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
71
(British Empire II)
Full Year Range of British Empire II is assumed.
[1850, 1968]
present
None
72
(Archaic Crete)
Full Year Range of Archaic Crete is assumed.
[-710, -500]
present
None
73
(Classical Crete)
Full Year Range of Classical Crete is assumed.
[-500, -323]
present
None
74
(The Emirate of Crete)
Full Year Range of The Emirate of Crete is assumed.
[824, 961]
present
None
75
(Final Postpalatial Crete)
Full Year Range of Final Postpalatial Crete is assumed.
[-1200, -1000]
present
None
76
(Geometric Crete)
Full Year Range of Geometric Crete is assumed.
[-1000, -710]
present
None
77
(Hellenistic Crete)
Full Year Range of Hellenistic Crete is assumed.
[-323, -69]
present
None
78
(Monopalatial Crete)
Full Year Range of Monopalatial Crete is assumed.
[-1450, -1300]
present
None
79
(Neolithic Crete)
Full Year Range of Neolithic Crete is assumed.
[-7000, -3000]
unknown
None
80
(Egypt - Thebes-Hyksos Period)
Full Year Range of Egypt - Thebes-Hyksos Period is assumed.
[-1720, -1567]
present
None
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