Section: Social Complexity

Subsection: Postal sytems

Postal Station

Talking about postal sytems, postal stations are specialized buildings exclusively devoted to the postal service. if there is a special building that has other functions than a postal station, we still code postal station as present. the intent is to capture additional infrastructure beyond having a corps of messengers.

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Variable	Definition
Polity	The Seshat Polity Name
Year(s)	The years for which we have the data. [negative = BCE]
Confidence	Inferred : The value is inferred. Suspected : The value is suspected (Expert Check Needed). Evidenced : The value is backed up by sufficient evidence.
Disputed?	No : No disagreement among scholars. Yes : There is disagreement among scholars.
Expert?	: Not yet Checked by a Seshat Expert. : Checked and accepted by a Seshat Expert (or RA).

Variable	Definition
postal_station	The absence or presence of postal station for a polity.

Actual Data:

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#	Polity	Year(s)	Postal Station	Confidence	Disputed?	Edit
1	Spanish Empire II	1716 CE 1814 CE	present	Confident	No	Edit
2	Austria - Habsburg Dynasty II	1867 CE 1918 CE	present	Confident	No	Edit
3	Soviet Union	1923 CE 1991 CE	present	Confident	No	Edit
4	Sui Dynasty	* Year Range of Sui Dynasty is assumed. [581, 618]	present	Inferred	No	Edit
5	Iban - Pre-Brooke	* Year Range of Iban - Pre-Brooke is assumed. [1650, 1841]	absent	Confident	No	Edit
6	Majapahit Kingdom	* Year Range of Majapahit Kingdom is assumed. [1292, 1518]	unknown	Suspected	No	Edit
7	Andronovo	* Year Range of Andronovo is assumed. [-1800, -1200]	unknown	Suspected	No	Edit
8	Papal States - Medieval Period II	* Year Range of Papal States - Medieval Period II is assumed. [1648, 1809]	absent	Confident	No	Edit
9	Early Roman Republic	* Year Range of Early Roman Republic is assumed. [-509, -264]	absent	Confident	No	Edit
10	Hawaii I	* Year Range of Hawaii I is assumed. [1000, 1200]	unknown	Suspected	No	Edit
11	Hawaii II	* Year Range of Hawaii II is assumed. [1200, 1580]	absent	Inferred	No	Edit
12	Kushan Empire	* Year Range of Kushan Empire is assumed. [35, 319]	unknown	Suspected	No	Edit
13	Hmong - Early Chinese	* Year Range of Hmong - Early Chinese is assumed. [1895, 1941]	present	Confident	No	Edit
14	Early Mongols	* Year Range of Early Mongols is assumed. [1000, 1206]	absent	Confident	No	Edit
15	Hmong - Late Qing	* Year Range of Hmong - Late Qing is assumed. [1701, 1895]	absent	Confident	No	Edit
16	Early Qing	* Year Range of Early Qing is assumed. [1644, 1796]	present	Confident	No	Edit
17	Tang Dynasty II	* Year Range of Tang Dynasty II is assumed. [763, 907]	present	Inferred	No	Edit
18	Neguanje	* Year Range of Neguanje is assumed. [250, 1050]	unknown	Suspected	No	Edit
19	Badarian	* Year Range of Badarian is assumed. [-4400, -3800]	absent	Inferred	No	Edit
20	Egypt - Dynasty I	* Year Range of Egypt - Dynasty I is assumed. [-3100, -2900]	absent	Inferred	No	Edit
21	Egypt - Dynasty II	* Year Range of Egypt - Dynasty II is assumed. [-2900, -2687]	absent	Inferred	No	Edit
22	Egypt - Middle Kingdom	* Year Range of Egypt - Middle Kingdom is assumed. [-2016, -1700]	absent	Confident	No	Edit
23	Naqada I	* Year Range of Naqada I is assumed. [-3800, -3550]	absent	Inferred	No	Edit
24	Naqada II	* Year Range of Naqada II is assumed. [-3550, -3300]	absent	Inferred	No	Edit
25	Egypt - Dynasty 0	* Year Range of Egypt - Dynasty 0 is assumed. [-3300, -3100]	absent	Inferred	No	Edit
26	Egypt - Classic Old Kingdom	* Year Range of Egypt - Classic Old Kingdom is assumed. [-2650, -2350]	absent	Inferred	No	Edit
27	Egypt - Late Old Kingdom	* Year Range of Egypt - Late Old Kingdom is assumed. [-2350, -2150]	absent	Inferred	No	Edit
28	Egypt - Period of the Regions	* Year Range of Egypt - Period of the Regions is assumed. [-2150, -2016]	absent	Inferred	No	Edit
29	Egypt - Thebes-Hyksos Period	* Year Range of Egypt - Thebes-Hyksos Period is assumed. [-1720, -1567]	absent	Confident	No	Edit
30	Egypt - Thebes-Libyan Period	* Year Range of Egypt - Thebes-Libyan Period is assumed. [-1069, -747]	absent	Inferred	No	Edit
31	Axum I	* Year Range of Axum I is assumed. [-149, 349]	unknown	Suspected	No	Edit
32	Chuuk - Early Truk	* Year Range of Chuuk - Early Truk is assumed. [1775, 1886]	absent	Confident	No	Edit
33	Beaker Culture	* Year Range of Beaker Culture is assumed. [-3200, -2000]	unknown	Suspected	No	Edit
34	Proto-French Kingdom	* Year Range of Proto-French Kingdom is assumed. [987, 1150]	unknown	Suspected	No	Edit
35	Carolingian Empire II	* Year Range of Carolingian Empire II is assumed. [840, 987]	absent	Confident	No	Edit
36	Hallstatt A-B1	* Year Range of Hallstatt A-B1 is assumed. [-1000, -900]	unknown	Suspected	No	Edit
37	Hallstatt B2-3	* Year Range of Hallstatt B2-3 is assumed. [-900, -700]	unknown	Suspected	No	Edit
38	Hallstatt C	* Year Range of Hallstatt C is assumed. [-700, -600]	unknown	Suspected	No	Edit
39	Hallstatt D	* Year Range of Hallstatt D is assumed. [-600, -475]	unknown	Suspected	No	Edit
40	Early Merovingian	* Year Range of Early Merovingian is assumed. [481, 543]	unknown	Suspected	No	Edit
41	Proto-Carolingian	* Year Range of Proto-Carolingian is assumed. [687, 751]	unknown	Suspected	No	Edit
42	Middle Merovingian	* Year Range of Middle Merovingian is assumed. [543, 687]	unknown	Suspected	No	Edit
43	La Tene A-B1	* Year Range of La Tene A-B1 is assumed. [-475, -325]	unknown	Suspected	No	Edit
44	La Tene B2-C1	* Year Range of La Tene B2-C1 is assumed. [-325, -175]	unknown	Suspected	No	Edit
45	La Tene C2-D	* Year Range of La Tene C2-D is assumed. [-175, -27]	unknown	Suspected	No	Edit
46	Akan - Pre-Ashanti	* Year Range of Akan - Pre-Ashanti is assumed. [1501, 1701]	absent	Confident	No	Edit
47	Archaic Crete	* Year Range of Archaic Crete is assumed. [-710, -500]	absent	Confident	No	Edit
48	Classical Crete	* Year Range of Classical Crete is assumed. [-500, -323]	absent	Confident	No	Edit
49	The Emirate of Crete	* Year Range of The Emirate of Crete is assumed. [824, 961]	absent	Confident	No	Edit
50	Final Postpalatial Crete	* Year Range of Final Postpalatial Crete is assumed. [-1200, -1000]	absent	Confident	No	Edit
51	Geometric Crete	* Year Range of Geometric Crete is assumed. [-1000, -710]	absent	Confident	No	Edit
52	Hellenistic Crete	* Year Range of Hellenistic Crete is assumed. [-323, -69]	absent	Confident	No	Edit
53	Monopalatial Crete	* Year Range of Monopalatial Crete is assumed. [-1450, -1300]	absent	Confident	No	Edit
54	Neolithic Crete	* Year Range of Neolithic Crete is assumed. [-7000, -3000]	absent	Confident	No	Edit
55	New Palace Crete	* Year Range of New Palace Crete is assumed. [-1700, -1450]	absent	Confident	No	Edit
56	The Old Palace Crete	* Year Range of The Old Palace Crete is assumed. [-1900, -1700]	absent	Confident	No	Edit
57	Postpalatial Crete	* Year Range of Postpalatial Crete is assumed. [-1300, -1200]	absent	Confident	No	Edit
58	Prepalatial Crete	* Year Range of Prepalatial Crete is assumed. [-3000, -1900]	absent	Confident	No	Edit
59	Early United Mexican States	* Year Range of Early United Mexican States is assumed. [1810, 1920]	present	Inferred	No	Edit
60	Yangshao	* Year Range of Yangshao is assumed. [-5000, -3000]	absent	Inferred	No	Edit
61	Shuar - Ecuadorian	* Year Range of Shuar - Ecuadorian is assumed. [1831, 1931]	absent	Confident	No	Edit
62	Egypt - Mamluk Sultanate III	* Year Range of Egypt - Mamluk Sultanate III is assumed. [1412, 1517]	present	Confident	No	Edit
63	Ptolemaic Kingdom I	* Year Range of Ptolemaic Kingdom I is assumed. [-305, -217]	present	Confident	No	Edit
64	Egypt - Saite Period	* Year Range of Egypt - Saite Period is assumed. [-664, -525]	unknown	Suspected	No	Edit
65	Atlantic Complex	* Year Range of Atlantic Complex is assumed. [-2200, -1000]	unknown	Suspected	No	Edit
66	French Kingdom - Late Bourbon	* Year Range of French Kingdom - Late Bourbon is assumed. [1660, 1815]	present	Confident	No	Edit
67	Mataram Sultanate	* Year Range of Mataram Sultanate is assumed. [1568, 1703]	unknown	Suspected	No	Edit
68	Medang Kingdom	* Year Range of Medang Kingdom is assumed. [732, 1019]	unknown	Suspected	No	Edit
69	Canaan	* Year Range of Canaan is assumed. [-2000, -1175]	unknown	Confident	No	Edit
70	Yehuda	* Year Range of Yehuda is assumed. [-141, -63]	unknown	Confident	No	Edit
71	Yisrael	* Year Range of Yisrael is assumed. [-1030, -722]	unknown	Confident	No	Edit
72	Deccan - Iron Age	* Year Range of Deccan - Iron Age is assumed. [-1200, -300]	absent	Inferred	No	Edit
73	Deccan - Neolithic	* Year Range of Deccan - Neolithic is assumed. [-2700, -1200]	absent	Inferred	No	Edit
74	Abbasid Caliphate II	* Year Range of Abbasid Caliphate II is assumed. [1191, 1258]	unknown	Suspected	No	Edit
75	Early Dynastic	* Year Range of Early Dynastic is assumed. [-2900, -2500]	unknown	Suspected	No	Edit
76	Ubaid	* Year Range of Ubaid is assumed. [-5500, -4201]	unknown	Suspected	No	Edit
77	Uruk	* Year Range of Uruk is assumed. [-4000, -2900]	unknown	Suspected	No	Edit
78	Formative Period	* Year Range of Formative Period is assumed. [-7200, -7000]	absent	Inferred	No	Edit
79	Susiana B	* Year Range of Susiana B is assumed. [-5700, -5100]	absent	Inferred	No	Edit
80	Susiana - Late Ubaid	* Year Range of Susiana - Late Ubaid is assumed. [-4700, -4300]	unknown	Suspected	No	Edit
81	Susiana - Early Ubaid	* Year Range of Susiana - Early Ubaid is assumed. [-5100, -4700]	unknown	Suspected	No	Edit
82	Elam - Kidinuid Period	* Year Range of Elam - Kidinuid Period is assumed. [-1500, -1400]	unknown	Suspected	No	Edit
83	Elam I	* Year Range of Elam I is assumed. [-900, -744]	unknown	Suspected	No	Edit
84	Elam II	* Year Range of Elam II is assumed. [-743, -647]	unknown	Suspected	No	Edit
85	Pre-Ceramic Period	* Year Range of Pre-Ceramic Period is assumed. [-7800, -7200]	absent	Inferred	No	Edit
86	Qajar	* Year Range of Qajar is assumed. [1794, 1925]	unknown	Suspected	No	Edit
87	Susa I	* Year Range of Susa I is assumed. [-4300, -3800]	unknown	Suspected	No	Edit
88	Latium - Bronze Age	* Year Range of Latium - Bronze Age is assumed. [-1800, -900]	absent	Confident	No	Edit
89	Latium - Copper Age	* Year Range of Latium - Copper Age is assumed. [-3600, -1800]	absent	Confident	No	Edit
90	Ostrogothic Kingdom	* Year Range of Ostrogothic Kingdom is assumed. [489, 554]	present	Confident	No	Edit
91	Rome - Republic of St Peter II	* Year Range of Rome - Republic of St Peter II is assumed. [904, 1198]	absent	Confident	No	Edit
92	Papal States - High Medieval Period	* Year Range of Papal States - High Medieval Period is assumed. [1198, 1309]	absent	Confident	No	Edit
93	Papal States - Renaissance Period	* Year Range of Papal States - Renaissance Period is assumed. [1378, 1527]	absent	Confident	No	Edit
94	Exarchate of Ravenna	* Year Range of Exarchate of Ravenna is assumed. [568, 751]	absent	Inferred	No	Edit
95	Western Roman Empire - Late Antiquity	* Year Range of Western Roman Empire - Late Antiquity is assumed. [395, 476]	present	Confident	No	Edit
96	Republic of St Peter I	* Year Range of Republic of St Peter I is assumed. [711, 904]	absent	Confident	No	Edit
97	Japan - Incipient Jomon	* Year Range of Japan - Incipient Jomon is assumed. [-13600, -9200]	absent	Confident	No	Edit
98	Japan - Initial Jomon	* Year Range of Japan - Initial Jomon is assumed. [-9200, -5300]	absent	Confident	No	Edit
99	Japan - Early Jomon	* Year Range of Japan - Early Jomon is assumed. [-5300, -3500]	absent	Confident	No	Edit
100	Japan - Middle Jomon	* Year Range of Japan - Middle Jomon is assumed. [-3500, -2500]	absent	Confident	No	Edit
101	Japan - Late Jomon	* Year Range of Japan - Late Jomon is assumed. [-2500, -1200]	absent	Confident	No	Edit
102	Japan - Final Jomon	* Year Range of Japan - Final Jomon is assumed. [-1200, -300]	absent	Confident	No	Edit
103	Kansai - Yayoi Period	* Year Range of Kansai - Yayoi Period is assumed. [-300, 250]	absent	Confident	No	Edit
104	Iban - Brooke Raj and Colonial	* Year Range of Iban - Brooke Raj and Colonial is assumed. [1841, 1987]	absent	Confident	No	Edit
105	Mahajanapada era	* Year Range of Mahajanapada era is assumed. [-600, -324]	absent	Inferred	No	Edit
106	Akkadian Empire	* Year Range of Akkadian Empire is assumed. [-2270, -2083]	present	Inferred	No	Edit
107	Ur - Dynasty III	* Year Range of Ur - Dynasty III is assumed. [-2112, -2004]	present	Confident	No	Edit
108	Ak Koyunlu	* Year Range of Ak Koyunlu is assumed. [1339, 1501]	present	Inferred	No	Edit
109	Parthian Empire I	* Year Range of Parthian Empire I is assumed. [-247, 40]	present	Confident	No	Edit
110	Seleucids	* Year Range of Seleucids is assumed. [-312, -63]	present	Confident	No	Edit
111	Icelandic Commonwealth	* Year Range of Icelandic Commonwealth is assumed. [930, 1262]	absent	Confident	No	Edit
112	Papal States - Medieval Period I	* Year Range of Papal States - Medieval Period I is assumed. [1527, 1648]	present	Confident	No	Edit
113	Middle Roman Republic	* Year Range of Middle Roman Republic is assumed. [-264, -133]	absent	Confident	No	Edit
114	Asuka	* Year Range of Asuka is assumed. [538, 710]	present	Confident	No	Edit
115	Kamakura Shogunate	* Year Range of Kamakura Shogunate is assumed. [1185, 1333]	present	Confident	No	Edit
116	Tokugawa Shogunate	* Year Range of Tokugawa Shogunate is assumed. [1603, 1868]	present	Confident	No	Edit
117	Kara-Khanids	* Year Range of Kara-Khanids is assumed. [950, 1212]	present	Inferred	No	Edit
118	Chenla	* Year Range of Chenla is assumed. [550, 825]	unknown	Suspected	No	Edit
119	Phoenician Empire	* Year Range of Phoenician Empire is assumed. [-1200, -332]	unknown	Suspected	No	Edit
120	Saadi Sultanate	* Year Range of Saadi Sultanate is assumed. [1554, 1659]	unknown	Suspected	No	Edit
121	Jenne-jeno I	* Year Range of Jenne-jeno I is assumed. [-250, 49]	unknown	Suspected	No	Edit
122	Jenne-jeno II	* Year Range of Jenne-jeno II is assumed. [50, 399]	unknown	Suspected	No	Edit
123	Jenne-jeno III	* Year Range of Jenne-jeno III is assumed. [400, 899]	absent	Inferred	No	Edit
124	Jenne-jeno IV	* Year Range of Jenne-jeno IV is assumed. [900, 1300]	unknown	Suspected	No	Edit
125	Eastern Turk Khaganate	* Year Range of Eastern Turk Khaganate is assumed. [583, 630]	unknown	Suspected	No	Edit
126	Rouran Khaganate	* Year Range of Rouran Khaganate is assumed. [300, 555]	absent	Inferred	No	Edit
127	Second Turk Khaganate	* Year Range of Second Turk Khaganate is assumed. [682, 744]	unknown	Suspected	No	Edit
128	Uigur Khaganate	* Year Range of Uigur Khaganate is assumed. [745, 840]	unknown	Suspected	No	Edit
129	Early Xiongnu	* Year Range of Early Xiongnu is assumed. [-1400, -300]	unknown	Suspected	No	Edit
130	Late Xiongnu	* Year Range of Late Xiongnu is assumed. [-60, 100]	unknown	Suspected	No	Edit
131	Xiongnu Imperial Confederation	* Year Range of Xiongnu Imperial Confederation is assumed. [-209, -60]	unknown	Suspected	No	Edit
132	Later Wagadu Empire	* Year Range of Later Wagadu Empire is assumed. [1078, 1203]	unknown	Suspected	No	Edit
133	Middle Wagadu Empire	* Year Range of Middle Wagadu Empire is assumed. [700, 1077]	unknown	Suspected	No	Edit
134	Cuzco - Early Intermediate I	* Year Range of Cuzco - Early Intermediate I is assumed. [200, 499]	unknown	Suspected	No	Edit
135	Cuzco - Early Intermediate II	* Year Range of Cuzco - Early Intermediate II is assumed. [500, 649]	unknown	Suspected	No	Edit
136	Cuzco - Late Intermediate I	* Year Range of Cuzco - Late Intermediate I is assumed. [1000, 1250]	unknown	Suspected	No	Edit
137	Cuzco - Late Intermediate II	* Year Range of Cuzco - Late Intermediate II is assumed. [1250, 1400]	unknown	Suspected	No	Edit
138	Cuzco - Late Formative	* Year Range of Cuzco - Late Formative is assumed. [-500, 200]	unknown	Suspected	No	Edit
139	Orokaiva - Pre-Colonial	* Year Range of Orokaiva - Pre-Colonial is assumed. [1734, 1883]	absent	Confident	No	Edit
140	Kachi Plain - Pre-Urban Period	* Year Range of Kachi Plain - Pre-Urban Period is assumed. [-3200, -2500]	absent	Confident	No	Edit
141	Kachi Plain - Proto-Historic Period	* Year Range of Kachi Plain - Proto-Historic Period is assumed. [-1300, -500]	unknown	Suspected	No	Edit
142	Egypt - Kushite Period	* Year Range of Egypt - Kushite Period is assumed. [-747, -656]	unknown	Suspected	No	Edit
143	Sarazm	* Year Range of Sarazm is assumed. [-3500, -2000]	unknown	Suspected	No	Edit
144	Konya Plain - Early Bronze Age	* Year Range of Konya Plain - Early Bronze Age is assumed. [-3000, -2000]	absent	Inferred	No	Edit
145	Konya Plain - Late Bronze Age II	* Year Range of Konya Plain - Late Bronze Age II is assumed. [-1500, -1400]	unknown	Suspected	No	Edit
146	Late Cappadocia	* Year Range of Late Cappadocia is assumed. [-322, -93]	unknown	Suspected	No	Edit
147	Konya Plain - Early Chalcolithic	* Year Range of Konya Plain - Early Chalcolithic is assumed. [-6000, -5500]	absent	Inferred	No	Edit
148	Konya Plain - Late Chalcolithic	* Year Range of Konya Plain - Late Chalcolithic is assumed. [-5500, -3000]	absent	Inferred	No	Edit
149	East Roman Empire	* Year Range of East Roman Empire is assumed. [395, 631]	present	Confident	No	Edit
150	Hatti - Old Kingdom	* Year Range of Hatti - Old Kingdom is assumed. [-1650, -1500]	unknown	Suspected	No	Edit
151	Kingdom of Lydia	* Year Range of Kingdom of Lydia is assumed. [-670, -546]	unknown	Suspected	No	Edit
152	Konya Plain - Early Neolithic	* Year Range of Konya Plain - Early Neolithic is assumed. [-9600, -7000]	absent	Confident	No	Edit
153	Cahokia - Lohman-Stirling	* Year Range of Cahokia - Lohman-Stirling is assumed. [1055, 1199]	absent	Confident	No	Edit
154	Cahokia - Moorehead	* Year Range of Cahokia - Moorehead is assumed. [1200, 1274]	absent	Confident	No	Edit
155	Haudenosaunee Confederacy - Early	* Year Range of Haudenosaunee Confederacy - Early is assumed. [1566, 1713]	absent	Confident	No	Edit
156	Kingdom of Hawaii - Kamehameha Period	* Year Range of Kingdom of Hawaii - Kamehameha Period is assumed. [1778, 1819]	unknown	Suspected	No	Edit
157	Cahokia - Early Woodland	* Year Range of Cahokia - Early Woodland is assumed. [-600, -150]	absent	Confident	No	Edit
158	Cahokia - Emergent Mississippian II	* Year Range of Cahokia - Emergent Mississippian II is assumed. [900, 1049]	absent	Confident	No	Edit
159	Cahokia - Late Woodland II	* Year Range of Cahokia - Late Woodland II is assumed. [450, 600]	absent	Confident	No	Edit
160	Cahokia - Middle Woodland	* Year Range of Cahokia - Middle Woodland is assumed. [-150, 300]	absent	Confident	No	Edit
161	Cahokia - Late Woodland III	* Year Range of Cahokia - Late Woodland III is assumed. [600, 750]	absent	Confident	No	Edit
162	Mongol Empire	* Year Range of Mongol Empire is assumed. [1206, 1368]	present	Confident	No	Edit
163	Xianbei Confederation	* Year Range of Xianbei Confederation is assumed. [100, 250]	absent	Inferred	No	Edit
164	Monte Alban II	* Year Range of Monte Alban II is assumed. [-100, 200]	absent	Confident	No	Edit
165	Early Formative Basin of Mexico	* Year Range of Early Formative Basin of Mexico is assumed. [-1200, -801]	absent	Confident	No	Edit
166	Kingdom of Norway II	* Year Range of Kingdom of Norway II is assumed. [1262, 1396]	absent	Confident	No	Edit
167	Orokaiva - Colonial	* Year Range of Orokaiva - Colonial is assumed. [1884, 1942]	absent	Confident	No	Edit
168	Kachi Plain - Aceramic Neolithic	* Year Range of Kachi Plain - Aceramic Neolithic is assumed. [-7500, -5500]	absent	Confident	No	Edit
169	Kachi Plain - Urban Period I	* Year Range of Kachi Plain - Urban Period I is assumed. [-2500, -2100]	present	Inferred	No	Edit
170	Kachi Plain - Urban Period II	* Year Range of Kachi Plain - Urban Period II is assumed. [-2100, 1800]	present	Inferred	No	Edit
171	Sakha - Early	* Year Range of Sakha - Early is assumed. [1400, 1632]	absent	Confident	No	Edit
172	Sakha - Late	* Year Range of Sakha - Late is assumed. [1632, 1900]	present	Confident	No	Edit
173	Byzantine Empire I	* Year Range of Byzantine Empire I is assumed. [632, 866]	present	Confident	No	Edit
174	Konya Plain - Late Neolithic	* Year Range of Konya Plain - Late Neolithic is assumed. [-6600, -6000]	absent	Inferred	No	Edit
175	Ottoman Emirate	* Year Range of Ottoman Emirate is assumed. [1299, 1402]	present	Confident	No	Edit
176	Ottoman Empire III	* Year Range of Ottoman Empire III is assumed. [1683, 1839]	present	Confident	No	Edit
177	Haudenosaunee Confederacy - Late	* Year Range of Haudenosaunee Confederacy - Late is assumed. [1714, 1848]	absent	Confident	No	Edit
178	Cahokia - Late Woodland I	* Year Range of Cahokia - Late Woodland I is assumed. [300, 450]	absent	Confident	No	Edit
179	Cahokia - Sand Prairie	* Year Range of Cahokia - Sand Prairie is assumed. [1275, 1400]	absent	Confident	No	Edit
180	Cahokia - Emergent Mississippian I	* Year Range of Cahokia - Emergent Mississippian I is assumed. [750, 900]	absent	Confident	No	Edit
181	Koktepe I	* Year Range of Koktepe I is assumed. [-1400, -1000]	unknown	Suspected	No	Edit
182	Koktepe II	* Year Range of Koktepe II is assumed. [-750, -550]	absent	Confident	No	Edit
183	Himyar I	* Year Range of Himyar I is assumed. [270, 340]	unknown	Suspected	No	Edit
184	Himyar II	* Year Range of Himyar II is assumed. [378, 525]	absent	Inferred	No	Edit
185	Yemen - Qasimid Dynasty	* Year Range of Yemen - Qasimid Dynasty is assumed. [1637, 1805]	unknown	Suspected	No	Edit
186	Durrani Empire	* Year Range of Durrani Empire is assumed. [1747, 1826]	absent	Confident	No	Edit
187	Eastern Han Empire	* Year Range of Eastern Han Empire is assumed. [25, 220]	present	Confident	No	Edit
188	Western Jin	* Year Range of Western Jin is assumed. [265, 317]	present	Confident	No	Edit
189	Erligang	* Year Range of Erligang is assumed. [-1650, -1250]	absent	Inferred	No	Edit
190	Erlitou	* Year Range of Erlitou is assumed. [-1850, -1600]	absent	Inferred	No	Edit
191	Jin	* Year Range of Jin is assumed. [-780, -404]	present	Inferred	No	Edit
192	Longshan	* Year Range of Longshan is assumed. [-3000, -1900]	absent	Inferred	No	Edit
193	Northern Wei	* Year Range of Northern Wei is assumed. [386, 534]	present	Confident	No	Edit
194	Late Qing	* Year Range of Late Qing is assumed. [1796, 1912]	present	Confident	No	Edit
195	Tang Dynasty I	* Year Range of Tang Dynasty I is assumed. [617, 763]	present	Inferred	No	Edit
196	Early Wei Dynasty	* Year Range of Early Wei Dynasty is assumed. [-445, -225]	present	Inferred	No	Edit
197	Western Han Empire	* Year Range of Western Han Empire is assumed. [-202, 9]	present	Confident	No	Edit
198	Western Zhou	* Year Range of Western Zhou is assumed. [-1122, -771]	present	Inferred	No	Edit
199	Chagatai Khanate	* Year Range of Chagatai Khanate is assumed. [1263, 1402]	present	Confident	No	Edit
200	Great Yuan	* Year Range of Great Yuan is assumed. [1271, 1368]	present	Confident	No	Edit
201	Shuar - Colonial	* Year Range of Shuar - Colonial is assumed. [1534, 1830]	absent	Confident	No	Edit
202	Ayyubid Sultanate	* Year Range of Ayyubid Sultanate is assumed. [1171, 1250]	unknown	Suspected	No	Edit
203	Egypt - Inter-Occupation Period	* Year Range of Egypt - Inter-Occupation Period is assumed. [-404, -342]	present	Inferred	No	Edit
204	Egypt - Mamluk Sultanate I	* Year Range of Egypt - Mamluk Sultanate I is assumed. [1260, 1348]	present	Confident	No	Edit
205	Egypt - Mamluk Sultanate II	* Year Range of Egypt - Mamluk Sultanate II is assumed. [1348, 1412]	present	Confident	No	Edit
206	Egypt - New Kingdom Ramesside Period	* Year Range of Egypt - New Kingdom Ramesside Period is assumed. [-1293, -1070]	unknown	Suspected	No	Edit
207	Egypt - New Kingdom Thutmosid Period	* Year Range of Egypt - New Kingdom Thutmosid Period is assumed. [-1550, -1293]	absent	Inferred	No	Edit
208	Ptolemaic Kingdom II	* Year Range of Ptolemaic Kingdom II is assumed. [-217, -30]	present	Confident	No	Edit
209	Ashikaga Shogunate	* Year Range of Ashikaga Shogunate is assumed. [1336, 1467]	present	Confident	No	Edit
210	Egypt - Tulunid-Ikhshidid Period	* Year Range of Egypt - Tulunid-Ikhshidid Period is assumed. [868, 969]	present	Inferred	No	Edit
211	Spanish Empire I	* Year Range of Spanish Empire I is assumed. [1516, 1715]	present	Inferred	No	Edit
212	Chuuk - Late Truk	* Year Range of Chuuk - Late Truk is assumed. [1886, 1948]	absent	Inferred	No	Edit
213	French Kingdom - Early Bourbon	* Year Range of French Kingdom - Early Bourbon is assumed. [1589, 1660]	present	Confident	No	Edit
214	French Kingdom - Late Valois	* Year Range of French Kingdom - Late Valois is assumed. [1450, 1589]	present	Confident	No	Edit
215	British Empire II	* Year Range of British Empire II is assumed. [1850, 1968]	present	Confident	No	Edit
216	Ashanti Empire	* Year Range of Ashanti Empire is assumed. [1701, 1895]	absent	Confident	No	Edit
217	Hawaii III	* Year Range of Hawaii III is assumed. [1580, 1778]	absent	Inferred	No	Edit
218	Delhi Sultanate	* Year Range of Delhi Sultanate is assumed. [1206, 1526]	present	Confident	No	Edit
219	Early Garo	* Year Range of Early Garo is assumed. [1775, 1867]	absent	Confident	No	Edit
220	Japan - Azuchi-Momoyama	* Year Range of Japan - Azuchi-Momoyama is assumed. [1568, 1603]	present	Confident	No	Edit
221	Heian	* Year Range of Heian is assumed. [794, 1185]	unknown	Suspected	No	Edit
222	Late Garo	* Year Range of Late Garo is assumed. [1867, 1956]	present	Confident	No	Edit
223	Maurya Empire	* Year Range of Maurya Empire is assumed. [-324, -187]	present	Inferred	No	Edit
224	Mughal Empire	* Year Range of Mughal Empire is assumed. [1526, 1858]	present	Confident	No	Edit
225	Abbasid Caliphate I	* Year Range of Abbasid Caliphate I is assumed. [750, 946]	present	Confident	No	Edit
226	Neo-Assyrian Empire	* Year Range of Neo-Assyrian Empire is assumed. [-911, -612]	present	Confident	No	Edit
227	Achaemenid Empire	* Year Range of Achaemenid Empire is assumed. [-550, -331]	present	Confident	No	Edit
228	Elam - Awan Dynasty I	* Year Range of Elam - Awan Dynasty I is assumed. [-2675, -2100]	present	Confident	No	Edit
229	Elam - Awan Dynasty I	* Year Range of Elam - Awan Dynasty I is assumed. [-2675, -2100]	absent	Confident	No	Edit
230	Buyid Confederation	* Year Range of Buyid Confederation is assumed. [932, 1062]	present	Confident	No	Edit
231	Ilkhanate	* Year Range of Ilkhanate is assumed. [1256, 1339]	present	Confident	No	Edit
232	Parthian Empire II	* Year Range of Parthian Empire II is assumed. [41, 226]	present	Confident	No	Edit
233	Safavid Empire	* Year Range of Safavid Empire is assumed. [1501, 1722]	absent	Confident	No	Edit
234	Sasanid Empire I	* Year Range of Sasanid Empire I is assumed. [205, 487]	present	Confident	No	Edit
235	Roman Empire - Dominate	* Year Range of Roman Empire - Dominate is assumed. [285, 394]	present	Confident	No	Edit
236	Sasanid Empire II	* Year Range of Sasanid Empire II is assumed. [488, 642]	present	Confident	No	Edit
237	Seljuk Sultanate	* Year Range of Seljuk Sultanate is assumed. [1037, 1157]	present	Inferred	No	Edit
238	Susa II	* Year Range of Susa II is assumed. [-3800, -3100]	present	Inferred	No	Edit
239	Latium - Iron Age	* Year Range of Latium - Iron Age is assumed. [-1000, -580]	unknown	Suspected	No	Edit
240	Late Roman Republic	* Year Range of Late Roman Republic is assumed. [-133, -31]	absent	Confident	No	Edit
241	Roman Empire - Principate	* Year Range of Roman Empire - Principate is assumed. [-31, 284]	present	Confident	No	Edit
242	Roman Kingdom	* Year Range of Roman Kingdom is assumed. [-716, -509]	absent	Confident	No	Edit
243	Republic of Venice III	* Year Range of Republic of Venice III is assumed. [1204, 1563]	present	Confident	No	Edit
244	Nara Kingdom	* Year Range of Nara Kingdom is assumed. [710, 794]	present	Confident	No	Edit
245	Classical Angkor	* Year Range of Classical Angkor is assumed. [1100, 1220]	present	Confident	No	Edit
246	Early Angkor	* Year Range of Early Angkor is assumed. [802, 1100]	absent	Inferred	No	Edit
247	Late Angkor	* Year Range of Late Angkor is assumed. [1220, 1432]	absent	Inferred	No	Edit
248	Khmer Kingdom	* Year Range of Khmer Kingdom is assumed. [1432, 1594]	absent	Inferred	No	Edit
249	Funan I	* Year Range of Funan I is assumed. [225, 540]	unknown	Suspected	No	Edit
250	Funan II	* Year Range of Funan II is assumed. [540, 640]	unknown	Suspected	No	Edit
251	Khitan I	* Year Range of Khitan I is assumed. [907, 1125]	present	Confident	No	Edit
252	Late Mongols	* Year Range of Late Mongols is assumed. [1368, 1690]	present	Inferred	No	Edit
253	Zungharian Empire	* Year Range of Zungharian Empire is assumed. [1670, 1757]	present	Inferred	No	Edit
254	Early Monte Alban I	* Year Range of Early Monte Alban I is assumed. [-500, -300]	absent	Confident	No	Edit
255	Monte Alban Late I	* Year Range of Monte Alban Late I is assumed. [-300, -100]	absent	Confident	No	Edit
256	Monte Alban III	* Year Range of Monte Alban III is assumed. [200, 500]	absent	Confident	No	Edit
257	Monte Alban IIIB and IV	* Year Range of Monte Alban IIIB and IV is assumed. [500, 900]	absent	Confident	No	Edit
258	Monte Alban V	* Year Range of Monte Alban V is assumed. [900, 1520]	absent	Confident	No	Edit
259	Middle Formative Basin of Mexico	* Year Range of Middle Formative Basin of Mexico is assumed. [-800, -401]	absent	Confident	No	Edit
260	Oaxaca - Rosario	* Year Range of Oaxaca - Rosario is assumed. [-700, -500]	absent	Inferred	No	Edit
261	Oaxaca - San Jose	* Year Range of Oaxaca - San Jose is assumed. [-1150, -700]	absent	Inferred	No	Edit
262	Jin Dynasty	* Year Range of Jin Dynasty is assumed. [1115, 1234]	present	Confident	No	Edit
263	Inca Empire	* Year Range of Inca Empire is assumed. [1375, 1532]	present	Confident	No	Edit
264	Wari Empire	* Year Range of Wari Empire is assumed. [650, 999]	unknown	Suspected	No	Edit
265	Kachi Plain - Ceramic Neolithic	* Year Range of Kachi Plain - Ceramic Neolithic is assumed. [-5500, -4000]	absent	Confident	No	Edit
266	Kachi Plain - Chalcolithic	* Year Range of Kachi Plain - Chalcolithic is assumed. [-4000, -3200]	absent	Confident	No	Edit
267	Kachi Plain - Post-Urban Period	* Year Range of Kachi Plain - Post-Urban Period is assumed. [-1800, -1300]	absent	Confident	No	Edit
268	Umayyad Caliphate	* Year Range of Umayyad Caliphate is assumed. [661, 750]	present	Confident	No	Edit
269	Fatimid Caliphate	* Year Range of Fatimid Caliphate is assumed. [909, 1171]	present	Confident	No	Edit
270	Fatimid Caliphate	* Year Range of Fatimid Caliphate is assumed. [909, 1171]	absent	Confident	No	Edit
271	Byzantine Empire II	* Year Range of Byzantine Empire II is assumed. [867, 1072]	present	Confident	No	Edit
272	Byzantine Empire III	* Year Range of Byzantine Empire III is assumed. [1073, 1204]	present	Confident	No	Edit
273	Ottoman Empire I	* Year Range of Ottoman Empire I is assumed. [1402, 1517]	present	Confident	No	Edit
274	Ottoman Empire II	* Year Range of Ottoman Empire II is assumed. [1517, 1683]	present	Confident	No	Edit
275	Khanate of Bukhara	* Year Range of Khanate of Bukhara is assumed. [1599, 1747]	present	Inferred	No	Edit
276	Samanid Empire	* Year Range of Samanid Empire is assumed. [819, 999]	present	Confident	No	Edit
277	Timurid Empire	* Year Range of Timurid Empire is assumed. [1370, 1526]	present	Confident	No	Edit
278	Plantagenet England	* Year Range of Plantagenet England is assumed. [1144, 1485]	absent	Confident	No	Edit
279	Kingdom of Bohemia - Luxembourgian and Jagiellonian Dynasty	* Year Range of Kingdom of Bohemia - Luxembourgian and Jagiellonian Dynasty is assumed. [1310, 1526]	absent	Confident	No	Edit
280	Us Reconstruction-Progressive	* Year Range of Us Reconstruction-Progressive is assumed. [1866, 1933]	present	Confident	No	Edit
281	Antebellum US	* Year Range of Antebellum US is assumed. [1776, 1865]	present	Confident	No	Edit
282	Austria - Habsburg Dynasty I	* Year Range of Austria - Habsburg Dynasty I is assumed. [1454, 1648]	absent	Confident	No	Edit
283	Golden Horde	* Year Range of Golden Horde is assumed. [1240, 1440]	present	Confident	No	Edit
284	British Empire I	* Year Range of British Empire I is assumed. [1690, 1849]	present	Confident	No	Edit
285	Kingdom of Hawaii - Post-Kamehameha Period	* Year Range of Kingdom of Hawaii - Post-Kamehameha Period is assumed. [1820, 1898]	present	Confident	No	Edit
286	Napoleonic France	* Year Range of Napoleonic France is assumed. [1816, 1870]	present	Confident	No	Edit
287	Tudor and Early Stuart England	* Year Range of Tudor and Early Stuart England is assumed. [1486, 1689]	A~P	Confident	No	Edit
288	Austria - Habsburg Dynasty II	* Year Range of Austria - Habsburg Dynasty II is assumed. [1649, 1918]	A~P	Confident	No	Edit
289	Holy Roman Empire - Ottonian-Salian Dynasty	* Year Range of Holy Roman Empire - Ottonian-Salian Dynasty is assumed. [919, 1125]	absent	Confident	No	Edit
290	Lombard Kingdom	* Year Range of Lombard Kingdom is assumed. [568, 774]	unknown	Suspected	No	Edit
291	Anglo-Saxon England II	* Year Range of Anglo-Saxon England II is assumed. [927, 1065]	unknown	Suspected	No	Edit
292	Khwarezmid Empire	* Year Range of Khwarezmid Empire is assumed. [1157, 1231]	unknown	Suspected	No	Edit
293	Hohokam Culture	* Year Range of Hohokam Culture is assumed. [300, 1500]	unknown	Suspected	No	Edit
294	Saffarid Caliphate	* Year Range of Saffarid Caliphate is assumed. [861, 1003]	unknown	Suspected	No	Edit
295	British Empire IIIIIIIIII	* Year Range of British Empire IIIIIIIIII is assumed. [1850, 1968]	present	Confident	No	Edit
296	Russian Empire, Romanov Dynasty II	* Year Range of Russian Empire, Romanov Dynasty II is assumed. [1776, 1917]	present	Confident	No	Edit
297	Oaxaca - Tierras Largas	* Year Range of Oaxaca - Tierras Largas is assumed. [-1400, -1150]	absent	Inferred	No	Edit
298	Great Ming	* Year Range of Great Ming is assumed. [1368, 1644]	present	Confident	No	Edit
299	Northern Song	* Year Range of Northern Song is assumed. [960, 1127]	present	Confident	No	Edit

Section: Social Complexity

Subsection: Postal sytems

Postal Station

Contributors: Jenny, Majid, Peter

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