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]
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Variable Definition
postal_station The absence or presence of postal station for a polity.

# Polity Year(s) Postal Station Description   Edit
301
(Late Qing)
Full Year Range of Late Qing is assumed.
[1796, 1912]
present
None
302
(Tang Dynasty I)
Full Year Range of Tang Dynasty I is assumed.
[617, 763]
present
None
303
(Early Wei Dynasty)
Full Year Range of Early Wei Dynasty is assumed.
[-445, -225]
present
None
304
(Western Han Empire)
Full Year Range of Western Han Empire is assumed.
[-202, 9]
present
None
305
(Spanish Empire I)
Full Year Range of Spanish Empire I is assumed.
[1516, 1715]
present
None
306
(Western Zhou)
Full Year Range of Western Zhou is assumed.
[-1122, -771]
present
None
307
(Chagatai Khanate)
Full Year Range of Chagatai Khanate is assumed.
[1227, 1402]
present
None
308
(Great Yuan)
Full Year Range of Great Yuan is assumed.
[1271, 1368]
present
None
309
(Egypt - Mamluk Sultanate I)
Full Year Range of Egypt - Mamluk Sultanate I is assumed.
[1260, 1348]
present
None
310
(Egypt - Mamluk Sultanate II)
Full Year Range of Egypt - Mamluk Sultanate II is assumed.
[1348, 1412]
present
None
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