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
41
(Yemen - Ottoman period)
Full Year Range of Yemen - Ottoman period is assumed.
[1873, 1920]
absent
None
42
(Songhai Empire)
Full Year Range of Songhai Empire is assumed.
[1376, 1493]
unknown
EMPTY_COMMENT
43
(Sukhotai)
Full Year Range of Sukhotai is assumed.
[1238, 1419]
unknown
EMPTY_COMMENT
44
(Tahert)
Full Year Range of Tahert is assumed.
[761, 909]
unknown
EMPTY_COMMENT
45
(Third Scythian Kingdom)
Full Year Range of Third Scythian Kingdom is assumed.
[-429, -225]
unknown
No data.
46
(Tlemcen)
Full Year Range of Tlemcen is assumed.
[1235, 1554]
absent
EMPTY_COMMENT
47
(Wattasid)
Full Year Range of Wattasid is assumed.
[1465, 1554]
unknown
EMPTY_COMMENT
48
(Zagwe)
Full Year Range of Zagwe is assumed.
[1137, 1269]
unknown
EMPTY_COMMENT
49
(Zirids)
Full Year Range of Zirids is assumed.
[973, 1148]
unknown
EMPTY_COMMENT
50
(Banu Ghaniya)
Full Year Range of Banu Ghaniya is assumed.
[1126, 1227]
absent
EMPTY_COMMENT
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