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
331	(Hmong - Late Qing)	Full Year Range of Hmong - Late Qing is assumed. [1701, 1895]	5000	10000	None
332	(Hallstatt A-B1)	Full Year Range of Hallstatt A-B1 is assumed. [-1000, -900]	100	100	None
333	(Phrygian Kingdom)	Full Year Range of Phrygian Kingdom is assumed. [-900, -695]	15000	20000	None
334	(Kachi Plain - Urban Period I)	Full Year Range of Kachi Plain - Urban Period I is assumed. [-2500, -2100]	100000	100000	None
335	(Cahokia - Emergent Mississippian II)	Full Year Range of Cahokia - Emergent Mississippian II is assumed. [900, 1049]	400	500	None
336	(French Kingdom - Late Valois)	Full Year Range of French Kingdom - Late Valois is assumed. [1450, 1589]	250000	300000	None
337	(The Emirate of Crete)	Full Year Range of The Emirate of Crete is assumed. [824, 961]	12000	12000	None
338	(Jenne-jeno III)	Full Year Range of Jenne-jeno III is assumed. [400, 899]	7000	8000	None
339	(Late Shang)	Full Year Range of Late Shang is assumed. [-1250, -1045]	4000	4000	None
340	(Yangshao)	Full Year Range of Yangshao is assumed. [-5000, -3000]	200	500	None

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