Section: Social Complexity
Subsection: Social Scale

Polity Territory

Talking about social scale, polity territory is coded in squared kilometers.   (See here)
Contributors:

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 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
181
(Great Ming)
1500 CE
3900000
5200000
None
182
(Ottoman Empire I)
1500 CE
2310000
2310000
None
183
(Ak Koyunlu)
1500 CE
1800000
1800000
None
184
(Saadi Sultanate)
1554 CE 1591 CE
447000
447000
None
185
(Saadi Sultanate)
1591 CE 1618 CE
476000
476000
None
186
(French Kingdom - Early Bourbon)
1600 CE
931000
931000
None
187
(Great Ming)
1600 CE
3655000
3655000
None
188
(Ottoman Empire II)
1600 CE
4836000
4836000
None
189
(Tudor and Early Stuart England)
1601 CE
209331
209331
None
190
(Saadi Sultanate)
1618 CE 1659 CE
447000
447000
None
Copyright © 2024, Seshat: Global History Databank.
Stay in touch with us: