Kansai - Kofun Period is assumed. [250, 537]	unknown	None
113	(Warring States Japan)	Full Year Range of Warring States Japan is assumed. [1467, 1568]	unknown	None
114	(Tokugawa Shogunate)	Full Year Range of Tokugawa Shogunate is assumed. [1603, 1868]	present	None
115	(Funan II)	Full Year Range of Funan II is assumed. [540, 640]	present	None
116	(Phoenician Empire)	Full Year Range of Phoenician Empire is assumed. [-1200, -332]	absent	None
117	(Songhai Empire - Askiya Dynasty)	Full Year Range of Songhai Empire - Askiya Dynasty is assumed. [1493, 1591]	present	None
118	(Rouran Khaganate)	Full Year Range of Rouran Khaganate is assumed. [300, 555]	unknown	None
119	(Second Turk Khaganate)	Full Year Range of Second Turk Khaganate is assumed. [682, 744]	unknown	None
120	(Hallstatt B2-3)	Full Year Range of Hallstatt B2-3 is assumed. [-900, -700]	unknown	None

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