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
21
(Egypt - New Kingdom Ramesside Period)
1100 BCE
567000
567000
None
22
(Western Zhou)
1100 BCE
850000
850000
None
23
(Western Zhou)
1000 BCE
850000
850000
None
24
(Western Zhou)
900 BCE
850000
850000
None
25
(Western Zhou)
800 BCE
850000
850000
None
26
(Egypt - Kushite Period)
700 BCE
600000
700000
None
27
(Kingdom of Lydia)
600 BCE
250000
250000
None
28
(Achaemenid Empire)
539 BCE 501 BCE
2500000
4100000
None
29
(Early Roman Republic)
500 BCE
1300
1300
None
30
(Achaemenid Empire)
500 BCE 451 BCE
4800000
5500000
None
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