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
241	(Second Turk Khaganate)	Full Year Range of Second Turk Khaganate is assumed. [682, 744]	unknown	None
242	(Uigur Khaganate)	Full Year Range of Uigur Khaganate is assumed. [745, 840]	unknown	None
243	(Early Xiongnu)	Full Year Range of Early Xiongnu is assumed. [-1400, -300]	unknown	None
244	(Late Xiongnu)	Full Year Range of Late Xiongnu is assumed. [-60, 100]	unknown	None
245	(Xiongnu Imperial Confederation)	Full Year Range of Xiongnu Imperial Confederation is assumed. [-209, -60]	unknown	None
246	(Later Wagadu Empire)	Full Year Range of Later Wagadu Empire is assumed. [1078, 1203]	unknown	None
247	(Middle Wagadu Empire)	Full Year Range of Middle Wagadu Empire is assumed. [700, 1077]	unknown	None
248	(Cuzco - Early Intermediate I)	Full Year Range of Cuzco - Early Intermediate I is assumed. [200, 499]	unknown	None
249	(Cuzco - Early Intermediate II)	Full Year Range of Cuzco - Early Intermediate II is assumed. [500, 649]	unknown	None
250	(Cuzco - Late Intermediate I)	Full Year Range of Cuzco - Late Intermediate I is assumed. [1000, 1250]	unknown	None

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