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]
Verified	A Seshat Expert has approved this piece of data.

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.

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#	Polity	Year(s)	Polity Population from	Polity Population to	Description	Edit
291	(Northern Song)	Full Year Range of Northern Song is assumed. [960, 1127]	60000000	100000000	None
292	(Egypt - Dynasty I)	Full Year Range of Egypt - Dynasty I is assumed. [-3100, -2900]	900000	1100000	None
293	(Peiligang)	Full Year Range of Peiligang is assumed. [-7000, -5001]	None	None	None
294	(Yangshao)	Full Year Range of Yangshao is assumed. [-5000, -3000]	10000	30000	None
295	(Chuuk - Early Truk)	Full Year Range of Chuuk - Early Truk is assumed. [1775, 1886]	None	None	None
296	(Kingdom of Norway II)	Full Year Range of Kingdom of Norway II is assumed. [1262, 1396]	50000	90000	None
297	(Atlantic Complex)	Full Year Range of Atlantic Complex is assumed. [-2200, -1000]	1000	2000	None
298	(Erlitou)	Full Year Range of Erlitou is assumed. [-1850, -1600]	54000	82000	None
299	(Shuar - Colonial)	Full Year Range of Shuar - Colonial is assumed. [1534, 1830]	300	300	None
300	(Cahokia - Early Woodland)	Full Year Range of Cahokia - Early Woodland is assumed. [-600, -150]	None	None	None

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