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]
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.

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#	Polity	Year(s)	Polity Population from	Polity Population to	Description	Edit
501	(Early Merovingian)	Full Year Range of Early Merovingian is assumed. [481, 543]	1250000	1750000	None
502	(Late Shang)	Full Year Range of Late Shang is assumed. [-1250, -1045]	5000000	5000000	None
503	(Hellenistic Crete)	Full Year Range of Hellenistic Crete is assumed. [-323, -69]	5000	30000	None
504	(Late Angkor)	Full Year Range of Late Angkor is assumed. [1220, 1432]	1500000	1500000	None
505	(Bamana kingdom)	Full Year Range of Bamana kingdom is assumed. [1712, 1861]	3000000	4000000	None
506	(Jenne-jeno I)	Full Year Range of Jenne-jeno I is assumed. [-250, 49]	200	300	None
507	(Jenne-jeno II)	Full Year Range of Jenne-jeno II is assumed. [50, 399]	2000	3000	None
508	(Songhai Empire - Askiya Dynasty)	Full Year Range of Songhai Empire - Askiya Dynasty is assumed. [1493, 1591]	4000000	5000000	None
509	(Early Mongols)	Full Year Range of Early Mongols is assumed. [1000, 1206]	80000	120000	None
510	(Middle Bronze Age in Central Anatolia)	Full Year Range of Middle Bronze Age in Central Anatolia is assumed. [-2000, -1700]	50000	100000	None

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