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
271	(Toutswe)	Full Year Range of Toutswe is assumed. [700, 1250]	1000	2000	None
272	(Middle and Late Nok)	Full Year Range of Middle and Late Nok is assumed. [-900, 0]	10	50	None
273	(Kanem)	Full Year Range of Kanem is assumed. [800, 1379]	None	None	None
274	(Middle and Late Nok)	Full Year Range of Middle and Late Nok is assumed. [-1500, -901]	10	50	None
275	(Freetown)	Full Year Range of Freetown is assumed. [1787, 1808]	1000	2000	None
276	(Early Modern Sierra Leone)	Full Year Range of Early Modern Sierra Leone is assumed. [1650, 1896]	6000	10000	None
277	(Classic Tana)	Full Year Range of Classic Tana is assumed. [1000, 1498]	None	None	Inhabitants. The following is relevant: "By the end of the fifteenth century, economic competition from other coastal towns had grown such that Kilwa's authority was recognized as one amongst many powerful towns. Kilwa now shared the revenues of its extensive tax system with Mombasa (da Silva Rego and Baxter v.l, 1963: 397-8). At this period, Mombasa had surpassed Kilwa in size and possibly wealth, with its population close to 10,000, while Kilwa reportedly contained only 4,000 inhabitants (da Silva Rego and Baxter v.l , 1963: 535, 537)." [Fleisher_Reid_Lane 2014]
278	(Holy Roman Empire - Ottonian-Salian Dynasty)	Full Year Range of Holy Roman Empire - Ottonian-Salian Dynasty is assumed. [919, 1125]	100000	100000	None
279	(Early Merovingian)	Full Year Range of Early Merovingian is assumed. [481, 543]	20000	30000	None
280	(Portuguese Empire - Renaissance Period)	Full Year Range of Portuguese Empire - Renaissance Period is assumed. [1495, 1579]	60000	100000	Inhabitants. "Lisbon itself had a population of about 65,000 in 1527 and 100,000 by mid-century, by which time it was the largest city in the whole Iberian peninsula." [Disney 2009]

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