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
51
(Satavahana Empire)
100 BCE 99 CE
1200000
1400000
None
52
(Ptolemaic Kingdom II)
50 BCE
107000
107000
None
53
(Parthian Empire I)
1 CE
3000000
3000000
None
54
(Roman Empire - Principate)
1 CE
4500000
4500000
None
55
(Western Han Empire)
1 CE
4917000
4917000
None
56
(Kushan Empire)
100 CE
2000000
2500000
None
57
(Eastern Han Empire)
100 CE
6500000
6500000
None
58
(Roman Empire - Principate)
100 CE
5800000
5800000
None
59
(Parthian Empire II)
100 CE
1900000
1900000
None
60
(Satavahana Empire)
100 CE 203 CE
1400000
1600000
None
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