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
31
(Achaemenid Empire)
450 BCE 331 BCE
3800000
4325000
None
32
(La Tene A-B1)
400 BCE
1250
1250
None
33
(Early Roman Republic)
400 BCE
1300
1300
None
34
(Early Xiongnu)
400 BCE 300 BCE
700000
1400000
None
35
(Seleucids)
312 BCE 201 BCE
3600000
3600000
None
36
(Early Roman Republic)
300 BCE
5000
30000
None
37
(La Tene B2-C1)
300 BCE
1250
1250
None
38
(Lysimachus Kingdom)
300 BCE
420000
420000
None
39
(Parthian Empire I)
200 BCE
280000
280000
None
40
(Western Han Empire)
200 BCE
2433000
2433000
None
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