Section: Social Complexity

Subsection: Postal sytems

Postal Station

Talking about postal sytems, 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
41	(Sui Dynasty)	Full Year Range of Sui Dynasty is assumed. [581, 618]	present	None
42	(Shuar - Colonial)	Full Year Range of Shuar - Colonial is assumed. [1534, 1830]	absent	None
43	(Carolingian Empire I)	Full Year Range of Carolingian Empire I is assumed. [752, 840]	absent	None
44	(Qatabanian Commonwealth)	Full Year Range of Qatabanian Commonwealth is assumed. [-450, -111]	present	None
45	(Magadha - Sunga Empire)	Full Year Range of Magadha - Sunga Empire is assumed. [-187, -65]	unknown	None
46	(Ottoman Empire Late Period)	Full Year Range of Ottoman Empire Late Period is assumed. [1873, 1920]	absent	None
47	(Songhai Empire)	Full Year Range of Songhai Empire is assumed. [1376, 1493]	unknown	None
48	(Sukhotai)	Full Year Range of Sukhotai is assumed. [1238, 1419]	unknown	None
49	(Tahert)	Full Year Range of Tahert is assumed. [761, 909]	unknown	None
50	(Malacca Sultanate)	Full Year Range of Malacca Sultanate is assumed. [1396, 1511]	unknown	None

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