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
421
(Early Monte Alban I)
Full Year Range of Early Monte Alban I is assumed.
[-500, -300]
10000
20000
None
422
(Monte Alban II)
Full Year Range of Monte Alban II is assumed.
[-100, 200]
40000
50000
None
423
(Monte Alban III)
Full Year Range of Monte Alban III is assumed.
[200, 500]
None
None
None
424
(Early Formative Basin of Mexico)
Full Year Range of Early Formative Basin of Mexico is assumed.
[-1200, -801]
None
None
None
425
(Oaxaca - Tierras Largas)
Full Year Range of Oaxaca - Tierras Largas is assumed.
[-1400, -1150]
None
None
None
426
(Cuzco - Late Intermediate II)
Full Year Range of Cuzco - Late Intermediate II is assumed.
[1250, 1400]
None
None
None
427
(Lysimachus Kingdom)
Full Year Range of Lysimachus Kingdom is assumed.
[-323, -281]
2000000
3000000
None
428
(Hatti - New Kingdom)
Full Year Range of Hatti - New Kingdom is assumed.
[-1400, -1180]
1300000
2000000
None
429
(Late Cappadocia)
Full Year Range of Late Cappadocia is assumed.
[-322, -93]
300000
400000
None
430
(Rum Sultanate)
Full Year Range of Rum Sultanate is assumed.
[1077, 1307]
1500000
2000000
None
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