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
41
(Geometric Crete)
Full Year Range of Geometric Crete is assumed.
[-1000, -710]
absent
None
42
(Hellenistic Crete)
Full Year Range of Hellenistic Crete is assumed.
[-323, -69]
absent
None
43
(Monopalatial Crete)
Full Year Range of Monopalatial Crete is assumed.
[-1450, -1300]
absent
None
44
(Neolithic Crete)
Full Year Range of Neolithic Crete is assumed.
[-7000, -3000]
absent
None
45
(New Palace Crete)
Full Year Range of New Palace Crete is assumed.
[-1700, -1450]
absent
None
46
(The Old Palace Crete)
Full Year Range of The Old Palace Crete is assumed.
[-1900, -1700]
absent
None
47
(Postpalatial Crete)
Full Year Range of Postpalatial Crete is assumed.
[-1300, -1200]
absent
None
48
(Prepalatial Crete)
Full Year Range of Prepalatial Crete is assumed.
[-3000, -1900]
absent
None
49
(Hawaii I)
Full Year Range of Hawaii I is assumed.
[1000, 1200]
unknown
None
50
(Ghur Principality)
Full Year Range of Ghur Principality is assumed.
[1025, 1215]
unknown
None
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