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
71
(Prepalatial Crete)
Full Year Range of Prepalatial Crete is assumed.
[-3000, -1900]
absent
None
72
(Hawaii I)
Full Year Range of Hawaii I is assumed.
[1000, 1200]
unknown
None
73
(Hawaii II)
Full Year Range of Hawaii II is assumed.
[1200, 1580]
absent
None
74
(Hawaii III)
Full Year Range of Hawaii III is assumed.
[1580, 1778]
unknown
None
75
(Iban - Pre-Brooke)
Full Year Range of Iban - Pre-Brooke is assumed.
[1650, 1841]
absent
None
76
(Iban - Brooke Raj and Colonial)
Full Year Range of Iban - Brooke Raj and Colonial is assumed.
[1841, 1987]
absent
None
77
(Canaan)
Full Year Range of Canaan is assumed.
[-2000, -1175]
absent
None
78
(Yisrael)
Full Year Range of Yisrael is assumed.
[-1030, -722]
absent
None
79
(Chalukyas of Badami)
Full Year Range of Chalukyas of Badami is assumed.
[543, 753]
unknown
None
80
(Banu Ghaniya)
Full Year Range of Banu Ghaniya is assumed.
[1126, 1227]
unknown
None
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