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
231
(Early Mongols)
Full Year Range of Early Mongols is assumed.
[1000, 1206]
70000
90000
None
232
(Archaic Crete)
Full Year Range of Archaic Crete is assumed.
[-710, -500]
167
167
None
233
(Classical Crete)
Full Year Range of Classical Crete is assumed.
[-500, -323]
210
240
None
234
(Final Postpalatial Crete)
Full Year Range of Final Postpalatial Crete is assumed.
[-1200, -1000]
None
None
None
235
(Geometric Crete)
Full Year Range of Geometric Crete is assumed.
[-1000, -710]
None
None
None
236
(Hellenistic Crete)
Full Year Range of Hellenistic Crete is assumed.
[-323, -69]
210
240
None
237
(Rashtrakuta Empire)
Full Year Range of Rashtrakuta Empire is assumed.
[753, 973]
600000
600000
None
238
(Xianbei Confederation)
Full Year Range of Xianbei Confederation is assumed.
[100, 250]
2300000
4500000
None
239
(Hawaii II)
Full Year Range of Hawaii II is assumed.
[1200, 1580]
1500
3000
None
240
(Majapahit Kingdom)
Full Year Range of Majapahit Kingdom is assumed.
[1292, 1518]
500000
500000
None
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