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]
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

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#	Polity	Year(s)	Polity Territory from	Polity Territory to	Description	Edit
261	(Jenne-jeno I)	Full Year Range of Jenne-jeno I is assumed. [-250, 49]	5	10	None
262	(Jenne-jeno III)	Full Year Range of Jenne-jeno III is assumed. [400, 899]	1100	1100	None
263	(Late Mongols)	Full Year Range of Late Mongols is assumed. [1368, 1690]	2500000	3000000	None
264	(Monte Alban III)	Full Year Range of Monte Alban III is assumed. [200, 500]	3000	20000	None
265	(Rouran Khaganate)	Full Year Range of Rouran Khaganate is assumed. [300, 555]	4000000	4000000	None
266	(Uigur Khaganate)	Full Year Range of Uigur Khaganate is assumed. [745, 840]	2000000	2500000	None
267	(Late Xiongnu)	Full Year Range of Late Xiongnu is assumed. [-60, 100]	3000000	4200000	None
268	(Xiongnu Imperial Confederation)	Full Year Range of Xiongnu Imperial Confederation is assumed. [-209, -60]	4000000	4200000	None
269	(Later Wagadu Empire)	Full Year Range of Later Wagadu Empire is assumed. [1078, 1203]	350000	400000	None
270	(Middle Wagadu Empire)	Full Year Range of Middle Wagadu Empire is assumed. [700, 1077]	350000	400000	None

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