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
51
(Gurjar-Pratihara Dynasty)
Full Year Range of Gurjar-Pratihara Dynasty is assumed.
[730, 1030]
present
None
52
(East Francia)
Full Year Range of East Francia is assumed.
[842, 919]
present
East Francia inherited remnants of the Roman road network, which connected major settlements and facilitated trade and military movement. [Wickham 2010]
53
(Ottoman Empire IV)
Full Year Range of Ottoman Empire IV is assumed.
[1839, 1922]
present
Example : Süleyman’s Road Network (16th Century): Constructed to support Sultan Süleyman the Magnificent's military campaigns, especially in the Balkans and Anatolia. [İnalcık 2002]
54
(Five Dynasties Period)
Full Year Range of Five Dynasties Period is assumed.
[906, 970]
present
None
55
(Hawaii I)
Full Year Range of Hawaii I is assumed.
[1000, 1200]
unknown
None
56
(Hawaii II)
Full Year Range of Hawaii II is assumed.
[1200, 1580]
absent
None
57
(Timurid Empire)
Full Year Range of Timurid Empire is assumed.
[1370, 1526]
present
None
58
(Western Jin)
Full Year Range of Western Jin is assumed.
[265, 317]
present
None
59
(Wei Kingdom)
Full Year Range of Wei Kingdom is assumed.
[220, 265]
present
None
60
(Kingdom of Sicily - Hohenstaufen and Angevin dynasties)
Full Year Range of Kingdom of Sicily - Hohenstaufen and Angevin dynasties is assumed.
[1194, 1281]
present
None
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