| 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 |
|---|---|
| polity_population_from | The lower range of polity population for a polity. |
| polity_population_to | The upper range of polity population for a polity. |
| # | Polity | Year(s) | Polity Population from | Polity Population to | Description | Edit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 296 |
(Phoenician Empire) |
Full Year Range of Phoenician Empire is assumed. [-1200, -332] |
10000 |
60000 |
None | |
| 297 |
(British East India Company) |
Full Year Range of British East India Company is assumed. [1757, 1858] |
97300000 |
97300000 |
A report in 1833 told that there were 97.3 million 'British' subjects in the territories held by the EIC. [Bowen 2009] | |
| 298 |
(Portuguese Empire - Renaissance Period) |
Full Year Range of Portuguese Empire - Renaissance Period is assumed. [1495, 1579] |
None |
None |
People. De Matos [De_Matos_Jarnagin 2011] provides an estimate of 1,681,744 for the entire empire for 1580 CE (1,300,000 in Portugal, 381,744 in the colonies). "The first-ever Portuguese census was conducted under Joao III in 1527–32 and revealed a total population of between about 1.25 and 1.5million. This was slightly below the peak reached before the Black Death, when Portugal had an estimated 1.5 million inhabitants; but it did show a marked improvement since 1450, when numbers had slumped to less than a million. Moreover, the upward trend seemed firmly set and continued for the rest of the sixteenth century. Most of the growth occurred in urban areas, and a steady influx of people from the countryside into the towns took place. Between the accession of King Manuel and the middle years of João III’s reign seventeen new vilas were created inPortugal. Many existing towns expanded as well, with growth especially strong in Lisbon and the northwest." [Disney 2009] |
|
| 299 |
(Early East Africa Iron Age) |
Full Year Range of Early East Africa Iron Age is assumed. [200, 499] |
None |
None |
EMPTY_COMMENT | |
| 300 |
(Early East Africa Iron Age) |
Full Year Range of Early East Africa Iron Age is assumed. [200, 499] |
None |
None |
People. The following is worth noting here: "[A]rchaeology[...] suggests these early communities probably consisted of dispersed networks of homesteads, rather than centralised societies (Reid 1994/5; Van Grunderbeek et al. 1983)." [Ashley 2010, p. 146] |