Section: General Variables
Subsection: General

Polity Capital

The capital of a polity is connection point between an existing Polity instance and an existing Capital instance. Optionally, year range associations can be specified. If not provided, it implies that the capital remains constant throughout the entire duration of the polity's existence.  
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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
capital The capital of a polity.

# Polity Year(s) Capital Capital Object Description   Edit
91
(West Burkina Faso Yellow II)
Full Year Range of West Burkina Faso Yellow II is assumed.
[501, 700]
none
None
None
92
(Archaic Crete)
Full Year Range of Archaic Crete is assumed.
[-710, -500]
none
None
None
93
(Toutswe)
Full Year Range of Toutswe is assumed.
[700, 1250]
Toutswemogala
None
None
94
(Great Zimbabwe)
Full Year Range of Great Zimbabwe is assumed.
[1270, 1550]
Great Zimbabwe
None
None
95
(Pandya Empire)
Full Year Range of Pandya Empire is assumed.
[1250, 1323]
Madurai
None
None
96
(Dambadaneiya)
Full Year Range of Dambadaneiya is assumed.
[1232, 1293]
Dambadaneiya
None
None
97
(Chalukyas of Kalyani)
Full Year Range of Chalukyas of Kalyani is assumed.
[973, 1189]
Kalyana
None
None
98
(Sui Dynasty)
Full Year Range of Sui Dynasty is assumed.
[581, 618]
Luoyang
Luoyang
None
99
(Japan - Initial Jomon)
Full Year Range of Japan - Initial Jomon is assumed.
[-9200, -5300]
inferred absent
None
None
100
(Kara-Khanids)
Full Year Range of Kara-Khanids is assumed.
[950, 1212]
Balasagun
Balasagun
None
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