| 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 |
|---|---|
| bridge | The absence or presence of bridge for a polity. |
| # | Polity | Year(s) | Bridge | Description | Edit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 113 |
(Napoleonic France) |
Full Year Range of Napoleonic France is assumed. [1816, 1870] |
present |
Bridges were built and maintained across France.§REF§Clapham 1955: 147-150. https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/2QKQJQM3.§REF§ | |
| 114 |
(Susiana - Muhammad Jaffar) |
Full Year Range of Susiana - Muhammad Jaffar is assumed. [-7000, -6000] |
unknown |
None | |
| 117 |
(Susiana - Late Ubaid) |
Full Year Range of Susiana - Late Ubaid is assumed. [-4700, -4300] |
unknown |
None | |
| 118 |
(Xixia) |
Full Year Range of Xixia is assumed. [1032, 1227] |
present |
"There are two Xixia steles surviving to this day in the former Xixia region: one is the "Inspiration Pagoda Stele in Honor of the Occasion of Rebuilding the Protect-the-State Temple" at Wuwei of Gansu Province, the other is the "Royal Stele in Honor of the Occasion of Building the Heishui Bridge at Zhangye. The former was carved in Xixia and Chinese characters, while the latter in Chinese and Tibetan writing."§REF§(? 1997, 568) Helmut Krasser ed?. International Association for Tibetan Studies. 1997. Tibetan Studies, Volume 256. Part 2. Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften.§REF§ | |
| 119 |
(Yueban) |
Full Year Range of Yueban is assumed. [350, 450] |
unknown |
The Yueban were part of northern Xiongnu, who inhabited in the upper Hi River during the fourth and fifth centuries."§REF§(Li and Hansen 2003, 63) Jian Li. Valerie Hansen. 2003. The glory of the silk road: art from ancient China. The Dayton Art Institute.§REF§ "From limited references in the Beishi (Northern histories) and the Weishu (History of the Wei), we know that the Yueban had a well-developed kingdom, with a population of two hundred thousand that spanned thousands of kilometers, in the area north of Kucha."§REF§(Li and Hansen 2003, 63) Jian Li. Valerie Hansen. 2003. The glory of the silk road: art from ancient China. The Dayton Art Institute.§REF§ | |
| 120 |
(Austria - Habsburg Dynasty I) |
Full Year Range of Austria - Habsburg Dynasty I is assumed. [1454, 1648] |
present |
Bridges were present, built and maintained throughout the period. §REF§(Curtis 2013: 48) Curtis, Benjamin. 2013. The Habsburgs: The History of a Dynasty. London; New York: Bloomsbury. https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/TRKUBP92§REF§ |