Section: General Variables
Subsection: General

Polity Scale of Supracultural Interaction

The scale of Supra Cultural Interaction of a polity.  
Contributors: Jenny, Majid, Peter

Variable Definition
Polity The Seshat Polity Name
Year(s) The years for which we have the data. [negative = BCE]
Confidence Inferred : The value is inferred.
Suspected : The value is suspected (Expert Check Needed).
Evidenced : The value is backed up by sufficient evidence.
Disputed? No : No disagreement among scholars.
Yes : There is disagreement among scholars.
Expert? : Not yet Checked by a Seshat Expert.
: Checked and accepted by a Seshat Expert (or RA).

Variable Definition
scale_from The lower scale of supra cultural interactionfor a polity. km squared
scale_to The upper scale of supra cultural interactionfor a polity. km squared

# Polity   Year(s)   Scale from Scale to   Confidence     Disputed?     Expert?   Edit
1
Phoenician Empire
1200 BCE 801 BCE
8000
10000
Confident No Edit
2
Phoenician Empire
800 BCE 332 BCE
20000
40000
Confident No Edit
3
Umayyad Caliphate
700 CE
9000000
9000000
Confident No Edit
4
Icelandic Commonwealth
930 CE 1050 CE
3400000
3400000
Confident No Edit
5
Icelandic Commonwealth
1051 CE 1262 CE
5600000
5600000
Confident No Edit
6
Hmong - Late Qing
-
11300000
11300000
Confident No Edit
7
Jin Dynasty
-
3600000
3600000
Confident No Edit
8
Great Ming
-
4000000
5000000
Confident No Edit
9
Northern Song
-
2000000
3000000
Confident No Edit
10
Early Qing
-
13100000
13100000
Confident No Edit
11
Late Qing
-
11300000
11300000
Confident No Edit
12
Late Shang
-
1000000
1000000
Confident No Edit
13
Sui Dynasty
-
3000000
4000000
Confident No Edit
14
Tang Dynasty I
-
5000000
6000000
Confident No Edit
15
Tang Dynasty II
-
5000000
6000000
Confident No Edit
16
Early Wei Dynasty
-
3000000
4000000
Confident No Edit
17
Western Han Empire
-
3000000
4000000
Confident No Edit
18
Yangshao
-
1000000
1000000
Confident No Edit
19
Shuar - Colonial
-
5500000
5500000
Confident No Edit
20
Shuar - Ecuadorian
-
5500000
5500000
Confident No Edit
21
Ayyubid Sultanate
-
11000000
11000000
Confident No Edit
22
Egypt - Inter-Occupation Period
-
250000
500000
Confident No Edit
23
Egypt - Mamluk Sultanate III
-
11000000
11000000
Confident No Edit
24
Egypt - Mamluk Sultanate II
-
11000000
11000000
Confident No Edit
25
Ptolemaic Kingdom I
-
3500000
4000000
Confident No Edit
26
Ptolemaic Kingdom II
-
3500000
4000000
Confident No Edit
27
Egypt - Saite Period
-
250000
500000
Confident No Edit
28
Egypt - Tulunid-Ikhshidid Period
-
11000000
11000000
Confident No Edit
29
Carolingian Empire II
-
17000000
17000000
Confident No Edit
30
Akan - Pre-Ashanti
-
5112903
5112903
Confident No Edit
31
Ashanti Empire
-
5112903
5112903
Confident No Edit
32
Iban - Pre-Brooke
-
4500000
4500000
Confident No Edit
33
Iban - Brooke Raj and Colonial
-
4500000
4500000
Confident No Edit
34
Canaan
-
300000
300000
Confident No Edit
35
Early A'chik
-
4771577
4771577
Confident No Edit
36
Magadha - Maurya Empire
-
1700000
1700000
Confident No Edit
37
Abbasid Caliphate I
-
11000000
11000000
Confident No Edit
38
Abbasid Caliphate II
-
3500000
3500000
Confident No Edit
39
Kassite Babylonia
-
500000
600000
Confident No Edit
40
Ilkhanate
-
25000000
25000000
Confident No Edit
41
Parthian Empire I
-
3500000
4000000
Confident No Edit
42
Parthian Empire II
-
3500000
4000000
Confident No Edit
43
Safavid Empire
-
2700000
2700000
Confident No Edit
44
Sasanid Empire II
-
3000000
3500000
Confident No Edit
45
Seleucids
-
4500000
5000000
Confident No Edit
46
Rome - Republic of St Peter II
-
17000000
17000000
Confident No Edit
47
Early Roman Republic
-
50000
75000
Confident No Edit
48
Roman Empire - Principate
-
17000000
17000000
Confident No Edit
49
Roman Kingdom
-
1000000
1500000
Confident No Edit
50
Western Roman Empire - Late Antiquity
-
5500000
6500000
Confident No Edit
51
Ashikaga Shogunate
-
3900000
3900000
Confident No Edit
52
Ayutthaya
-
2175000
2175000
Confident No Edit
53
Rattanakosin
-
2175000
2175000
Confident No Edit
54
Greco-Bactrian Kingdom
-
4500000
5000000
Confident No Edit
55
Hephthalites
-
7500000
8000000
Confident No Edit
56
Kidarite Kingdom
-
9000000
9000000
Confident No Edit
57
Western Jin
-
3000000
4000000
Confident No Edit
58
Heian
-
3243000
3243000
Confident No Edit
59
Kamakura Shogunate
-
0
0
Confident No Edit
60
Kansai - Kofun Period
-
90000
90000
Confident No Edit
61
Kansai - Yayoi Period
-
78000
78000
Confident No Edit
62
Kara-Khanids
-
3000000
3500000
Confident No Edit
63
Early Angkor
-
2175000
2175000
Confident No Edit
64
Andronovo
-
2200000
2300000
Confident No Edit
65
Saadi Sultanate
-
4500000
5000000
Confident No Edit
66
Mali Empire
-
1700000
1900000
Confident No Edit
67
Songhai Empire - Askiya Dynasty
-
1700000
1900000
Confident No Edit
68
Early Formative Basin of Mexico
-
40000
40000
Confident No Edit
69
Late Formative Basin of Mexico
-
40000
40000
Confident No Edit
70
Middle Formative Basin of Mexico
-
40000
40000
Confident No Edit
71
Terminal Formative Basin of Mexico
-
40000
40000
Confident No Edit
72
Oaxaca - Tierras Largas
-
3000
3000
Confident No Edit
73
Kingdom of Norway II
-
5600000
5600000
Confident No Edit
74
Orokaiva - Pre-Colonial
-
940000
940000
Confident No Edit
75
Orokaiva - Colonial
-
940000
940000
Confident No Edit
76
Kachi Plain - Urban Period I
-
1000000
1500000
Confident No Edit
77
Kachi Plain - Urban Period II
-
1000000
1500000
Confident No Edit
78
Sakha - Late
-
13100000
13100000
Confident No Edit
79
Egypt - Kushite Period
-
150000
250000
Confident No Edit
80
Fatimid Caliphate
-
11000000
11000000
Confident No Edit
81
East Roman Empire
-
13000000
14000000
Confident No Edit
82
Ottoman Emirate
-
4500000
5000000
Confident No Edit
83
Ottoman Empire II
-
4500000
5000000
Confident No Edit
84
Roman Empire - Dominate
-
17000000
17000000
Confident No Edit
85
Cahokia - Moorehead
-
125000
150000
Confident No Edit
86
Chagatai Khanate
-
11000000
11000000
Confident No Edit
87
Samanid Empire
-
2750000
2750000
Confident No Edit
88
Sogdiana - City-States Period
-
500000
500000
Confident No Edit
89
Timurid Empire
-
8500000
8500000
Confident No Edit
90
Jin
-
9000000
9000000
Confident No Edit
91
Northern Wei
-
6000000
9000000
Confident No Edit
92
Great Yuan
-
17000000
26000000
Confident No Edit
93
Egypt - Mamluk Sultanate I
-
11000000
11000000
Confident No Edit
94
Egypt - Thebes-Libyan Period
-
350000
350000
Confident No Edit
95
Chuuk - Late Truk
-
7400000
7400000
Confident No Edit
96
Proto-French Kingdom
-
17000000
17000000
Confident No Edit
97
French Kingdom - Late Capetian
-
17000000
17000000
Confident No Edit
98
Carolingian Empire I
-
17000000
17000000
Confident No Edit
99
The Emirate of Crete
-
15000000
20000000
Confident No Edit
100
Yehuda
-
100000
100000
Confident No Edit
101
Yisrael
-
10000
20000
Confident No Edit
102
Late A'chik
-
4771577
4771577
Confident No Edit
103
Achaemenid Empire
-
2500000
3000000
Confident No Edit
104
Buyid Confederation
-
3000000
3500000
Confident No Edit
105
Sasanid Empire I
-
3000000
3500000
Confident No Edit
106
Seljuk Sultanate
-
3000000
3500000
Confident No Edit
107
Republic of St Peter I
-
17000000
17000000
Confident No Edit
108
Asuka
-
5400000
5400000
Confident No Edit
109
Nara Kingdom
-
5400000
5400000
Confident No Edit
110
Classical Angkor
-
2175000
2175000
Confident No Edit
111
Late Angkor
-
2175000
2175000
Confident No Edit
112
Khmer Kingdom
-
2175000
2175000
Confident No Edit
113
Jenne-jeno I
-
1500000
2500000
Confident No Edit
114
Jenne-jeno II
-
1500000
2500000
Confident No Edit
115
Jenne-jeno III
-
25000
25000
Confident No Edit
116
Jenne-jeno IV
-
25000
25000
Confident No Edit
117
Oaxaca - Rosario
-
100
200
Confident No Edit
118
Wari Empire
-
720000
720000
Confident No Edit
119
Sakha - Early
-
13100000
13100000
Confident No Edit
120
Sarazm
-
750000
1000000
Confident No Edit
121
Byzantine Empire I
-
15000000
20000000
Confident No Edit
122
Byzantine Empire II
-
15000000
20000000
Confident No Edit
123
Byzantine Empire III
-
20000000
25000000
Confident No Edit
124
Ottoman Empire I
-
4500000
5000000
Confident No Edit
125
Cahokia - Lohman-Stirling
-
125000
150000
Confident No Edit
126
Cahokia - Sand Prairie
-
125000
150000
Confident No Edit
127
Kushan Empire
-
4000000
4000000
Confident No Edit
128
Ọ̀ràézè Ǹrì
-
3500
3500
Confident No Edit
129
Eastern Han Empire
-
3000000
4000000
Confident No Edit
130
Chenla
-
2175000
2175000
Confident No Edit
131
Tocharians
-
4000000
4000000
Confident No Edit
132
Hmong - Early Chinese
-
11839074
11839074
Confident No Edit