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
81
(Kidarite Kingdom)
450 CE
850000
900000
None
82
(Sasanid Empire II)
499 CE 540 CE
3450000
3500000
None
83
(Northern Wei)
500 CE
1773000
1773000
None
84
(Hephthalites)
500 CE
2750000
3000000
None
85
(East Roman Empire)
500 CE
1300000
1500000
None
86
(Sasanid Empire II)
600 CE
2600000
2960000
None
87
(East Roman Empire)
600 CE
1400000
1900000
None
88
(Western Turk Khaganate)
600 CE
2800000
3500000
None
89
(Sui Dynasty)
600 CE
3000000
3100000
None
90
(Middle Merovingian)
600 CE
230000
230000
None
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