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
121	(Xianbei Confederation)	Full Year Range of Xianbei Confederation is assumed. [100, 250]	unknown	None
122	(Late Xiongnu)	Full Year Range of Late Xiongnu is assumed. [-60, 100]	unknown	None
123	(Xiongnu Imperial Confederation)	Full Year Range of Xiongnu Imperial Confederation is assumed. [-209, -60]	unknown	None
124	(Zungharian Empire)	Full Year Range of Zungharian Empire is assumed. [1670, 1757]	unknown	None
125	(Cuzco - Early Intermediate II)	Full Year Range of Cuzco - Early Intermediate II is assumed. [500, 649]	unknown	None
126	(Cuzco - Late Formative)	Full Year Range of Cuzco - Late Formative is assumed. [-500, 200]	unknown	None
127	(Neolithic Crete)	Full Year Range of Neolithic Crete is assumed. [-7000, -3000]	absent	None
128	(Hallstatt B2-3)	Full Year Range of Hallstatt B2-3 is assumed. [-900, -700]	unknown	None
129	(Kachi Plain - Chalcolithic)	Full Year Range of Kachi Plain - Chalcolithic is assumed. [-4000, -3200]	unknown	None
130	(Egypt - Dynasty 0)	Full Year Range of Egypt - Dynasty 0 is assumed. [-3300, -3100]	absent	None

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