Section: Social Complexity
Subsection: Social Scale

Polity Territory

Talking about social scale, polity territory is coded in squared kilometers.   (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]
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Variable Definition Units
polity_territory_from The lower range of polity territory for a polity. km squared
polity_territory_to The upper range of polity territory for a polity. km squared

# Polity Year(s) Polity Territory from Polity Territory to Description   Edit
1
(Uruk)
4000 BCE 3501 BCE
2000
2100
None
2
(Naqada I)
3800 BCE
5
20
None
3
(Naqada I)
3700 BCE 3600 BCE
5000
7500
None
4
(Uruk)
3500 BCE 3000 BCE
1600
2200
None
5
(Egypt - Dynasty II)
2900 BCE 2801 BCE
100000
100000
None
6
(Egypt - Dynasty II)
2800 BCE 2701 BCE
267000
267000
None
7
(Egypt - Dynasty II)
2700 BCE 2687 BCE
300000
300000
None
8
(Egypt - Middle Kingdom)
2000 BCE
238000
238000
None
9
(Egypt - Middle Kingdom)
1900 BCE
413000
413000
None
10
(Egypt - Middle Kingdom)
1800 BCE
450000
450000
None
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