Section: Social Complexity
Subsection: Social Scale

Polity Population

Talking about social scale, polity population is the estimated population of the polity; can change as a result of both adding/losing new territories or by population growth/decline within a region   (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
polity_population_from The lower range of polity population for a polity.
polity_population_to The upper range of polity population for a polity.

# Polity Year(s) Polity Population from Polity Population to Description   Edit
91
(Tang Dynasty I)
700 CE
37000000
37000000
None
92
(Tang Dynasty I)
705 CE
37000000
37000000
None
93
(Tang Dynasty I)
726 CE
41400000
41400000
None
94
(Nara Kingdom)
730 CE
5800000
6400000
None
95
(Tang Dynasty I)
740 CE
48000000
48000000
None
96
(Late Classic Tikal)
750 CE
60000
60000
None
97
(Tang Dynasty I)
754 CE
52800000
52800000
None
98
(Tang Dynasty II)
766 CE
40000000
55000000
None
99
(Heian)
800 CE
4000000
4000000
None
100
(Republic of St Peter I)
800 CE
440000
1333000
None
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