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
341	(Susa II)	Full Year Range of Susa II is assumed. [-3800, -3100]	present	None
342	(Latium - Iron Age)	Full Year Range of Latium - Iron Age is assumed. [-1000, -580]	unknown	None
343	(Late Roman Republic)	Full Year Range of Late Roman Republic is assumed. [-133, -31]	absent	None
344	(Roman Empire - Principate)	Full Year Range of Roman Empire - Principate is assumed. [-31, 284]	present	None
345	(Roman Kingdom)	Full Year Range of Roman Kingdom is assumed. [-716, -509]	absent	None
346	(Republic of Venice III)	Full Year Range of Republic of Venice III is assumed. [1204, 1563]	present	None
347	(Nara Kingdom)	Full Year Range of Nara Kingdom is assumed. [710, 794]	present	None
348	(Classical Angkor)	Full Year Range of Classical Angkor is assumed. [1100, 1220]	present	None
349	(Early Angkor)	Full Year Range of Early Angkor is assumed. [802, 1100]	absent	None
350	(Wari Empire)	Full Year Range of Wari Empire is assumed. [650, 999]	unknown	None

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