Section: Social Complexity
Subsection: Transport infrastructure

Road

Talking about transport infrastructure, roads refers to deliberately constructed roads that connect settlements or other sites. it excludes streets/accessways within settlements and paths between settlements that develop through repeated use.   (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
road The absence or presence of road for a polity.

# Polity Year(s) Road Description   Edit
1
(Kansai - Kofun Period)
250 CE 499 CE
absent
None
2
(Kansai - Kofun Period)
250 CE 499 CE
present
None
3
(Neguanje)
250 CE 575 CE
absent
None
4
(Kansai - Kofun Period)
500 CE
present
None
5
(Neguanje)
576 CE 1050 CE
present
None
6
(Kingdom of Kaffa)
1390 CE 1844 CE
unknown
None
7
(Spanish Empire II)
1716 CE 1814 CE
present
None
8
(Rattanakosin)
1782 CE 1857 CE
absent
None
9
(Kingdom of Kaffa)
1845 CE 1854 CE
present
None
10
(Rattanakosin)
1857 CE 1873 CE
present
None
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