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
31	(Crimean Khanate)	Full Year Range of Crimean Khanate is assumed. [1440, 1783]	unknown	None
32	(Numidia)	Full Year Range of Numidia is assumed. [-220, -46]	unknown	EMPTY_COMMENT
33	(Monte Alban V Late Postclassic)	Full Year Range of Monte Alban V Late Postclassic is assumed. [1101, 1520]	absent	Sources do not suggest there is evidence for a postal system during this period. [Flannery_Marcus 1996]
34	(Carolingian Empire I)	Full Year Range of Carolingian Empire I is assumed. [752, 840]	absent	None
35	(Qatabanian Commonwealth)	Full Year Range of Qatabanian Commonwealth is assumed. [-450, -111]	present	None
36	(Magadha - Sunga Empire)	Full Year Range of Magadha - Sunga Empire is assumed. [-187, -65]	unknown	None
37	(Austria - Habsburg Dynasty II)	Full Year Range of Austria - Habsburg Dynasty II is assumed. [1649, 1918]	A~P	None
38	(Yemen Ziyadid Dynasty)	Full Year Range of Yemen Ziyadid Dynasty is assumed. [822, 1037]	present	None
39	(Kingdom of Ayodhya)	Full Year Range of Kingdom of Ayodhya is assumed. [-64, 34]	unknown	None
40	(Banu Ghaniya)	Full Year Range of Banu Ghaniya is assumed. [1126, 1227]	absent	EMPTY_COMMENT

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