Section: Social Complexity

Subsection: Transport infrastructure

Canal

Talking about transport infrastructure, canals refers to canals built and/or maintained by the polity (that is, code 'present' even if the polity did not build a canal, 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]
Verified	A Seshat Expert has approved this piece of data.

Variable	Definition
canal	The absence or presence of canal for a polity.

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#	Polity	Year(s)	Canal	Description	Edit
211	(Hatti - Old Kingdom)	Full Year Range of Hatti - Old Kingdom is assumed. [-1650, -1500]	unknown	None
212	(Ottoman Emirate)	Full Year Range of Ottoman Emirate is assumed. [1299, 1402]	unknown	None
213	(Roman Empire - Dominate)	Full Year Range of Roman Empire - Dominate is assumed. [285, 394]	present	None
214	(Oneota)	Full Year Range of Oneota is assumed. [1400, 1650]	absent	None
215	(Chagatai Khanate)	Full Year Range of Chagatai Khanate is assumed. [1263, 1402]	unknown	None
216	(Timurid Empire)	Full Year Range of Timurid Empire is assumed. [1370, 1526]	present	None
217	(Kushan Empire)	Full Year Range of Kushan Empire is assumed. [35, 319]	present	None
218	(Eastern Han Empire)	Full Year Range of Eastern Han Empire is assumed. [25, 220]	present	None
219	(Western Jin)	Full Year Range of Western Jin is assumed. [265, 317]	present	None
220	(Hmong - Early Chinese)	Full Year Range of Hmong - Early Chinese is assumed. [1895, 1941]	absent	None

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