Section: Social Complexity

Subsection: Postal sytems

Postal Station

Talking about postal sytems, postal stations are specialized buildings exclusively devoted to the postal service. if there is a special building that has other functions than a postal station, we still code postal station as present. the intent is to capture additional infrastructure beyond having a corps of messengers. (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]
Verified	A Seshat Expert has approved this piece of data.

Variable	Definition
postal_station	The absence or presence of postal station for a polity.

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#	Polity	Year(s)	Postal Station	Description	Edit
261	(Oaxaca - San Jose)	Full Year Range of Oaxaca - San Jose is assumed. [-1150, -700]	absent	None
262	(Jin Dynasty)	Full Year Range of Jin Dynasty is assumed. [1115, 1234]	present	None
263	(Inca Empire)	Full Year Range of Inca Empire is assumed. [1375, 1532]	present	None
264	(Wari Empire)	Full Year Range of Wari Empire is assumed. [650, 999]	unknown	None
265	(Kachi Plain - Ceramic Neolithic)	Full Year Range of Kachi Plain - Ceramic Neolithic is assumed. [-5500, -4000]	absent	None
266	(Kachi Plain - Chalcolithic)	Full Year Range of Kachi Plain - Chalcolithic is assumed. [-4000, -3200]	absent	None
267	(Kachi Plain - Post-Urban Period)	Full Year Range of Kachi Plain - Post-Urban Period is assumed. [-1800, -1300]	absent	None
268	(Umayyad Caliphate)	Full Year Range of Umayyad Caliphate is assumed. [661, 750]	present	None
269	(Fatimid Caliphate)	Full Year Range of Fatimid Caliphate is assumed. [909, 1171]	present	None
270	(Fatimid Caliphate)	Full Year Range of Fatimid Caliphate is assumed. [909, 1171]	absent	None

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