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
291	(Anglo-Saxon England II)	Full Year Range of Anglo-Saxon England II is assumed. [927, 1065]	unknown	None
292	(Khwarezmid Empire)	Full Year Range of Khwarezmid Empire is assumed. [1157, 1231]	unknown	None
293	(Hohokam Culture)	Full Year Range of Hohokam Culture is assumed. [300, 1500]	unknown	None
294	(Saffarid Caliphate)	Full Year Range of Saffarid Caliphate is assumed. [861, 1003]	unknown	None
295	(British Empire IIIIIIIIII)	Full Year Range of British Empire IIIIIIIIII is assumed. [1850, 1968]	present	None
296	(Russian Empire, Romanov Dynasty II)	Full Year Range of Russian Empire, Romanov Dynasty II is assumed. [1776, 1917]	present	None
297	(Oaxaca - Tierras Largas)	Full Year Range of Oaxaca - Tierras Largas is assumed. [-1400, -1150]	absent	None
298	(Great Ming)	Full Year Range of Great Ming is assumed. [1368, 1644]	present	None
299	(Northern Song)	Full Year Range of Northern Song is assumed. [960, 1127]	present	None

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