Section: Social Complexity

Subsection: Transport infrastructure

Road

Talking about transport infrastructure, roads refers to deliberately constructed roads that connect settlements or other sites. it excludes streets/accessways within settlements and paths between settlements that develop through repeated use. (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
road	The absence or presence of road for a polity.

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#	Polity	Year(s)	Road	Description	Edit
171	(Western Zhou)	Full Year Range of Western Zhou is assumed. [-1122, -771]	present	None
172	(Yangshao)	Full Year Range of Yangshao is assumed. [-5000, -3000]	absent	None
173	(Early Xiongnu)	Full Year Range of Early Xiongnu is assumed. [-1400, -300]	absent	None
174	(Chalukyas of Kalyani)	Full Year Range of Chalukyas of Kalyani is assumed. [973, 1189]	unknown	None
175	(Republic of Venice IV)	Full Year Range of Republic of Venice IV is assumed. [1564, 1797]	present	None
176	(Tairona)	Full Year Range of Tairona is assumed. [1050, 1524]	present	None
177	(Shuar - Colonial)	Full Year Range of Shuar - Colonial is assumed. [1534, 1830]	absent	None
178	(Hallstatt C)	Full Year Range of Hallstatt C is assumed. [-700, -600]	unknown	None
179	(Shuar - Ecuadorian)	Full Year Range of Shuar - Ecuadorian is assumed. [1831, 1931]	absent	None
180	(Hmong - Late Qing)	Full Year Range of Hmong - Late Qing is assumed. [1701, 1895]	present	None

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