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
221
(Napoleonic France)
1870 CE
1000000
1000000
None
222
(Ashanti Empire)
1874 CE
259000
259000
None
223
(British Empire IIIIIIIIII)
1881 CE
20090019
20090019
None
224
(British Empire II)
1900 CE
30800000
30800000
None
225
(Qajar)
1900 CE
1600000
1600000
None
226
(Soviet Union)
1923 CE 1924 CE
18072800
19008300
None
227
(Soviet Union)
1924 CE 1929 CE
19008300
19151400
None
228
(Soviet Union)
1929 CE 1936 CE
19151400
22067200
None
229
(Us Reconstruction-Progressive)
1930 CE
9682398
9682398
None
230
(Soviet Union)
1936 CE 1940 CE
22067200
22276236
None
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