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
351	(Chuuk - Early Truk)	Full Year Range of Chuuk - Early Truk is assumed. [1775, 1886]	100	200	None
352	(Cahokia - Late Woodland II)	Full Year Range of Cahokia - Late Woodland II is assumed. [450, 600]	30	50	None
353	(Formative Period)	Full Year Range of Formative Period is assumed. [-7200, -7000]	250	500	None
354	(Susiana - Early Ubaid)	Full Year Range of Susiana - Early Ubaid is assumed. [-5100, -4700]	750	3000	None
355	(Pre-Ceramic Period)	Full Year Range of Pre-Ceramic Period is assumed. [-7800, -7200]	250	500	None
356	(Seleucids)	Full Year Range of Seleucids is assumed. [-312, -63]	50000	100000	None
357	(Icelandic Commonwealth)	Full Year Range of Icelandic Commonwealth is assumed. [930, 1262]	200	300	None
358	(Japan - Azuchi-Momoyama)	Full Year Range of Japan - Azuchi-Momoyama is assumed. [1568, 1603]	300000	300000	None
359	(Kansai - Yayoi Period)	Full Year Range of Kansai - Yayoi Period is assumed. [-300, 250]	1000	2000	None
360	(Classical Angkor)	Full Year Range of Classical Angkor is assumed. [1100, 1220]	750000	1000000	None

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