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
21	(Erligang)	1600 BCE 1251 BCE	15000	26000	None
22	(Canaan)	1550 BCE 1175 BCE	45000	50000	None
23	(Elam - Igihalkid Period)	1300 BCE	2750	11000	None
24	(Elam - Igihalkid Period)	1200 BCE	5000	20000	None
25	(Deccan - Iron Age)	1200 BCE 1000 BCE	500	1000	None
26	(Latium - Bronze Age)	1200 BCE 900 BCE	100	300	None
27	(Egypt - Thebes-Libyan Period)	1069 BCE 951 BCE	120000	120000	None
28	(Western Zhou)	1045 BCE 901 BCE	100000	100000	None
29	(Deccan - Iron Age)	999 BCE 600 BCE	2000	4000	None
30	(Egypt - Thebes-Libyan Period)	950 BCE 761 BCE	100000	100000	None

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