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
231	(Ak Koyunlu)	Full Year Range of Ak Koyunlu is assumed. [1339, 1501]	present	None
232	(Elam - Awan Dynasty I)	Full Year Range of Elam - Awan Dynasty I is assumed. [-2675, -2100]	present	None
233	(Buyid Confederation)	Full Year Range of Buyid Confederation is assumed. [932, 1062]	present	None
234	(Elymais II)	Full Year Range of Elymais II is assumed. [25, 215]	present	None
235	(Ayutthaya)	Full Year Range of Ayutthaya is assumed. [1593, 1767]	present	None
236	(Safavid Empire)	Full Year Range of Safavid Empire is assumed. [1501, 1722]	present	None
237	(Seleucids)	Full Year Range of Seleucids is assumed. [-312, -63]	present	None
238	(Elam - Early Sukkalmah)	Full Year Range of Elam - Early Sukkalmah is assumed. [-1900, -1701]	unknown	None
239	(Susa II)	Full Year Range of Susa II is assumed. [-3800, -3100]	absent	None
240	(Susa III)	Full Year Range of Susa III is assumed. [-3100, -2675]	absent	None

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