Section: Social Complexity
Subsection: Postal sytems

Courier

Full-time professional couriers.   (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]
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Variable Definition
courier The absence or presence of courier for a polity.

# Polity Year(s) Courier Description   Edit
11
(Northern Song)
Full Year Range of Northern Song is assumed.
[960, 1127]
present
None
12
(Sui Dynasty)
Full Year Range of Sui Dynasty is assumed.
[581, 618]
present
None
13
(Badarian)
Full Year Range of Badarian is assumed.
[-4400, -3800]
absent
None
14
(Egypt - Inter-Occupation Period)
Full Year Range of Egypt - Inter-Occupation Period is assumed.
[-404, -342]
present
None
15
(Egypt - Mamluk Sultanate I)
Full Year Range of Egypt - Mamluk Sultanate I is assumed.
[1260, 1348]
present
None
16
(Sogdiana - City-States Period)
Full Year Range of Sogdiana - City-States Period is assumed.
[604, 711]
unknown
None
17
(Foys)
Full Year Range of Foys is assumed.
[1600, 1892]
present
None
18
(Hephthalites)
Full Year Range of Hephthalites is assumed.
[408, 561]
present
None
19
(Plantagenet England)
Full Year Range of Plantagenet England is assumed.
[1154, 1485]
present
None
20
(Ghur Principality)
Full Year Range of Ghur Principality is assumed.
[1025, 1215]
unknown
None
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