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
341	(Whydah)	Full Year Range of Whydah is assumed. [1671, 1727]	present	None
342	(Hausa bakwai)	Full Year Range of Hausa bakwai is assumed. [900, 1808]	present	None
343	(Early Modern Sierra Leone)	Full Year Range of Early Modern Sierra Leone is assumed. [1650, 1896]	present	None
344	(British Empire IIIIIIIIII)	Full Year Range of British Empire IIIIIIIIII is assumed. [1850, 1968]	present	None
345	(Ifat Sultanate)	Full Year Range of Ifat Sultanate is assumed. [1280, 1375]	present	None
346	(Foys)	Full Year Range of Foys is assumed. [1600, 1892]	present	None
347	(Benin Empire)	Full Year Range of Benin Empire is assumed. [1140, 1897]	present	None
348	(Kingdom of Cayor)	Full Year Range of Kingdom of Cayor is assumed. [1549, 1864]	present	None
349	(Kingdom of Baol)	Full Year Range of Kingdom of Baol is assumed. [1550, 1890]	present	None
350	(Buganda)	Full Year Range of Buganda is assumed. [1700, 1894]	present	None

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