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
11
(Hatti - Old Kingdom)
1600 BCE
50000
75000
None
12
(Hatti - Old Kingdom)
1500 BCE
150000
200000
None
13
(Egypt - New Kingdom Thutmosid Period)
1500 BCE 1451 BCE
650000
650000
None
14
(Egypt - New Kingdom Thutmosid Period)
1450 BCE 1351 BCE
900000
900000
None
15
(Early Xiongnu)
1400 BCE 500 BCE
350000
700000
None
16
(Egypt - New Kingdom Thutmosid Period)
1350 BCE 1294 BCE
1000000
1000000
None
17
(Hatti - New Kingdom)
1300 BCE
250000
350000
None
18
(Egypt - New Kingdom Ramesside Period)
1293 BCE
1000000
1000000
None
19
(Hatti - New Kingdom)
1200 BCE
300000
400000
None
20
(Egypt - New Kingdom Ramesside Period)
1200 BCE
746000
746000
None
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