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

# Polity Year(s) Canal Description   Edit
241
(Egypt - Saite Period)
Full Year Range of Egypt - Saite Period is assumed.
[-664, -525]
present
None
242
(Spanish Empire I)
Full Year Range of Spanish Empire I is assumed.
[1516, 1715]
present
None
243
(French Kingdom - Early Bourbon)
Full Year Range of French Kingdom - Early Bourbon is assumed.
[1589, 1660]
present
None
244
(Early Merovingian)
Full Year Range of Early Merovingian is assumed.
[481, 543]
present
None
245
(Proto-Carolingian)
Full Year Range of Proto-Carolingian is assumed.
[687, 751]
present
None
246
(Middle Merovingian)
Full Year Range of Middle Merovingian is assumed.
[543, 687]
present
None
247
(Majapahit Kingdom)
Full Year Range of Majapahit Kingdom is assumed.
[1292, 1518]
present
None
248
(Yehuda)
Full Year Range of Yehuda is assumed.
[-141, -63]
absent
None
249
(Delhi Sultanate)
Full Year Range of Delhi Sultanate is assumed.
[1206, 1526]
present
None
250
(Late A'chik)
Full Year Range of Late A'chik is assumed.
[1867, 1956]
absent
None
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