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
41
(Western Han Empire)
200 BCE
2433000
2433000
None
42
(Parthian Empire I)
200 BCE
280000
280000
None
43
(La Tene B2-C1)
200 BCE
1250
1250
None
44
(Seleucids)
200 BCE 147 BCE
2300000
475000
None
45
(Greco-Bactrian Kingdom)
180 BCE
2200000
2200000
None
46
(Ptolemaic Kingdom II)
150 BCE
640000
640000
None
47
(Western Han Empire)
100 BCE
4567000
4567000
None
48
(Ptolemaic Kingdom II)
100 BCE
373000
373000
None
49
(Parthian Empire I)
100 BCE
2000000
2000000
None
50
(La Tene C2-D)
100 BCE
15000
15000
None
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