Section: Social Complexity

Subsection: Postal sytems

General Postal Service

Talking about postal sytems, 'general postal service' refers to a postal service that not only serves the ruler's needs, but carries mail for private citizens. (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
general_postal_service	The absence or presence of general postal service for a polity.

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#	Polity	Year(s)	General Postal Service	Description	Edit
1	(Mughal Empire)	1526 CE 1799 CE	absent	None
2	(Spanish Empire II)	1716 CE 1814 CE	present	None
3	(Mughal Empire)	1800 CE 1858 CE	present	None
4	(Austria - Habsburg Dynasty II)	1867 CE 1918 CE	present	None
5	(Soviet Union)	1923 CE 1991 CE	present	None
6	(Japan - Initial Jomon)	Full Year Range of Japan - Initial Jomon is assumed. [-9200, -5300]	absent	None
7	(Japan - Incipient Jomon)	Full Year Range of Japan - Incipient Jomon is assumed. [-13600, -9200]	absent	None
8	(Final Postpalatial Crete)	Full Year Range of Final Postpalatial Crete is assumed. [-1200, -1000]	absent	None
9	(Konya Plain - Late Bronze Age II)	Full Year Range of Konya Plain - Late Bronze Age II is assumed. [-1500, -1400]	unknown	None
10	(Heian)	Full Year Range of Heian is assumed. [794, 1185]	absent	None

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