Section: Social Complexity
Subsection: Postal sytems

Courier

Full-time professional couriers.   (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
courier The absence or presence of courier for a polity.

# Polity Year(s) Courier Description   Edit
1
(Spanish Empire II)
1716 CE 1814 CE
present
None
2
(Soviet Union)
1923 CE 1991 CE
present
None
3
(Qin Empire)
Full Year Range of Qin Empire is assumed.
[-338, -207]
present
None
4
(Eastern Zhou)
Full Year Range of Eastern Zhou is assumed.
[-475, -256]
present
None
5
(Portuguese Empire - Renaissance Period)
Full Year Range of Portuguese Empire - Renaissance Period is assumed.
[1495, 1579]
present
None
6
(Portuguese Empire - Early Modern)
Full Year Range of Portuguese Empire - Early Modern is assumed.
[1640, 1806]
present
None
7
(Grand Principality of Moscow, Rurikid Dynasty)
Full Year Range of Grand Principality of Moscow, Rurikid Dynasty is assumed.
[1480, 1613]
present
None
8
(Early United Mexican States)
Full Year Range of Early United Mexican States is assumed.
[1810, 1920]
present
None
9
(Kievan Rus)
Full Year Range of Kievan Rus is assumed.
[880, 1242]
present
None
10
(Southern Song)
Full Year Range of Southern Song is assumed.
[1127, 1279]
present
None
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