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
231	(Formative Period)	Full Year Range of Formative Period is assumed. [-7200, -7000]	absent	None
232	(Susiana B)	Full Year Range of Susiana B is assumed. [-5700, -5100]	absent	None
233	(Susiana - Late Ubaid)	Full Year Range of Susiana - Late Ubaid is assumed. [-4700, -4300]	absent	None
234	(Susiana - Early Ubaid)	Full Year Range of Susiana - Early Ubaid is assumed. [-5100, -4700]	absent	None
235	(Middle Wagadu Empire)	Full Year Range of Middle Wagadu Empire is assumed. [700, 1077]	present	None
236	(Elam - Kidinuid Period)	Full Year Range of Elam - Kidinuid Period is assumed. [-1500, -1400]	present	None
237	(Elam - Late Sukkalmah)	Full Year Range of Elam - Late Sukkalmah is assumed. [-1700, -1500]	present	None
238	(Elam - Shutrukid Period)	Full Year Range of Elam - Shutrukid Period is assumed. [-1199, -1100]	present	None
239	(Elam II)	Full Year Range of Elam II is assumed. [-743, -647]	present	None
240	(Elam III)	Full Year Range of Elam III is assumed. [-612, -539]	present	None

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