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
71
(Northern Wei)
500 CE
32000000
32000000
None
72
(East Roman Empire)
500 CE
20000000
20000000
None
73
(Hephthalites)
500 CE
26500000
26500000
None
74
(Ostrogothic Kingdom)
500 CE
5500000
5500000
None
75
(Kadamba Empire)
500 CE
700000
800000
None
76
(Kansai - Kofun Period)
500 CE 537 CE
250000
350000
None
77
(Asuka)
538 CE 600 CE
1500000
2000000
None
78
(Sasanid Empire II)
551 CE 619 CE
12700000
12700000
None
79
(Exarchate of Ravenna)
600 CE
1000000
1000000
None
80
(Western Turk Khaganate)
600 CE
1500000
2000000
None
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