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
231	(Us Reconstruction-Progressive)	1870 CE	923944	923944	None
232	(Russian Empire, Romanov Dynasty II)	1870 CE 1890 CE	667000	1003000	None
233	(Austria - Habsburg Dynasty II)	1873 CE	758807	758807	None
234	(British Empire II)	1877 CE	3250000	3250000	None
235	(Kingdom of Hawaii - Post-Kamehameha Period)	1878 CE 1884 CE	20236	28068	City & County of Honolulu :Population counts from missionary censuses of 1831-1832 and 1835-1836, censuses conducted by the Hawaiian government from 1850 to 1896, and censuses by the U.S. Bureau of the Census beginning in 1900. Data for 1831-1896 are on a de facto or unspecified basis; data for 1900 and later years are resident totals, including armed forces stationed in Hawaii. Based on county boundaries established in 1905 and 1909]. [Schmitt 1977]
236	(Benin Empire)	1879 CE	50000	50000	None
237	(Us Reconstruction-Progressive)	1880 CE	11911608	11911608	None
238	(Benin Empire)	1880 CE 1896 CE	None	None	None
239	(Late Qing)	1882 CE	1039360	1039360	None
240	(Ottoman Empire IV)	1885 CE	873000	873000	Istanbul was the largest settlement in the Ottoman Empire, serving as its capital and primary urban center. [Gül_Lamb 2004]

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