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
311	(Cahokia - Early Woodland)	Full Year Range of Cahokia - Early Woodland is assumed. [-600, -150]	30	50	None
312	(Saadi Sultanate)	Full Year Range of Saadi Sultanate is assumed. [1554, 1659]	125000	125000	None
313	(Monte Alban II)	Full Year Range of Monte Alban II is assumed. [-100, 200]	14500	14500	None
314	(Monte Alban III)	Full Year Range of Monte Alban III is assumed. [200, 500]	15000	30000	None
315	(Early Formative Basin of Mexico)	Full Year Range of Early Formative Basin of Mexico is assumed. [-1200, -801]	1000	4000	None
316	(Cuzco - Early Intermediate II)	Full Year Range of Cuzco - Early Intermediate II is assumed. [500, 649]	None	None	None
317	(Roman Empire - Dominate)	Full Year Range of Roman Empire - Dominate is assumed. [285, 394]	800000	800000	None
318	(Middle Merovingian)	Full Year Range of Middle Merovingian is assumed. [543, 687]	20000	30000	None
319	(Himyar II)	Full Year Range of Himyar II is assumed. [378, 525]	10000	30000	None
320	(Byzantine Empire III)	Full Year Range of Byzantine Empire III is assumed. [1073, 1204]	100000	400000	None

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