| 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. |
| # | Polity | Year(s) | Population of the Largest Settlement from | Population of the Largest Settlement to | Description | Edit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 161 |
(Bengal Sultanate) |
1500 CE |
200000 |
200000 |
Inhabitants. Population of Gaur. [Chase-Dunn_Willard 0] | |
| 165 |
(Late Greater Coclé) |
1515 CE |
1500 |
2000 |
inhabitants. When the Spanish arrived in Central Panama (1515 CE), [Haller 2004], [Cooke_et_al 2013, p. 480] they found a 'series of competing chiefdoms', the most powerful of which was located around the former cemetery of Sitio Conte and under the control of Chief Natá. [Hearne_Hearne_Sharer 1992, p. 17] Fernández de Oviedo, who arrived in Central America in 1514, reported that the community in which Chief Natá resided (also called Natá in some of the sources) included 45 to 50 houses. [Drennan_Earle 1991, p. 275], [Myers 2007, p. 139] Archaeological work has shown that it covered c. 400 ha, leading Drennan to estimate a population of at least 2000. [Drennan_Earle 1991, p. 275] However, Creamer and Haas refer to Cooke's lower estimate of 1500 inhabitants. [Creamer_Haas 1985, p. 744] | |