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
221	(Akkadian Empire)	Full Year Range of Akkadian Empire is assumed. [-2270, -2083]	present	None
222	(Amorite Babylonia)	Full Year Range of Amorite Babylonia is assumed. [-2000, -1600]	present	None
223	(Kassite Babylonia)	Full Year Range of Kassite Babylonia is assumed. [-1595, -1150]	present	None
224	(Bazi Dynasty)	Full Year Range of Bazi Dynasty is assumed. [-1005, -986]	present	None
225	(Dynasty of E)	Full Year Range of Dynasty of E is assumed. [-979, -732]	present	None
226	(Second Dynasty of Isin)	Full Year Range of Second Dynasty of Isin is assumed. [-1153, -1027]	present	None
227	(Isin-Larsa)	Full Year Range of Isin-Larsa is assumed. [-2004, -1763]	present	None
228	(Ur - Dynasty III)	Full Year Range of Ur - Dynasty III is assumed. [-2112, -2004]	present	None
229	(Kanem)	Full Year Range of Kanem is assumed. [800, 1379]	unknown	None
230	(Achaemenid Empire)	Full Year Range of Achaemenid Empire is assumed. [-550, -331]	present	None

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