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
31	(Chu Kingdom - Spring and Autumn Period)	Full Year Range of Chu Kingdom - Spring and Autumn Period is assumed. [-740, -489]	present	None
32	(Yueban)	Full Year Range of Yueban is assumed. [350, 450]	unknown	None
33	(Xixia)	Full Year Range of Xixia is assumed. [1032, 1227]	present	None
34	(Norman England)	Full Year Range of Norman England is assumed. [1066, 1153]	absent	The Normans relied on navigable rivers (e.g., Thames, Severn, Humber) for transport and trade rather than building new canal systems. [Chibnall 1996], [Carpenter 2003]
35	(Sasanid Empire I)	Full Year Range of Sasanid Empire I is assumed. [205, 487]	present	None
36	(Hallstatt C)	Full Year Range of Hallstatt C is assumed. [-700, -600]	unknown	None
37	(Hallstatt D)	Full Year Range of Hallstatt D is assumed. [-600, -475]	unknown	None
38	(French Kingdom - Late Capetian)	Full Year Range of French Kingdom - Late Capetian is assumed. [1150, 1328]	present	None
39	(Carolingian Empire I)	Full Year Range of Carolingian Empire I is assumed. [752, 840]	unknown	None
40	(Banu Ghaniya)	Full Year Range of Banu Ghaniya is assumed. [1126, 1227]	unknown	None

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