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]
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Variable Definition
road The absence or presence of road for a polity.

# Polity Year(s) Road Description   Edit
211
(Early A'chik)
Full Year Range of Early A'chik is assumed.
[1775, 1867]
absent
None
212
(Mongol Empire)
Full Year Range of Mongol Empire is assumed.
[1206, 1368]
present
None
213
(Late A'chik)
Full Year Range of Late A'chik is assumed.
[1867, 1956]
absent
None
214
(Satavahana Empire)
Full Year Range of Satavahana Empire is assumed.
[-100, 203]
present
None
215
(Abbasid Caliphate I)
Full Year Range of Abbasid Caliphate I is assumed.
[750, 946]
present
None
216
(Akkadian Empire)
Full Year Range of Akkadian Empire is assumed.
[-2270, -2083]
present
None
217
(Kassite Babylonia)
Full Year Range of Kassite Babylonia is assumed.
[-1595, -1150]
present
None
218
(Bazi Dynasty)
Full Year Range of Bazi Dynasty is assumed.
[-1005, -986]
present
None
219
(Dynasty of E)
Full Year Range of Dynasty of E is assumed.
[-979, -732]
present
None
220
(Second Dynasty of Isin)
Full Year Range of Second Dynasty of Isin is assumed.
[-1153, -1027]
present
None
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