Section: General Variables
Subsection: General

Polity Supracultural Entity

The supracultural entity 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
supracultural_entity The supracultural entity (or the largest settlement) of a polity.

# Polity   Year(s)   Supracultural Entity   Confidence     Disputed?     Expert?   Edit
1
Kingdom of Bohemia - Přemyslid Dynasty
-
Latin Christendom
Confident No Edit
2
Greco-Bactrian Kingdom
-
Greek
Confident No Edit
3
Kidarite Kingdom
-
Eurasian nomadic
Confident No Edit
4
Kidarite Kingdom
-
Persian
Confident No Edit
5
Delhi Sultanate
-
Persian
Confident No Edit
6
Delhi Sultanate
-
Turkish
Confident No Edit
7
Atlantic Complex
-
Bronze Age Europe
Confident No Edit
8
Proto-French Kingdom
-
Latin Christendom
Confident No Edit
9
French Kingdom - Late Capetian
-
Latin Christendom
Confident No Edit
10
Carolingian Empire I
-
Latin Christendom
Confident No Edit
11
Eastern Han Empire
-
Chinese
Confident No Edit
12
Hmong - Late Qing
-
China
Confident No Edit
13
Jin Dynasty
-
China
Confident No Edit
14
Great Ming
-
China
Confident No Edit
15
Northern Song
-
China
Confident No Edit
16
Early Qing
-
China
Confident No Edit
17
Late Qing
-
China
Confident No Edit
18
Late Shang
-
China
Confident No Edit
19
Sui Dynasty
-
Chinese
Confident No Edit
20
Tang Dynasty I
-
China
Confident No Edit
21
Tang Dynasty II
-
China
Confident No Edit
22
Great Yuan
-
China
Confident No Edit
23
Ayyubid Sultanate
-
Islam
Confident No Edit
24
Egypt - Inter-Occupation Period
-
Egypt
Confident No Edit
25
Egypt - Mamluk Sultanate I
-
Islam
Confident No Edit
26
Egypt - Mamluk Sultanate III
-
Islam
Confident No Edit
27
Egypt - Mamluk Sultanate II
-
Islam
Confident No Edit
28
Egypt - New Kingdom Ramesside Period
-
Egyptian Civilization
Confident No Edit
29
Ptolemaic Kingdom I
-
Greek World
Confident No Edit
30
Ptolemaic Kingdom II
-
Greek World
Confident No Edit
31
Egypt - Saite Period
-
Egypt
Confident No Edit
32
Egypt - Thebes-Libyan Period
-
Libyan tribes
Confident No Edit
33
Egypt - Tulunid-Ikhshidid Period
-
Islam
Confident No Edit
34
Kidarite Kingdom
-
Indian
Confident No Edit
35
Carolingian Empire II
-
Latin Christendom
Confident No Edit
36
Hallstatt B2-3
-
Hallstatt
Confident No Edit
37
Hallstatt C
-
Hallstatt
Confident No Edit
38
La Tene A-B1
-
La Tene
Confident No Edit
39
La Tene B2-C1
-
La Tene
Confident No Edit
40
La Tene C2-D
-
La Tene
Confident No Edit
41
British Empire II
-
Anglosphere
Confident No Edit
42
Archaic Crete
-
Archaic Greece
Confident No Edit
43
Classical Crete
-
Classical Greece
Confident No Edit
44
Final Postpalatial Crete
-
Cretan Broze Age Civilization
Confident No Edit
45
Geometric Crete
-
Early Iron Age Greece/Geometric Greece
Confident No Edit
46
Hellenistic Crete
-
Hellenistic Greece
Confident No Edit
47
Monopalatial Crete
-
Cretan Broze Age Civilization
Confident No Edit
48
New Palace Crete
-
Cretan Broze Age Civiliazation or Minoan Civilazation
Confident No Edit
49
The Old Palace Crete
-
Cretan Broze Age Civilization
Confident No Edit
50
Postpalatial Crete
-
Cretan Broze Age Civilization
Confident No Edit
51
Prepalatial Crete
-
Cretan Broze Age Civilization
Confident No Edit
52
Yehuda
-
Jewish diaspora
Confident No Edit
53
Western Jin
-
Chinese
Confident No Edit
54
Hmong - Early Chinese
-
East Asia
Confident No Edit
55
Early Wei Dynasty
-
Chinese
Confident No Edit
56
Western Han Empire
-
China
Confident No Edit
57
Shuar - Colonial
-
Amazonia
Confident No Edit
58
Shuar - Ecuadorian
-
Amazonia
Confident No Edit
59
Naqada II
-
NO_VALUE_ON_WIKI
Confident No Edit
60
Beaker Culture
-
Chalcolithic
Confident No Edit
61
Hallstatt A-B1
-
Hallstatt
Confident No Edit
62
Early Merovingian
-
NO_VALUE_ON_WIKI
Confident No Edit
63
Akan - Pre-Ashanti
-
West Africa
Confident No Edit
64
Ashanti Empire
-
West Africa
Confident No Edit
65
The Emirate of Crete
-
Christianity and Islam
Confident No Edit
66
Iban - Brooke Raj and Colonial
-
South-East Asia
Confident No Edit
67
Yisrael
-
Israelite
Confident No Edit
68
Delhi Sultanate
-
Islamic
Confident No Edit
69
Amorite Babylonia
-
Mesopotamia
Confident No Edit
70
Kassite Babylonia
-
Mesopotamia
Confident No Edit
71
Uruk
-
suspected unknown
Confident No Edit
72
Achaemenid Empire
-
Persian
Confident No Edit
73
Sasanid Empire I
-
Persian
Confident No Edit
74
Sasanid Empire II
-
Persian
Confident No Edit
75
Seleucids
-
Greek
Confident No Edit
76
Rome - Republic of St Peter II
-
Latin Christendom
Confident No Edit
77
Papal States - Medieval Period I
-
Roman Catholicism
Confident No Edit
78
Papal States - Medieval Period II
-
Roman Catholicism
Confident No Edit
79
Exarchate of Ravenna
-
Roman
Confident No Edit
80
Early Roman Republic
-
Latin States
Confident No Edit
81
Late Roman Republic
-
Roman
Confident No Edit
82
Middle Roman Republic
-
Roman
Confident No Edit
83
Roman Kingdom
-
Hellenistic Civilization
Confident No Edit
84
Western Roman Empire - Late Antiquity
-
Roman
Confident No Edit
85
Republic of Venice III
-
Christiandom
Confident No Edit
86
Ashikaga Shogunate
-
Japanese
Confident No Edit
87
Japan - Azuchi-Momoyama
-
Japanese
Confident No Edit
88
Kamakura Shogunate
-
none
Confident No Edit
89
Nara Kingdom
-
T'ang China
Confident No Edit
90
Warring States Japan
-
Japanese
Confident No Edit
91
Tokugawa Shogunate
-
Japanese
Confident No Edit
92
Chenla
-
Indianized Southeast Asia
Confident No Edit
93
Saadi Sultanate
-
Arabic
Confident No Edit
94
Saadi Sultanate
-
Islamic
Confident No Edit
95
Jenne-jeno I
-
Sahel Tell Culture
Confident No Edit
96
Jenne-jeno II
-
Sahel Tell Culture
Confident No Edit
97
Songhai Empire - Askiya Dynasty
-
Mande
Confident No Edit
98
Songhai Empire - Askiya Dynasty
-
Islamic
Confident No Edit
99
Late Mongols
-
Mongols
Confident No Edit
100
Late A'chik
-
South Asia
Confident No Edit
101
Ilkhanate
-
Mongolian
Confident No Edit
102
Seljuk Sultanate
-
Perso-Islamic
Confident No Edit
103
Susa II
-
Sumerian
Confident No Edit
104
Icelandic Commonwealth
-
Scandinavia
Confident No Edit
105
Icelandic Commonwealth
-
Norden
Confident No Edit
106
Icelandic Commonwealth
-
Latin Christendom
Confident No Edit
107
Latium - Bronze Age
-
Appenine culture
Confident No Edit
108
Latium - Iron Age
-
Latial Culture
Confident No Edit
109
Roman Empire - Principate
-
Greco-Roman
Confident No Edit
110
Funan I
-
Chinese cultural sphere
Confident No Edit
111
Funan II
-
Chinese cultural sphere
Confident No Edit
112
Phoenician Empire
-
Phoenician
Confident No Edit
113
Mali Empire
-
Mande
Confident No Edit
114
Mongol Empire
-
NO_VALUE_ON_WIKI
Confident No Edit
115
Early Xiongnu
-
Early Nomadic
Confident No Edit
116
Oaxaca - Rosario
-
Middle Formative
Confident No Edit
117
Kachi Plain - Chalcolithic
-
not applicable
Confident No Edit
118
Kachi Plain - Pre-Urban Period
-
Indus Civilisation
Confident No Edit
119
Kachi Plain - Urban Period I
-
Indus Civilisation
Confident No Edit
120
Kachi Plain - Urban Period II
-
Indus Civilisation
Confident No Edit
121
Egypt - Kushite Period
-
Nubia
Confident No Edit
122
Umayyad Caliphate
-
Islam
Confident No Edit
123
Fatimid Caliphate
-
Islam
Confident No Edit
124
Hatti - New Kingdom
-
Hittite
Confident No Edit
125
Kingdom of Lydia
-
Achaemenid Empire
Confident No Edit
126
Lysimachus Kingdom
-
Greek
Confident No Edit
127
Neo-Hittite Kingdoms
-
Neo-Hittite
Confident No Edit
128
Ottoman Empire II
-
Turkish
Confident No Edit
129
Ottoman Empire III
-
Turkish
Confident No Edit
130
Tabal Kingdoms
-
Neo-Hittite
Confident No Edit
131
Cahokia - Moorehead
-
Middle Mississippian
Confident No Edit
132
Kingdom of Hawaii - Kamehameha Period
-
Kingdom of Hawaii - Post-Kamehameha Period
Confident No Edit
133
Cahokia - Early Woodland
-
Early Woodland
Confident No Edit
134
Cahokia - Emergent Mississippian II
-
Emergent Mississippian
Confident No Edit
135
Cahokia - Late Woodland II
-
Middle Woodland
Confident No Edit
136
Cahokia - Middle Woodland
-
Middle Woodland
Confident No Edit
137
Cahokia - Late Woodland III
-
Late Woodland
Confident No Edit
138
Cahokia - Late Woodland I
-
Late Woodland
Confident No Edit
139
Cahokia - Sand Prairie
-
Middle Mississippian
Confident No Edit
140
Cahokia - Emergent Mississippian I
-
Cahokia - Emergent Mississippian II
Confident No Edit
141
Timurid Empire
-
Turko-Islamic
Confident No Edit
142
Hephthalites
-
Steppe nomads
Confident No Edit
143
Xianbei Confederation
-
proto-Mongolian Donghu
Confident No Edit
144
Later Wagadu Empire
-
Mande
Confident No Edit
145
Late Formative Basin of Mexico
-
NO_VALUE_ON_WIKI
Confident No Edit
146
Middle Formative Basin of Mexico
-
NO_VALUE_ON_WIKI
Confident No Edit
147
Kingdom of Norway II
-
Latin Christendom
Confident No Edit
148
Cuzco - Early Intermediate I
-
Lake Titicaca cultural sphere
Confident No Edit
149
Cuzco - Late Formative
-
Lake Titicaca cultural sphere
Confident No Edit
150
Kachi Plain - Proto-Historic Period
-
NO_VALUE_ON_WIKI
Confident No Edit
151
Sakha - Late
-
Siberia
Confident No Edit
152
Rattanakosin
-
Indianized Southeast Asia
Confident No Edit
153
Ottoman Emirate
-
Turkic
Confident No Edit
154
Ottoman Empire I
-
Turkish
Confident No Edit
155
Roman Empire - Dominate
-
Greco-Roman
Confident No Edit
156
Cahokia - Lohman-Stirling
-
Middle Mississippian
Confident No Edit
157
Haudenosaunee Confederacy - Late
-
Eastern Woodlands
Confident No Edit
158
Yemen - Qasimid Dynasty
-
NO_VALUE_ON_WIKI
Confident No Edit
159
Kushan Empire
-
Greco-Persian
Confident No Edit
160
Tocharians
-
Greco-Persian
Confident No Edit
161
Beaker Culture
-
Late Neolithic
Confident No Edit
162
Hallstatt D
-
Hallstatt
Confident No Edit
163
Erligang
-
NO_VALUE_ON_WIKI
Confident No Edit
164
Erlitou
-
NO_VALUE_ON_WIKI
Confident No Edit
165
Jin
-
China
Confident No Edit
166
Middle Wagadu Empire
-
Mande
Confident No Edit
167
Monte Alban III
-
Zapotec
Confident No Edit
168
Longshan
-
NO_VALUE_ON_WIKI
Confident No Edit
169
Northern Wei
-
Xianbei
Confident No Edit
170
Wari Empire
-
Middle Horizon
Confident No Edit
171
Yangshao
-
China
Confident No Edit
172
Neguanje
-
Caribbean Colombia
Confident No Edit
173
Neguanje
-
Central America-northern South America interaction sphere
Confident No Edit
174
Terminal Formative Basin of Mexico
-
Central Highland Mesoamerican Late-Terminal Formative
Confident No Edit
175
Tairona
-
Chibchan region
Confident No Edit
176
Chuuk - Early Truk
-
Micronesia
Confident No Edit
177
Asuka
-
Korea
Confident No Edit
178
Chuuk - Late Truk
-
Micronesia
Confident No Edit
179
French Kingdom - Early Valois
-
Christendom
Confident No Edit
180
Iban - Pre-Brooke
-
South-East Asia
Confident No Edit
181
Java - Buni Culture
-
NO_VALUE_ON_WIKI
Confident No Edit
182
Majapahit Kingdom
-
NO_VALUE_ON_WIKI
Confident No Edit
183
Medang Kingdom
-
NO_VALUE_ON_WIKI
Confident No Edit
184
Canaan
-
Amorite Near East
Confident No Edit
185
Early A'chik
-
South Asia
Confident No Edit
186
Oaxaca - San Jose
-
Early Formative
Confident No Edit
187
Magadha - Maurya Empire
-
Hinduism
Confident No Edit
188
Abbasid Caliphate I
-
Perso-Islamic
Confident No Edit
189
Abbasid Caliphate II
-
Perso-Islamic
Confident No Edit
190
Elam - Awan Dynasty I
-
NO_VALUE_ON_WIKI
Confident No Edit
191
Buyid Confederation
-
Perso-Islamic
Confident No Edit
192
Elam - Kidinuid Period
-
Mesopotamia
Confident No Edit
193
Elam - Kidinuid Period
-
Iran
Confident No Edit
194
Elam - Igihalkid Period
-
Mesopotamia
Confident No Edit
195
Elam - Igihalkid Period
-
Iran
Confident No Edit
196
Elam - Shutrukid Period
-
Mesopotamia
Confident No Edit
197
Elam - Shutrukid Period
-
Iran
Confident No Edit
198
Parthian Empire I
-
Greco-Bactrian
Confident No Edit
199
Parthian Empire II
-
Greco-Bactrian
Confident No Edit
200
Heian
-
Tang China
Confident No Edit
201
Safavid Empire
-
Turco-Mongol
Confident No Edit
202
Kansai - Yayoi Period
-
Western horizon
Confident No Edit
203
Safavid Empire
-
Perso-Islamic
Confident No Edit
204
Safavid Empire
-
Shia-Islamic
Confident No Edit
205
Elam - Early Sukkalmah
-
Amorite world
Confident No Edit
206
Susa III
-
Sumerian
Confident No Edit
207
Papal States - High Medieval Period
-
Christendom
Confident No Edit
208
Papal States - Renaissance Period
-
Christendom
Confident No Edit
209
Republic of St Peter I
-
Latin Christendom
Confident No Edit
210
Asuka
-
T'ang China
Confident No Edit
211
Kansai - Kofun Period
-
Initial Kofun Package
Confident No Edit
212
Kara-Khanids
-
Perso-Islamic
Confident No Edit
213
Classical Angkor
-
Indianized Southeast Asia
Confident No Edit
214
Oaxaca - Tierras Largas
-
Early Formative
Confident No Edit
215
Early Angkor
-
Indianized Southeast Asia
Confident No Edit
216
Late Angkor
-
Indianized Southeast Asia
Confident No Edit
217
Khmer Kingdom
-
Indianized Southeast Asia
Confident No Edit
218
Funan I
-
Indian cultural sphere
Confident No Edit
219
Andronovo
-
Andronovan
Confident No Edit
220
Jenne-jeno III
-
Jenne Culture
Confident No Edit
221
Jenne-jeno IV
-
Jenne Culture
Confident No Edit
222
Uigur Khaganate
-
Turko-Sogdian
Confident No Edit
223
Zungharian Empire
-
Oirats
Confident No Edit
224
Cuzco - Early Intermediate II
-
Lake Titicaca cultural sphere
Confident No Edit
225
Cuzco - Late Intermediate I
-
Wari cultural sphere
Confident No Edit
226
Cuzco - Late Intermediate II
-
Lake Titicaca cultural sphere
Confident No Edit
227
Byzantine Empire III
-
Christianity
Confident No Edit
228
Orokaiva - Pre-Colonial
-
Melanesia
Confident No Edit
229
Orokaiva - Colonial
-
Melanesia
Confident No Edit
230
Sakha - Early
-
Siberia
Confident No Edit
231
Ayutthaya
-
Indianized Southeast Asia
Confident No Edit
232
Byzantine Empire I
-
Christianity
Confident No Edit
233
Byzantine Empire II
-
Christianity
Confident No Edit
234
East Francia
-
Latin Christendom
Confident No Edit
235
East Roman Empire
-
Christianity
Confident No Edit
236
Ottoman Emirate
-
Islamic
Confident No Edit
237
Ottoman Emirate
-
Persian
Confident No Edit
238
Ottoman Empire I
-
Islamic
Confident No Edit
239
Rum Sultanate
-
Islam
Confident No Edit
240
Haudenosaunee Confederacy - Early
-
Eastern Woodlands
Confident No Edit
241
Chagatai Khanate
-
Islam
Confident No Edit
242
Koktepe I
-
Burguluk culture
Confident No Edit
243
Koktepe I
-
Yaz I civilization
Confident No Edit
244
Samanid Empire
-
Perso-Islamic
Confident No Edit
245
Sogdiana - City-States Period
-
Sogdian
Confident No Edit
246
Himyar I
-
Himyarite
Confident No Edit
247
Himyar II
-
Himyarite
Confident No Edit
248
Qatabanian Commonwealth
-
Sabaean Culture
Confident No Edit
249
Sabaean Commonwealth
-
Sabaean Culture
Confident No Edit
250
Kingdom of Saba and Dhu Raydan
-
Sabaean Culture
Confident No Edit
251
Toutswe
-
Southern Zambesia
Confident No Edit
252
Great Zimbabwe
-
Southern Zambesia
Confident No Edit
253
Ọ̀ràézè Ǹrì
-
Igboland
Confident No Edit
254
Buganda
-
Interlacustrine States
Confident No Edit
255
Toro
-
East African Interlacustrine States
Confident No Edit
256
Buganda
-
Interlacustrine States
Confident No Edit
257
Karagwe
-
Interlacustrine East African States
Confident No Edit
258
Kingdom of Nyinginya
-
East African Interlacustrine States
Confident No Edit
259
Nkore
-
East African Interlacustrine States
Confident No Edit
260
Ndorwa
-
East African Interlacustrine States
Confident No Edit
261
Burundi
-
Interlacustrine East African States
Confident No Edit
262
Mubari
-
East African Interlacustrine States
Confident No Edit
263
Gisaka
-
East African Interlacustrine States
Confident No Edit
264
Fipa
-
East African Interlacustrine States
Confident No Edit
265
Bugesera
-
East African Interlacustrine States
Confident No Edit
266
Nkore
-
East African Interlacustrine States
Confident No Edit
267
Buhaya
-
East African Interlacustrine States
Confident No Edit
268
Plantagenet England
-
none
Confident No Edit
269
Tudor and Early Stuart England
-
none
Confident No Edit
270
Anglo-Saxon England II
-
none
Confident No Edit
271
Anglo-Saxon England I
-
England
Confident No Edit
272
Hungary Kingdom - Árpád Dynasty
-
Latin Christendom
Confident No Edit