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
201
(Great Ming)
Full Year Range of Great Ming is assumed.
[1368, 1644]
present
None
202
(Northern Wei)
Full Year Range of Northern Wei is assumed.
[386, 534]
present
None
203
(Late Qing)
Full Year Range of Late Qing is assumed.
[1796, 1912]
present
None
204
(Late Shang)
Full Year Range of Late Shang is assumed.
[-1250, -1045]
present
None
205
(Tang Dynasty I)
Full Year Range of Tang Dynasty I is assumed.
[617, 763]
present
None
206
(Early Wei Dynasty)
Full Year Range of Early Wei Dynasty is assumed.
[-445, -225]
present
None
207
(Western Han Empire)
Full Year Range of Western Han Empire is assumed.
[-202, 9]
present
None
208
(British Empire II)
Full Year Range of British Empire II is assumed.
[1850, 1968]
present
None
209
(Khanate of Bukhara)
Full Year Range of Khanate of Bukhara is assumed.
[1599, 1747]
present
None
210
(Rasulid Dynasty)
Full Year Range of Rasulid Dynasty is assumed.
[1229, 1453]
present
None
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