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
61
(Archaic Crete)
Full Year Range of Archaic Crete is assumed.
[-710, -500]
absent
None
62
(Classical Crete)
Full Year Range of Classical Crete is assumed.
[-500, -323]
absent
None
63
(Final Postpalatial Crete)
Full Year Range of Final Postpalatial Crete is assumed.
[-1200, -1000]
absent
None
64
(The Emirate of Crete)
Full Year Range of The Emirate of Crete is assumed.
[824, 961]
absent
None
65
(Xixia)
Full Year Range of Xixia is assumed.
[1032, 1227]
present
None
66
(Monopalatial Crete)
Full Year Range of Monopalatial Crete is assumed.
[-1450, -1300]
absent
None
67
(Neolithic Crete)
Full Year Range of Neolithic Crete is assumed.
[-7000, -3000]
absent
None
68
(New Palace Crete)
Full Year Range of New Palace Crete is assumed.
[-1700, -1450]
absent
None
69
(Old Palace Crete)
Full Year Range of Old Palace Crete is assumed.
[-1900, -1700]
absent
None
70
(Banu Ghaniya)
Full Year Range of Banu Ghaniya is assumed.
[1126, 1227]
unknown
None
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