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
291	(Freetown)	Full Year Range of Freetown is assumed. [1787, 1808]	550	550	None
292	(Middle and Late Nok)	Full Year Range of Middle and Late Nok is assumed. [-1500, -901]	0	1	None
293	(Whydah)	Full Year Range of Whydah is assumed. [1671, 1727]	1000	1000	None
294	(Sokoto Caliphate)	Full Year Range of Sokoto Caliphate is assumed. [1804, 1904]	648000	648000	None
295	(Middle and Late Nok)	Full Year Range of Middle and Late Nok is assumed. [-900, 0]	0	1	None
296	(Toutswe)	Full Year Range of Toutswe is assumed. [700, 1250]	10000	10000	None
297	(Great Zimbabwe)	Full Year Range of Great Zimbabwe is assumed. [1270, 1550]	50000	50000	None
298	(Mutapa)	Full Year Range of Mutapa is assumed. [1450, 1880]	180000	180000	None
299	(Kingdom of Jimma)	Full Year Range of Kingdom of Jimma is assumed. [1790, 1932]	12900	12900	None
300	(Allada)	Full Year Range of Allada is assumed. [1100, 1724]	4800	4800	None

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