Section: Social Complexity
Subsection: Specialized Buildings

Irrigation System

irrigation systems are polity owned (which includes owned by the community, or the state), no Descriptions IN Codebook   (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
irrigation_system The absence or presence of irrigation system for a polity.

# Polity Year(s) Irrigation System Description   Edit
41
(Anurādhapura III)
Full Year Range of Anurādhapura III is assumed.
[428, 614]
present
None
42
(Napoleonic France)
Full Year Range of Napoleonic France is assumed.
[1816, 1870]
present
None
43
(Kingdom of the Huns)
Full Year Range of Kingdom of the Huns is assumed.
[376, 469]
absent
None
44
(Plantagenet England)
Full Year Range of Plantagenet England is assumed.
[1154, 1485]
unknown
None
45
(Lombard Kingdom)
Full Year Range of Lombard Kingdom is assumed.
[568, 774]
unknown
None
46
(England Tudor-Stuart)
Full Year Range of England Tudor-Stuart is assumed.
[1486, 1689]
unknown
None
47
(Austria - Habsburg Dynasty II)
Full Year Range of Austria - Habsburg Dynasty II is assumed.
[1649, 1918]
present
None
48
(Toltecs)
Full Year Range of Toltecs is assumed.
[900, 1199]
unknown
None
49
(Ottoman Empire IV)
Full Year Range of Ottoman Empire IV is assumed.
[1839, 1922]
present
Irrigation systems, such as canals and aqueducts, were managed by local communities or provincial authorities. [Mikhail 2010]
50
(Sharqi)
Full Year Range of Sharqi is assumed.
[1394, 1479]
present
None
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