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
81
(Old Palace Crete)
Full Year Range of Old Palace Crete is assumed.
[-1900, -1700]
unknown
None
82
(Postpalatial Crete)
Full Year Range of Postpalatial Crete is assumed.
[-1300, -1200]
present
None
83
(Prepalatial Crete)
Full Year Range of Prepalatial Crete is assumed.
[-3000, -1900]
unknown
None
84
(Tocharians)
Full Year Range of Tocharians is assumed.
[-129, 29]
present
None
85
(Eastern Han Empire)
Full Year Range of Eastern Han Empire is assumed.
[25, 220]
present
None
86
(Hmong - Late Qing)
Full Year Range of Hmong - Late Qing is assumed.
[1701, 1895]
present
None
87
(Early Wei Dynasty)
Full Year Range of Early Wei Dynasty is assumed.
[-445, -225]
present
None
88
(Koktepe II)
Full Year Range of Koktepe II is assumed.
[-750, -550]
present
None
89
(Hohokam Culture)
Full Year Range of Hohokam Culture is assumed.
[300, 1500]
unknown
None
90
(Egypt - Thebes-Hyksos Period)
Full Year Range of Egypt - Thebes-Hyksos Period is assumed.
[-1720, -1567]
present
None
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