Section: Social Scale

Largest Communication Distance

Distance in kilometers between the capital and the furthest provincial capital. Use the figure for the most direct land and/or sea route that was available. As an alternative for prehistoric communities, measure the distance between largest quasi-capital and furthest village within the quasi-polity.  
Contributors: Seshat RAs and Experts

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
Largest Communication Distance The range of "Largest Communication Distance" for a polity.

Largest Communication Distance
#    Polity     Year(s)      Largest Communication Distance   Confidence     Disputed?     Expert?   Edit
1 Plantagenet England * Year Range of Plantagenet England is assumed.
[1154, 1485]
650 Confident No Edit
2 Lombard Kingdom * Year Range of Lombard Kingdom is assumed.
[568, 774]
- Suspected No Edit
3 Chaco Canyon - Late Bonito phase * Year Range of Chaco Canyon - Late Bonito phase is assumed.
[1101, 1140]
249 Confident No Edit
4 Tudor and Early Stuart England * Year Range of Tudor and Early Stuart England is assumed.
[1486, 1689]
901 Confident No Edit
5 Anglo-Saxon England II * Year Range of Anglo-Saxon England II is assumed.
[927, 1065]
612 Confident No Edit
6 Austria - Habsburg Dynasty II * Year Range of Austria - Habsburg Dynasty II is assumed.
[1649, 1918]
1720 Confident No Edit
7 Khwarezmid Empire * Year Range of Khwarezmid Empire is assumed.
[1157, 1231]
2084 Confident No Edit
8 Hohokam Culture * Year Range of Hohokam Culture is assumed.
[300, 1500]
- Suspected No Edit
9 Golden Horde * Year Range of Golden Horde is assumed.
[1240, 1440]
300 Confident No Edit
10 British Empire I * Year Range of British Empire I is assumed.
[1690, 1849]
20776 Confident No Edit
11 Anglo-Saxon England I * Year Range of Anglo-Saxon England I is assumed.
[410, 926]
612 Confident No Edit
12 British Empire IIIIIIIIII * Year Range of British Empire IIIIIIIIII is assumed.
[1850, 1968]
20776 Confident No Edit
13 Russian Empire, Romanov Dynasty II * Year Range of Russian Empire, Romanov Dynasty II is assumed.
[1776, 1917]
9600 Confident No Edit
14 Soviet Union * Year Range of Soviet Union is assumed.
[1918, 1991]
9100 Confident No Edit
15 Russian Empire, Romanov Dynasty I * Year Range of Russian Empire, Romanov Dynasty I is assumed.
[1614, 1775]
2350 Confident No Edit
16 Holy Roman Empire - Ottonian-Salian Dynasty * Year Range of Holy Roman Empire - Ottonian-Salian Dynasty is assumed.
[919, 1125]
1683 Confident No Edit