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)

Contributors:

Metadata:

Download MetaData

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.

Actual Data:

Add More Facts Download All See One-Page Mode

#	Polity	Year(s)	Polity Population from	Polity Population to	Description	Edit
411	(Mali Empire)	Full Year Range of Mali Empire is assumed. [1230, 1410]	4000000	5000000	None
412	(Segou Kingdom)	Full Year Range of Segou Kingdom is assumed. [1650, 1712]	1500000	2500000	None
413	(Funan II)	Full Year Range of Funan II is assumed. [540, 640]	120000	210000	None
414	(Egypt - Tulunid-Ikhshidid Period)	Full Year Range of Egypt - Tulunid-Ikhshidid Period is assumed. [868, 969]	6500000	6500000	None
415	(Konya Plain - Early Chalcolithic)	Full Year Range of Konya Plain - Early Chalcolithic is assumed. [-6000, -5500]	2500	4000	None
416	(Khitan I)	Full Year Range of Khitan I is assumed. [907, 1125]	3800000	3800000	None
417	(Late Xiongnu)	Full Year Range of Late Xiongnu is assumed. [-60, 100]	1000000	1500000	None
418	(Zungharian Empire)	Full Year Range of Zungharian Empire is assumed. [1670, 1757]	600000	1600000	None
419	(Later Wagadu Empire)	Full Year Range of Later Wagadu Empire is assumed. [1078, 1203]	1000000	1500000	None
420	(Oaxaca - San Jose)	Full Year Range of Oaxaca - San Jose is assumed. [-1150, -700]	None	None	None

Page 42 (of 47)