Section: Social Complexity

Subsection: Postal sytems

Postal Station

postal stations are specialized buildings exclusively devoted to the postal service. if there is a special building that has other functions than a postal station, we still code postal station as present. the intent is to capture additional infrastructure beyond having a corps of messengers. (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
postal_station	The absence or presence of postal station for a polity.

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#	Polity	Year(s)	Postal Station	Description	Edit
221	(Ak Koyunlu)	Full Year Range of Ak Koyunlu is assumed. [1339, 1501]	present	None
222	(Parthian Empire I)	Full Year Range of Parthian Empire I is assumed. [-247, 40]	present	None
223	(Seleucid Empire)	Full Year Range of Seleucid Empire is assumed. [-312, -63]	present	None
224	(Icelandic Commonwealth)	Full Year Range of Icelandic Commonwealth is assumed. [930, 1262]	absent	None
225	(Papal States - Early Modern Period I)	Full Year Range of Papal States - Early Modern Period I is assumed. [1527, 1648]	present	None
226	(Middle Roman Republic)	Full Year Range of Middle Roman Republic is assumed. [-264, -133]	absent	None
227	(Asuka)	Full Year Range of Asuka is assumed. [538, 710]	present	None
228	(Kamakura Shogunate)	Full Year Range of Kamakura Shogunate is assumed. [1185, 1333]	present	None
229	(Kachi Plain - Urban Period II)	Full Year Range of Kachi Plain - Urban Period II is assumed. [-2100, -1800]	present	None
230	(Tokugawa Shogunate)	Full Year Range of Tokugawa Shogunate is assumed. [1603, 1868]	present	None

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