| Variable | Definition |
|---|---|
| Polity | The Seshat Polity Name |
| Year(s) | The years for which we have the data. [negative = BCE] |
| Confidence | Inferred : The value is inferred. Suspected : The value is suspected (Expert Check Needed). Evidenced : The value is backed up by sufficient evidence. |
| Disputed? |
No : No disagreement among scholars. Yes : There is disagreement among scholars. |
| Expert? | : Not yet Checked by a Seshat Expert. : Checked and accepted by a Seshat Expert (or RA). |
| Variable | Definition | |
|---|---|---|
| scale_from | The lower scale of supra cultural interactionfor a polity. | km squared |
| scale_to | The upper scale of supra cultural interactionfor a polity. | km squared |
| # | Polity | Year(s) | Scale from | Scale to | Confidence | Disputed? | Expert? | Edit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 |
Hmong - Late Qing |
* Year Range of Hmong - Late Qing is assumed. [1701, 1895] |
11300000 |
11300000 |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 7 |
Jin Dynasty |
* Year Range of Jin Dynasty is assumed. [1115, 1234] |
3600000 |
3600000 |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 9 |
Northern Song |
* Year Range of Northern Song is assumed. [960, 1127] |
2000000 |
3000000 |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 10 |
Early Qing |
* Year Range of Early Qing is assumed. [1644, 1796] |
13100000 |
13100000 |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 12 |
Late Shang |
* Year Range of Late Shang is assumed. [-1250, -1045] |
1000000 |
1000000 |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 14 |
Tang Dynasty I |
* Year Range of Tang Dynasty I is assumed. [617, 763] |
5000000 |
6000000 |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 15 |
Tang Dynasty II |
* Year Range of Tang Dynasty II is assumed. [763, 907] |
5000000 |
6000000 |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 16 |
Early Wei Dynasty |
* Year Range of Early Wei Dynasty is assumed. [-445, -225] |
3000000 |
4000000 |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 17 |
Western Han Empire |
* Year Range of Western Han Empire is assumed. [-202, 9] |
3000000 |
4000000 |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 19 |
Shuar - Colonial |
* Year Range of Shuar - Colonial is assumed. [1534, 1830] |
5500000 |
5500000 |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 20 |
Shuar - Ecuadorian |
* Year Range of Shuar - Ecuadorian is assumed. [1831, 1931] |
5500000 |
5500000 |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 21 |
Ayyubid Sultanate |
* Year Range of Ayyubid Sultanate is assumed. [1171, 1250] |
11000000 |
11000000 |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 22 |
Egypt - Inter-Occupation Period |
* Year Range of Egypt - Inter-Occupation Period is assumed. [-404, -342] |
250000 |
500000 |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 23 |
Egypt - Mamluk Sultanate III |
* Year Range of Egypt - Mamluk Sultanate III is assumed. [1412, 1517] |
11000000 |
11000000 |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 24 |
Egypt - Mamluk Sultanate II |
* Year Range of Egypt - Mamluk Sultanate II is assumed. [1348, 1412] |
11000000 |
11000000 |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 25 |
Ptolemaic Kingdom I |
* Year Range of Ptolemaic Kingdom I is assumed. [-305, -217] |
3500000 |
4000000 |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 26 |
Ptolemaic Kingdom II |
* Year Range of Ptolemaic Kingdom II is assumed. [-217, -30] |
3500000 |
4000000 |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 27 |
Egypt - Saite Period |
* Year Range of Egypt - Saite Period is assumed. [-664, -525] |
250000 |
500000 |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 28 |
Egypt - Tulunid-Ikhshidid Period |
* Year Range of Egypt - Tulunid-Ikhshidid Period is assumed. [868, 969] |
11000000 |
11000000 |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 29 |
Carolingian Empire II |
* Year Range of Carolingian Empire II is assumed. [840, 987] |
17000000 |
17000000 |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 30 |
Akan - Pre-Ashanti |
* Year Range of Akan - Pre-Ashanti is assumed. [1501, 1701] |
5112903 |
5112903 |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 31 |
Ashanti Empire |
* Year Range of Ashanti Empire is assumed. [1701, 1895] |
5112903 |
5112903 |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 32 |
Iban - Pre-Brooke |
* Year Range of Iban - Pre-Brooke is assumed. [1650, 1841] |
4500000 |
4500000 |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 33 |
Iban - Brooke Raj and Colonial |
* Year Range of Iban - Brooke Raj and Colonial is assumed. [1841, 1987] |
4500000 |
4500000 |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 36 |
Maurya Empire |
* Year Range of Maurya Empire is assumed. [-324, -187] |
1700000 |
1700000 |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 37 |
Abbasid Caliphate I |
* Year Range of Abbasid Caliphate I is assumed. [750, 946] |
11000000 |
11000000 |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 38 |
Abbasid Caliphate II |
* Year Range of Abbasid Caliphate II is assumed. [1191, 1258] |
3500000 |
3500000 |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 39 |
Kassite Babylonia |
* Year Range of Kassite Babylonia is assumed. [-1595, -1150] |
500000 |
600000 |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 41 |
Parthian Empire I |
* Year Range of Parthian Empire I is assumed. [-247, 40] |
3500000 |
4000000 |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 42 |
Parthian Empire II |
* Year Range of Parthian Empire II is assumed. [41, 226] |
3500000 |
4000000 |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 43 |
Safavid Empire |
* Year Range of Safavid Empire is assumed. [1501, 1722] |
2700000 |
2700000 |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 44 |
Sasanid Empire II |
* Year Range of Sasanid Empire II is assumed. [488, 642] |
3000000 |
3500000 |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 46 |
Rome - Republic of St Peter II |
* Year Range of Rome - Republic of St Peter II is assumed. [904, 1198] |
17000000 |
17000000 |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 47 |
Early Roman Republic |
* Year Range of Early Roman Republic is assumed. [-509, -264] |
50000 |
75000 |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 48 |
Roman Empire - Principate |
* Year Range of Roman Empire - Principate is assumed. [-31, 284] |
17000000 |
17000000 |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 49 |
Roman Kingdom |
* Year Range of Roman Kingdom is assumed. [-716, -509] |
1000000 |
1500000 |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 50 |
Western Roman Empire - Late Antiquity |
* Year Range of Western Roman Empire - Late Antiquity is assumed. [395, 476] |
5500000 |
6500000 |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 51 |
Ashikaga Shogunate |
* Year Range of Ashikaga Shogunate is assumed. [1336, 1467] |
3900000 |
3900000 |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 53 |
Rattanakosin |
* Year Range of Rattanakosin is assumed. [1782, 1873] |
2175000 |
2175000 |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 54 |
Greco-Bactrian Kingdom |
* Year Range of Greco-Bactrian Kingdom is assumed. [-256, -125] |
4500000 |
5000000 |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 55 |
Hephthalites |
* Year Range of Hephthalites is assumed. [408, 561] |
7500000 |
8000000 |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 56 |
Kidarite Kingdom |
* Year Range of Kidarite Kingdom is assumed. [388, 477] |
9000000 |
9000000 |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 59 |
Kamakura Shogunate |
* Year Range of Kamakura Shogunate is assumed. [1185, 1333] |
0 |
0 |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 60 |
Kansai - Kofun Period |
* Year Range of Kansai - Kofun Period is assumed. [250, 537] |
90000 |
90000 |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 61 |
Kansai - Yayoi Period |
* Year Range of Kansai - Yayoi Period is assumed. [-300, 250] |
78000 |
78000 |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 62 |
Kara-Khanids |
* Year Range of Kara-Khanids is assumed. [950, 1212] |
3000000 |
3500000 |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 63 |
Early Angkor |
* Year Range of Early Angkor is assumed. [802, 1100] |
2175000 |
2175000 |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 65 |
Saadi Sultanate |
* Year Range of Saadi Sultanate is assumed. [1554, 1659] |
4500000 |
5000000 |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 66 |
Mali Empire |
* Year Range of Mali Empire is assumed. [1230, 1410] |
1700000 |
1900000 |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 67 |
Songhai Empire - Askiya Dynasty |
* Year Range of Songhai Empire - Askiya Dynasty is assumed. [1493, 1591] |
1700000 |
1900000 |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 68 |
Early Formative Basin of Mexico |
* Year Range of Early Formative Basin of Mexico is assumed. [-1200, -801] |
40000 |
40000 |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 69 |
Late Formative Basin of Mexico |
* Year Range of Late Formative Basin of Mexico is assumed. [-400, -101] |
40000 |
40000 |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 70 |
Middle Formative Basin of Mexico |
* Year Range of Middle Formative Basin of Mexico is assumed. [-800, -401] |
40000 |
40000 |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 71 |
Terminal Formative Basin of Mexico |
* Year Range of Terminal Formative Basin of Mexico is assumed. [-100, 99] |
40000 |
40000 |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 72 |
Oaxaca - Tierras Largas |
* Year Range of Oaxaca - Tierras Largas is assumed. [-1400, -1150] |
3000 |
3000 |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 73 |
Kingdom of Norway II |
* Year Range of Kingdom of Norway II is assumed. [1262, 1396] |
5600000 |
5600000 |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 74 |
Orokaiva - Pre-Colonial |
* Year Range of Orokaiva - Pre-Colonial is assumed. [1734, 1883] |
940000 |
940000 |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 75 |
Orokaiva - Colonial |
* Year Range of Orokaiva - Colonial is assumed. [1884, 1942] |
940000 |
940000 |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 76 |
Kachi Plain - Urban Period I |
* Year Range of Kachi Plain - Urban Period I is assumed. [-2500, -2100] |
1000000 |
1500000 |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 77 |
Kachi Plain - Urban Period II |
* Year Range of Kachi Plain - Urban Period II is assumed. [-2100, 1800] |
1000000 |
1500000 |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 78 |
Sakha - Late |
* Year Range of Sakha - Late is assumed. [1632, 1900] |
13100000 |
13100000 |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 79 |
Egypt - Kushite Period |
* Year Range of Egypt - Kushite Period is assumed. [-747, -656] |
150000 |
250000 |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 80 |
Fatimid Caliphate |
* Year Range of Fatimid Caliphate is assumed. [909, 1171] |
11000000 |
11000000 |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 81 |
East Roman Empire |
* Year Range of East Roman Empire is assumed. [395, 631] |
13000000 |
14000000 |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 82 |
Ottoman Emirate |
* Year Range of Ottoman Emirate is assumed. [1299, 1402] |
4500000 |
5000000 |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 83 |
Ottoman Empire II |
* Year Range of Ottoman Empire II is assumed. [1517, 1683] |
4500000 |
5000000 |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 84 |
Roman Empire - Dominate |
* Year Range of Roman Empire - Dominate is assumed. [285, 394] |
17000000 |
17000000 |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 85 |
Cahokia - Moorehead |
* Year Range of Cahokia - Moorehead is assumed. [1200, 1274] |
125000 |
150000 |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 86 |
Chagatai Khanate |
* Year Range of Chagatai Khanate is assumed. [1263, 1402] |
11000000 |
11000000 |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 87 |
Samanid Empire |
* Year Range of Samanid Empire is assumed. [819, 999] |
2750000 |
2750000 |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 88 |
Sogdiana - City-States Period |
* Year Range of Sogdiana - City-States Period is assumed. [604, 711] |
500000 |
500000 |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 89 |
Timurid Empire |
* Year Range of Timurid Empire is assumed. [1370, 1526] |
8500000 |
8500000 |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 91 |
Northern Wei |
* Year Range of Northern Wei is assumed. [386, 534] |
6000000 |
9000000 |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 92 |
Great Yuan |
* Year Range of Great Yuan is assumed. [1271, 1368] |
17000000 |
26000000 |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 93 |
Egypt - Mamluk Sultanate I |
* Year Range of Egypt - Mamluk Sultanate I is assumed. [1260, 1348] |
11000000 |
11000000 |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 94 |
Egypt - Thebes-Libyan Period |
* Year Range of Egypt - Thebes-Libyan Period is assumed. [-1069, -747] |
350000 |
350000 |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 95 |
Chuuk - Late Truk |
* Year Range of Chuuk - Late Truk is assumed. [1886, 1948] |
7400000 |
7400000 |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 96 |
Proto-French Kingdom |
* Year Range of Proto-French Kingdom is assumed. [987, 1150] |
17000000 |
17000000 |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 97 |
French Kingdom - Late Capetian |
* Year Range of French Kingdom - Late Capetian is assumed. [1150, 1328] |
17000000 |
17000000 |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 98 |
Carolingian Empire I |
* Year Range of Carolingian Empire I is assumed. [752, 840] |
17000000 |
17000000 |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 99 |
The Emirate of Crete |
* Year Range of The Emirate of Crete is assumed. [824, 961] |
15000000 |
20000000 |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 103 |
Achaemenid Empire |
* Year Range of Achaemenid Empire is assumed. [-550, -331] |
2500000 |
3000000 |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 104 |
Buyid Confederation |
* Year Range of Buyid Confederation is assumed. [932, 1062] |
3000000 |
3500000 |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 105 |
Sasanid Empire I |
* Year Range of Sasanid Empire I is assumed. [205, 487] |
3000000 |
3500000 |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 106 |
Seljuk Sultanate |
* Year Range of Seljuk Sultanate is assumed. [1037, 1157] |
3000000 |
3500000 |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 107 |
Republic of St Peter I |
* Year Range of Republic of St Peter I is assumed. [711, 904] |
17000000 |
17000000 |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 109 |
Nara Kingdom |
* Year Range of Nara Kingdom is assumed. [710, 794] |
5400000 |
5400000 |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 110 |
Classical Angkor |
* Year Range of Classical Angkor is assumed. [1100, 1220] |
2175000 |
2175000 |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 111 |
Late Angkor |
* Year Range of Late Angkor is assumed. [1220, 1432] |
2175000 |
2175000 |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 112 |
Khmer Kingdom |
* Year Range of Khmer Kingdom is assumed. [1432, 1594] |
2175000 |
2175000 |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 113 |
Jenne-jeno I |
* Year Range of Jenne-jeno I is assumed. [-250, 49] |
1500000 |
2500000 |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 114 |
Jenne-jeno II |
* Year Range of Jenne-jeno II is assumed. [50, 399] |
1500000 |
2500000 |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 115 |
Jenne-jeno III |
* Year Range of Jenne-jeno III is assumed. [400, 899] |
25000 |
25000 |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 116 |
Jenne-jeno IV |
* Year Range of Jenne-jeno IV is assumed. [900, 1300] |
25000 |
25000 |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 117 |
Oaxaca - Rosario |
* Year Range of Oaxaca - Rosario is assumed. [-700, -500] |
100 |
200 |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 119 |
Sakha - Early |
* Year Range of Sakha - Early is assumed. [1400, 1632] |
13100000 |
13100000 |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 121 |
Byzantine Empire I |
* Year Range of Byzantine Empire I is assumed. [632, 866] |
15000000 |
20000000 |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 122 |
Byzantine Empire II |
* Year Range of Byzantine Empire II is assumed. [867, 1072] |
15000000 |
20000000 |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 123 |
Byzantine Empire III |
* Year Range of Byzantine Empire III is assumed. [1073, 1204] |
20000000 |
25000000 |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 124 |
Ottoman Empire I |
* Year Range of Ottoman Empire I is assumed. [1402, 1517] |
4500000 |
5000000 |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 125 |
Cahokia - Lohman-Stirling |
* Year Range of Cahokia - Lohman-Stirling is assumed. [1055, 1199] |
125000 |
150000 |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 126 |
Cahokia - Sand Prairie |
* Year Range of Cahokia - Sand Prairie is assumed. [1275, 1400] |
125000 |
150000 |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 127 |
Kushan Empire |
* Year Range of Kushan Empire is assumed. [35, 319] |
4000000 |
4000000 |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 129 |
Eastern Han Empire |
* Year Range of Eastern Han Empire is assumed. [25, 220] |
3000000 |
4000000 |
Confident | No | Edit | |
| 132 |
Hmong - Early Chinese |
* Year Range of Hmong - Early Chinese is assumed. [1895, 1941] |
11839074 |
11839074 |
Confident | No | Edit |