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
41	(Napoleonic France)	Full Year Range of Napoleonic France is assumed. [1816, 1870]	present	None
42	(Holy Roman Empire - Ottonian-Salian Dynasty)	Full Year Range of Holy Roman Empire - Ottonian-Salian Dynasty is assumed. [919, 1125]	present	None
43	(Great Ming)	Full Year Range of Great Ming is assumed. [1368, 1644]	present	None
44	(Late Shang)	Full Year Range of Late Shang is assumed. [-1250, -1045]	present	None
45	(Sui Dynasty)	Full Year Range of Sui Dynasty is assumed. [581, 618]	present	None
46	(Great Yuan)	Full Year Range of Great Yuan is assumed. [1271, 1368]	present	None
47	(Ayyubid Sultanate)	Full Year Range of Ayyubid Sultanate is assumed. [1171, 1250]	present	None
48	(Egypt - Dynasty I)	Full Year Range of Egypt - Dynasty I is assumed. [-3100, -2900]	present	None
49	(Egypt - Dynasty II)	Full Year Range of Egypt - Dynasty II is assumed. [-2900, -2687]	present	None
50	(Koktepe II)	Full Year Range of Koktepe II is assumed. [-750, -550]	present	None

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