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
291	(Geometric Crete)	Full Year Range of Geometric Crete is assumed. [-1000, -710]	6000	6000	None
292	(Hellenistic Crete)	Full Year Range of Hellenistic Crete is assumed. [-323, -69]	24000	24000	None
293	(Postpalatial Crete)	Full Year Range of Postpalatial Crete is assumed. [-1300, -1200]	1000	1000	None
294	(Iban - Brooke Raj and Colonial)	Full Year Range of Iban - Brooke Raj and Colonial is assumed. [1841, 1987]	25	500	None
295	(Yehuda)	Full Year Range of Yehuda is assumed. [-141, -63]	10000	100000	None
296	(Chalukyas of Kalyani)	Full Year Range of Chalukyas of Kalyani is assumed. [973, 1189]	50000	125000	None
297	(Magadha - Maurya Empire)	Full Year Range of Magadha - Maurya Empire is assumed. [-324, -187]	270000	270000	None
298	(Isin-Larsa)	Full Year Range of Isin-Larsa is assumed. [-2004, -1763]	175000	225000	None
299	(Orokaiva - Pre-Colonial)	Full Year Range of Orokaiva - Pre-Colonial is assumed. [1734, 1883]	600	800	None
300	(Cuzco - Late Formative)	Full Year Range of Cuzco - Late Formative is assumed. [-500, 200]	None	None	None

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