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]
Verified	A Seshat Expert has approved this piece of data.

Variable	Definition
road	The absence or presence of road for a polity.

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#	Polity	Year(s)	Road	Description	Edit
141	(Elam I)	Full Year Range of Elam I is assumed. [-900, -744]	present	None
142	(Pre-Ceramic Period)	Full Year Range of Pre-Ceramic Period is assumed. [-7800, -7200]	absent	None
143	(Seljuk Sultanate)	Full Year Range of Seljuk Sultanate is assumed. [1037, 1157]	present	None
144	(Icelandic Commonwealth)	Full Year Range of Icelandic Commonwealth is assumed. [930, 1262]	absent	None
145	(Latium - Bronze Age)	Full Year Range of Latium - Bronze Age is assumed. [-1800, -900]	absent	None
146	(Ostrogothic Kingdom)	Full Year Range of Ostrogothic Kingdom is assumed. [489, 554]	present	None
147	(Rome - Republic of St Peter II)	Full Year Range of Rome - Republic of St Peter II is assumed. [904, 1198]	present	None
148	(Papal States - Renaissance Period)	Full Year Range of Papal States - Renaissance Period is assumed. [1378, 1527]	present	None
149	(Roman Empire - Principate)	Full Year Range of Roman Empire - Principate is assumed. [-31, 284]	present	None
150	(Naqada I)	Full Year Range of Naqada I is assumed. [-3800, -3550]	absent	None

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