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
321
(Neolithic Middle Ganga)
Full Year Range of Neolithic Middle Ganga is assumed.
[-7000, -3001]
None
None
None
322
(Neo-Babylonian Empire)
Full Year Range of Neo-Babylonian Empire is assumed.
[-626, -539]
None
None
None
323
(Sasanid Empire I)
Full Year Range of Sasanid Empire I is assumed.
[205, 487]
5000000
5000000
None
324
(Sogdiana - City-States Period)
Full Year Range of Sogdiana - City-States Period is assumed.
[604, 711]
15000
50000
None
325
(Papal States - High Medieval Period)
Full Year Range of Papal States - High Medieval Period is assumed.
[1198, 1309]
300000
1500000
None
326
(Late Roman Republic)
Full Year Range of Late Roman Republic is assumed.
[-133, -31]
25000000
35000000
None
327
(Middle Roman Republic)
Full Year Range of Middle Roman Republic is assumed.
[-264, -133]
3500000
4000000
None
328
(Freetown)
Full Year Range of Freetown is assumed.
[1787, 1808]
1000
2000
None
329
(Badarian)
Full Year Range of Badarian is assumed.
[-4400, -3800]
None
None
None
330
(Kachi Plain - Proto-Historic Period)
Full Year Range of Kachi Plain - Proto-Historic Period is assumed.
[-1300, -500]
450
1800
None
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