Section: Social Complexity
Subsection: Social Scale

Polity Territory

Talking about social scale, polity territory is coded in squared kilometers.   (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 Units
polity_territory_from The lower range of polity territory for a polity. km squared
polity_territory_to The upper range of polity territory for a polity. km squared

# Polity Year(s) Polity Territory from Polity Territory to Description   Edit
101
(Umayyad Caliphate)
700 CE
9000000
9000000
None
102
(Tang Dynasty I)
700 CE
5067000
5067000
None
103
(Byzantine Empire I)
700 CE
470000
700000
None
104
(Tang Dynasty I)
710 CE
5233000
5233000
None
105
(Tang Dynasty I)
720 CE
5400000
5400000
None
106
(Tang Dynasty I)
730 CE
5133000
5133000
None
107
(Tang Dynasty I)
740 CE
4867000
4867000
None
108
(Tang Dynasty I)
750 CE
4600000
4600000
None
109
(Tang Dynasty I)
760 CE
4100000
4100000
None
110
(Tang Dynasty II)
770 CE
3600000
3600000
None
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