Section: Social Complexity

Subsection: Social Scale

Population of the Largest Settlement

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
111	(Byzantine Empire II)	1000 CE	200000	200000	None
112	(Byzantine Empire II)	1000 CE	300000	300000	None
113	(Kara-Khanids)	1000 CE	200000	200000	None
114	(Rome - Republic of St Peter II)	1000 CE	35000	35000	None
115	(Northern Song)	1000 CE	500000	500000	None
116	(Heian)	1000 CE 1100 CE	175000	175000	None
117	(Ghur Principality)	1025 CE 1175 CE	5417	19500	EMPTY_COMMENT
118	(Norman England)	1086 CE	17850	17850	The estimation for the boroughs (cities) of England in the time of Domesday Book, AD 1086, would show the following: London 17850 [Russell 1972, p. 122]
119	(Chaulukya Dynasty)	1100 CE	500000	500000	Inhabitants. "By the twelfth century, Patan had become a large town. The Kumarapala carita says that it had a population of 500,000, there were 84 marts and export-import duties were 100,000 tankas a day." [Sheikh 2003, p. 95]
120	(Novgorod Land)	1100 CE	15000	15000	None

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