I'm curious if anyone has any resources for researching this sort of thing in order to inform my worldbuilding and map making. I found this cool site about Roman trade networks, but in general I'm having a hard time finding what I'm looking for. https://orbis.stanford.edu/?fbclid=I...6Pl0Y2I7CAPdyg

I want to know how to space my cities, towns, villages, farmsteads, ranches, etc. in a roughly Renaissance era on an earth-like planet. I've seen all sorts of rules of thumb about 5 miles to travel by foot to a market, which is great, but does not solve for places where that rule is inevitably broken. At SOME point there are vast stretches of road that don't have a village or inn every 5-10 miles. Anyway, if anyone knows of good places to research that sort of thing I'd appreciate it!