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
151
(Ghur Principality)
1150 CE
60000
80000
None
152
(Ghur Principality)
1175 CE
900000
1100000
None
153
(French Kingdom - Late Capetian)
1200 CE
80000
80000
None
154
(Kara-Khanids)
1200 CE
1300000
1500000
None
155
(Abbasid Caliphate II)
1200 CE
750000
750000
None
156
(Ayyubid Sultanate)
1200 CE
1500000
1690000
None
157
(Ghur Principality)
1200 CE
1600000
1700000
None
158
(Byzantine Empire III)
1200 CE
480000
600000
None
159
(Khwarezmid Empire)
1210 CE
2300000
2300000
None
160
(Khwarezmid Empire)
1218 CE
3600000
3600000
None
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