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
311
(Himyar II)
Full Year Range of Himyar II is assumed.
[378, 525]
present
None
312
(Yemen - Tahirid Dynasty)
Full Year Range of Yemen - Tahirid Dynasty is assumed.
[1454, 1517]
present
None
313
(Yemen - Era of Warlords)
Full Year Range of Yemen - Era of Warlords is assumed.
[1038, 1174]
present
None
314
(Kingdom of Jimma)
Full Year Range of Kingdom of Jimma is assumed.
[1790, 1932]
present
None
315
(Emirate of Harar)
Full Year Range of Emirate of Harar is assumed.
[1650, 1875]
present
None
316
(Sokoto Caliphate)
Full Year Range of Sokoto Caliphate is assumed.
[1804, 1904]
present
None
317
(Buganda)
Full Year Range of Buganda is assumed.
[1700, 1894]
present
None
318
(Harla Kingdom)
Full Year Range of Harla Kingdom is assumed.
[-10000, 2000]
present
None
319
(Tudor and Early Stuart England)
Full Year Range of Tudor and Early Stuart England is assumed.
[1486, 1689]
present
None
320
(Oirats)
Full Year Range of Oirats is assumed.
[1368, 1630]
present
None
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