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
261	(Classical Ife)	Full Year Range of Classical Ife is assumed. [1000, 1400]	70000	105000	None
262	(Emirate of Harar)	Full Year Range of Emirate of Harar is assumed. [1650, 1875]	10000	15000	None
263	(Kalachuris of Kalyani)	Full Year Range of Kalachuris of Kalyani is assumed. [1157, 1184]	125000	125000	None
264	(Sultanate of Geledi)	Full Year Range of Sultanate of Geledi is assumed. [1750, 1911]	6000	6500	None
265	(Habr Yunis)	Full Year Range of Habr Yunis is assumed. [1300, 1886]	3000	4000	None
266	(Dutch Empire)	Full Year Range of Dutch Empire is assumed. [1648, 1795]	200000	240000	None
267	(Mutapa)	Full Year Range of Mutapa is assumed. [1450, 1880]	4000	4000	None
268	(East Francia)	Full Year Range of East Francia is assumed. [842, 919]	23000	40000	Ratisbon (Regensburg) rose to the rank of main city of Central Europe. Its population passed from about 23,000 in 800 to 40,000 in 1000. [Tellier 2019, p. 191]
269	(Bito Dynasty)	Full Year Range of Bito Dynasty is assumed. [1700, 1894]	500	500	Inhabitants. "The first European descriptions, as we have seen, concerned the kings' courts . The nature of these "capitals" is indeed revealing. The number of permanent and transient residents in each in the late nineteenth century was impressive: according to sources from this period, there were five hundred in Bunyoro, two thousand in Bukeye in Burundi, two thousand in Nyanza in Rwanda, but twenty thousand in Mengo in Buganda." [Chrétien 2006, p. 166]
270	(Great Zimbabwe)	Full Year Range of Great Zimbabwe is assumed. [1270, 1550]	1000	20000	None

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