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
221
(Spanish Empire I)
Full Year Range of Spanish Empire I is assumed.
[1516, 1715]
present
None
222
(Axum I)
Full Year Range of Axum I is assumed.
[-149, 349]
present
None
223
(French Kingdom - Late Bourbon)
Full Year Range of French Kingdom - Late Bourbon is assumed.
[1660, 1815]
present
None
224
(French Kingdom - Late Capetian)
Full Year Range of French Kingdom - Late Capetian is assumed.
[1150, 1328]
present
None
225
(Hallstatt B2-3)
Full Year Range of Hallstatt B2-3 is assumed.
[-900, -700]
unknown
None
226
(La Tene A-B1)
Full Year Range of La Tene A-B1 is assumed.
[-475, -325]
unknown
None
227
(La Tene B2-C1)
Full Year Range of La Tene B2-C1 is assumed.
[-325, -175]
present
None
228
(French Kingdom - Early Valois)
Full Year Range of French Kingdom - Early Valois is assumed.
[1328, 1450]
present
None
229
(Oaxaca - San Jose)
Full Year Range of Oaxaca - San Jose is assumed.
[-1150, -700]
absent
None
230
(Akan - Pre-Ashanti)
Full Year Range of Akan - Pre-Ashanti is assumed.
[1501, 1701]
present
None
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