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
241	(Parthian Empire I)	Full Year Range of Parthian Empire I is assumed. [-247, 40]	present	None
242	(Parthian Empire II)	Full Year Range of Parthian Empire II is assumed. [41, 226]	present	None
243	(Qajar)	Full Year Range of Qajar is assumed. [1794, 1925]	present	None
244	(Safavid Empire)	Full Year Range of Safavid Empire is assumed. [1501, 1722]	present	None
245	(Sasanid Empire I)	Full Year Range of Sasanid Empire I is assumed. [205, 487]	present	None
246	(Seleucids)	Full Year Range of Seleucids is assumed. [-312, -63]	present	None
247	(Elam - Early Sukkalmah)	Full Year Range of Elam - Early Sukkalmah is assumed. [-1900, -1701]	present	None
248	(Susa I)	Full Year Range of Susa I is assumed. [-4300, -3800]	absent	None
249	(Susa II)	Full Year Range of Susa II is assumed. [-3800, -3100]	present	None
250	(Susa III)	Full Year Range of Susa III is assumed. [-3100, -2675]	present	None

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