Section: Social Complexity
Subsection: Social Scale

Polity Population

polity population is the estimated population of the polity; can change as a result of both adding/losing new territories or by population growth/decline within a region   (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]
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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
361
(Toutswe)
Full Year Range of Toutswe is assumed.
[700, 1250]
6000
12000
None
362
(Elam I)
Full Year Range of Elam I is assumed.
[-900, -744]
None
None
People.
"Before the Islamic conquest, major concentration of settlement were always localized in the following three major regions: the central Zagros, the lowland steppe, and Marv Dasht. These probably correspond, respectively, with Shimashki, Susa, and Anshan, the three most important historical entities in southwest Iran (Vallat 1980:6). Each major concentration of settlement contained at least one large urban area." [Schacht_Hole 1987, p. 173]
363
(Allada)
Full Year Range of Allada is assumed.
[1100, 1724]
200000
200000
None
364
(Sokoto Caliphate)
Full Year Range of Sokoto Caliphate is assumed.
[1804, 1904]
10000000
10000000
None
365
(Wukari Federation)
Full Year Range of Wukari Federation is assumed.
[1820, 1899]
80000
80000
None
366
(Kingdom of Nyinginya)
Full Year Range of Kingdom of Nyinginya is assumed.
[1650, 1897]
None
None
None
367
(Elam II)
Full Year Range of Elam II is assumed.
[-743, -647]
None
None
"Before the Islamic conquest, major concentration of settlement were always localized in the following three major regions: the central Zagros, the lowland steppe, and Marv Dasht. These probably correspond, respectively, with Shimashki, Susa, and Anshan, the three most important historical entities in southwest Iran (Vallat 1980:6). Each major concentration of settlement contained at least one large urban area." [Schacht_Hole 1987, p. 173]
368
(Elam III)
Full Year Range of Elam III is assumed.
[-612, -539]
None
None
People.
"Before the Islamic conquest, major concentration of settlement were always localized in the following three major regions: the central Zagros, the lowland steppe, and Marv Dasht. These probably correspond, respectively, with Shimashki, Susa, and Anshan, the three most important historical entities in southwest Iran (Vallat 1980:6). Each major concentration of settlement contained at least one large urban area." [Schacht_Hole 1987, p. 173]
369
(Elymais II)
Full Year Range of Elymais II is assumed.
[25, 215]
None
None
People.
"rural population densities climbed sharply during the Parthian era, particularly in the first two centuries A.D.". [Wenke 1981, pp. 303-315] however "many fertile, irrigable areas of the Susiana remained unoccupied and apparently unexploited, and there is little to suggest that 'population pressure' was a major problem here in the post-Achaemenid period." [Wenke 1981, pp. 303-315]
370
(Formative Period)
Full Year Range of Formative Period is assumed.
[-7200, -7000]
None
None
People.
According to Mortensen early villages may have clustered together, "each group widely separated from the next." Examples in Susiana: Chogha Bonut, Boneh Favili, and Chogha Mish. Why? "it would have been difficult for the inhabitants of a village of one hundred or so persons to supply marriable pairs continually; thus marriage partners must have been supplied from outside. Among people today who live at low density, the figure of five hundred comes up as the minimum size necessary to maintain a viable social system. (Birdsell 1973:337-38; Wobst 1974)." [Johnson_Alden_Hole 1987, p. 83]
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