Section: Social Complexity
Subsection: Transport infrastructure

Bridge

bridges refers to bridges built and/or maintained by the polity (that is, code 'present' even if the polity did not build a bridge, but devotes resources to maintaining it).   (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]
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Variable Definition
bridge The absence or presence of bridge for a polity.

# Polity Year(s) Bridge Description   Edit
191
(Japan - Azuchi-Momoyama)
Full Year Range of Japan - Azuchi-Momoyama is assumed.
[1568, 1603]
present
‘the construction by Hideyoshi of a large-scale bridge across the Kamo River.’§REF§Kirby, John. 1962. From Castle to Teahouse: Japanese Architecture of the Momoyama Period. Tuttle Publishing.§REF§
192
(Nara Kingdom)
Full Year Range of Nara Kingdom is assumed.
[710, 794]
present
§REF§Brown, Delmer M. 1993. The Cambridge History of Japan Volume 1: Ancient Japan. Cambridge Histories Online © Cambridge University Press.p.250§REF§
193
(Western Turk Khaganate)
Full Year Range of Western Turk Khaganate is assumed.
[582, 630]
present
"The Türk state aspired to make the roads safe and gave its backing to the Sogdian diplomats’ trade negotiations."§REF§(Marshak 1996, 242)§REF§
194
(Funan I)
Full Year Range of Funan I is assumed.
[225, 540]
present
Stone bridges date to classical Angkor, but it is likely that bridges were made using wood. As Hendrickson points out: The Phnom Sres (1022 CE) inscription found in the Battambang region makes reference to the construction of reservoirs along roads and a wooden bridge across a river (Jacques 1968:616-617). §REF§(Hendrickson 2007, p. 123)§REF§
195
(Phoenician Empire)
Full Year Range of Phoenician Empire is assumed.
[-1200, -332]
absent
Bridges were absent in neighboring Iron-Age Israel.§REF§Dorsey (1991).§REF§
196
(Eastern Turk Khaganate)
Full Year Range of Eastern Turk Khaganate is assumed.
[583, 630]
unknown
None
197
(Cahokia - Sand Prairie)
Full Year Range of Cahokia - Sand Prairie is assumed.
[1275, 1400]
absent
There were no bridges in prehistoric North America.
198
(Oneota)
Full Year Range of Oneota is assumed.
[1400, 1650]
absent
Inference approved by Peter Peregrine.
199
(Early Mongols)
Full Year Range of Early Mongols is assumed.
[1000, 1206]
absent
None
200
(Chagatai Khanate)
Full Year Range of Chagatai Khanate is assumed.
[1227, 1402]
present
Present in Mongolian Empire.
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