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
231
(Early Xiongnu)
Full Year Range of Early Xiongnu is assumed.
[-1400, -300]
absent
Not enough data, though it seems to reasonable infer absence.
232
(Monte Alban IIIB and IV)
Full Year Range of Monte Alban IIIB and IV is assumed.
[500, 900]
absent
Sources do not suggest there is evidence for bridges in prehispanic Valley of Oaxaca.§REF§Marcus and Flannery (1996) Zapotec Civilization: How urban society evolved in Mexico’s Oaxaca Valley. Flannery and Marcus (1983) The Cloud People: divergent evolution of the Zapotec and Mixtec civilizations. Museum of Anthropology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Academic Press, New York.§REF§
233
(Oaxaca - Rosario)
Full Year Range of Oaxaca - Rosario is assumed.
[-700, -500]
absent
Sources do not suggest there is evidence for the construction of bridges during this period.§REF§Marcus and Flannery (1996) Zapotec Civilization: How urban society evolved in Mexico’s Oaxaca Valley. Flannery and Marcus (1983) The Cloud People: divergent evolution of the Zapotec and Mixtec civilizations. Museum of Anthropology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Academic Press, New York.§REF§
234
(Kingdom of Norway II)
Full Year Range of Kingdom of Norway II is assumed.
[1262, 1396]
absent
There were a few bridges, but these were not polity owned. §REF§Árni Daniel Júlíusson and Axel Kristissen 2017, pers. comm. to E. Brandl and D. Mullins§REF§
235
(Sakha - Early)
Full Year Range of Sakha - Early is assumed.
[1400, 1632]
absent
Built-up transport infrastructure was introduced in the early Russian period (see next sheet).
236
(Egypt - Kushite Period)
Full Year Range of Egypt - Kushite Period is assumed.
[-747, -656]
present
Small bridges existed in Ramesside Egypt.§REF§(Arnold 2003, 37)§REF§
237
(Ayutthaya)
Full Year Range of Ayutthaya is assumed.
[1593, 1767]
present
§REF§http://www.ayutthaya-history.com/Geo_Street_BridgesKhaoPluak.html§REF§
238
(Fatimid Caliphate)
Full Year Range of Fatimid Caliphate is assumed.
[909, 1171]
present
Great Bridge. §REF§(Raymond 2000, 48)§REF§
239
(Middle Bronze Age in Central Anatolia)
Full Year Range of Middle Bronze Age in Central Anatolia is assumed.
[-2000, -1700]
present
§REF§Barjamovic G. 2011. A Historical Geography of Anatolia in the Old Assyrian Colony Period. Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum Press, pg. 396§REF§
240
(Hatti - New Kingdom)
Full Year Range of Hatti - New Kingdom is assumed.
[-1400, -1180]
present
The Citadel Büyükkale at Hattusa was connected to a system of stone viaducts and bridge with the Büyükkaya§REF§Makowski M. (2009) Świat późnej epoki brązu. pp.157 [In:] A. Smogorzewska (ed.) Archeologia starożytnego Bliskiego Wschodu, Warszawa: Instytut Archeologii UW, pp. 151-187)§REF§ Which period does this refer to?
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