Section: Social Complexity

Subsection: Social Scale

Population of the Largest Settlement

Talking about social scale, population of the largest settlement is the estimated population of the largest settlement of the polity. note that the largest settlement could be different from the capital (coded under general variables). if possible, indicate the dynamics (that is, how population changed during the temporal period of the polity). note that we are also building a city database - you should consult it as it may already have the needed data. (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
population_of_the_largest_settlement_from	The lower range of population of the largest settlement for a polity.
population_of_the_largest_settlement_to	The upper range of population of the largest settlement for a polity.

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#	Polity	Year(s)	Population of the Largest Settlement from	Population of the Largest Settlement to	Description	Edit
11	(Uruk)	3500 BCE 3000 BCE	40000	50000	None
12	(Longshan)	3000 BCE 2601 BCE	5000	20000	None
13	(Longshan)	2600 BCE 1900 BCE	14000	56000	None
14	(Canaan)	2000 BCE 1551 BCE	20000	40000	None
15	(Erlitou)	1850 BCE 1800 BCE	3500	5800	None
16	(Latium - Bronze Age)	1800 BCE 1200 BCE	20	50	None
17	(Erlitou)	1799 BCE 1651 BCE	18000	30000	None
18	(Elam - Late Sukkalmah)	1700 BCE 1601 BCE	6500	26000	None
19	(Erligang)	1650 BCE 1601 BCE	78000	104000	None
20	(Elam - Late Sukkalmah)	1600 BCE 1501 BCE	4250	17000	None

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