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
361	(Himyar I)	Full Year Range of Himyar I is assumed. [270, 340]	300000	500000	None
362	(Himyar II)	Full Year Range of Himyar II is assumed. [378, 525]	300000	500000	None
363	(La Tene C2-D)	Full Year Range of La Tene C2-D is assumed. [-175, -27]	70000	80000	None
364	(Egypt - New Kingdom Ramesside Period)	Full Year Range of Egypt - New Kingdom Ramesside Period is assumed. [-1293, -1070]	2000000	3000000	None
365	(Egypt - Late Old Kingdom)	Full Year Range of Egypt - Late Old Kingdom is assumed. [-2350, -2150]	1500000	1500000	None
366	(Ptolemaic Kingdom I)	Full Year Range of Ptolemaic Kingdom I is assumed. [-305, -217]	7000000	7000000	None
367	(Safavid Empire)	Full Year Range of Safavid Empire is assumed. [1501, 1722]	9000000	9000000	None
368	(Archaic Crete)	Full Year Range of Archaic Crete is assumed. [-710, -500]	None	None	None
369	(Classical Crete)	Full Year Range of Classical Crete is assumed. [-500, -323]	5000	30000	None
370	(Final Postpalatial Crete)	Full Year Range of Final Postpalatial Crete is assumed. [-1200, -1000]	None	None	None

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