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
101
(Republic of St Peter I)
800 CE
440000
1333000
None
102
(Byzantine Empire I)
800 CE
5000000
8000000
None
103
(Carolingian Empire I)
811 CE
20000000
20000000
None
104
(Carolingian Empire I)
811 CE
15000000
15000000
None
105
(Carolingian Empire II)
840 CE 856 CE
7000000
9000000
None
106
(Carolingian Empire II)
857 CE 899 CE
5000000
7000000
None
107
(Abbasid Caliphate I)
900 CE
9000000
11000000
None
108
(Tang Dynasty II)
900 CE
60000000
80000000
None
109
(Heian)
900 CE
4400000
5600000
None
110
(Republic of St Peter I)
900 CE
335000
1500000
None
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