Section: General Variables
Subsection: General

Polity Relationship to Preceding Entity

The polity relationship to preceding (quasi)polity  
Contributors: Jenny, Majid, Peter

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
relationship_to_preceding_entity The polity relationship to preceding (quasi)polity

# Polity   Year(s)   Relationship to Preceding Entity   Confidence     Disputed?     Expert?   Edit
1
Early Merovingian
-
elite migration
Confident No Edit
2
Aro
-
population migration
Confident No Edit
3
Neolithic Crete
-
population replacement
Confident No Edit
4
Greco-Bactrian Kingdom
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
5
Egypt - Saite Period
-
secession
Confident No Edit
6
Hatti - Old Kingdom
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
7
Egypt - Mamluk Sultanate III
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
8
Egypt - Mamluk Sultanate II
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
9
Ubaid
-
continuity
Inferred No Edit
10
Egypt - New Kingdom Ramesside Period
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
11
Satavahana Empire
-
unknown
Suspected No Edit
12
Cahokia - Early Woodland
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
13
Cahokia - Emergent Mississippian II
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
14
Cahokia - Late Woodland II
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
15
Cahokia - Middle Woodland
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
16
Egypt - Late Old Kingdom
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
17
Ptolemaic Kingdom I
-
continuation
Confident No Edit
18
Ptolemaic Kingdom II
-
continuation
Confident No Edit
19
Egypt - Thebes-Libyan Period
-
elite migration
Confident No Edit
20
Egypt - Tulunid-Ikhshidid Period
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
21
Axum I
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
22
Tang Dynasty I
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
23
Tang Dynasty II
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
24
Western Jin
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
25
Hmong - Late Qing
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
26
Jin Dynasty
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
27
Great Ming
-
cultural assimilation
Confident No Edit
28
Northern Song
-
cultural assimilation
Confident No Edit
29
Early Qing
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
30
Late Qing
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
31
Western Zhou
-
elite migration
Confident No Edit
32
Great Yuan
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
33
Ayyubid Sultanate
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
34
Egypt - Inter-Occupation Period
-
secession
Confident No Edit
35
Egypt - Dynasty I
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
36
Egypt - Dynasty II
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
37
Egypt - Mamluk Sultanate I
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
38
Gisaka
-
suspected unknown
Confident No Edit
39
Bugesera
-
suspected unknown
Confident No Edit
40
Nkore
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
41
Pandya Dynasty
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
42
Nayaks of Thanjavur
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
43
Nayaks of Madurai
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
44
French Kingdom - Early Bourbon
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
45
French Kingdom - Late Bourbon
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
46
Proto-French Kingdom
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
47
French Kingdom - Late Capetian
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
48
Carolingian Empire II
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
49
Hallstatt A-B1
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
50
Hallstatt B2-3
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
51
Hallstatt C
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
52
Hallstatt D
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
53
Proto-Carolingian
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
54
Middle Merovingian
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
55
La Tene B2-C1
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
56
La Tene C2-D
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
57
French Kingdom - Early Valois
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
58
French Kingdom - Late Valois
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
59
Eastern Han Empire
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
60
Erlitou
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
61
Jin
-
elite migration
Confident No Edit
62
Sui Dynasty
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
63
Early Wei Dynasty
-
elite migration
Confident No Edit
64
Atlantic Complex
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
65
Carolingian Empire I
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
66
La Tene A-B1
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
67
British Empire II
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
68
Oneota
-
population migration
Confident No Edit
69
Archaic Crete
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
70
Classical Crete
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
71
Hellenistic Crete
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
72
Monopalatial Crete
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
73
New Palace Crete
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
74
Old Palace Crete
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
75
Prepalatial Crete
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
76
Hawaii II
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
77
Canaan
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
78
Deccan - Iron Age
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
79
Magadha - Maurya Empire
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
80
Mughal Empire
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
81
Abbasid Caliphate I
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
82
Abbasid Caliphate II
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
83
Uruk
-
suspected unknown
Confident No Edit
84
Parthian Empire II
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
85
Sasanid Empire I
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
86
Sasanid Empire II
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
87
Seleucids
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
88
Iban - Pre-Brooke
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
89
Kediri Kingdom
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
90
Majapahit Kingdom
-
elite migration
Confident No Edit
91
Medang Kingdom
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
92
Chalukyas of Badami
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
93
Hoysala Kingdom
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
94
Amorite Babylonia
-
elite migration
Confident No Edit
95
Kassite Babylonia
-
elite migration
Confident No Edit
96
Early Dynastic
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
97
Achaemenid Empire
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
98
Buyid Confederation
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
99
Elam - Kidinuid Period
-
elite migration
Confident No Edit
100
Qajar
-
elite migration
Confident No Edit
101
Kingdom of Bohemia - Luxembourgian and Jagiellonian Dynasty
-
continuation
Confident No Edit
102
Songhai Empire - Askiya Dynasty
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
103
Rome - Republic of St Peter II
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
104
Papal States - High Medieval Period
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
105
Papal States - Medieval Period I
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
106
Papal States - Medieval Period II
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
107
Papal States - Renaissance Period
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
108
Exarchate of Ravenna
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
109
Early Roman Republic
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
110
Late Roman Republic
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
111
Middle Roman Republic
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
112
Roman Empire - Principate
-
cultural assimilation
Confident No Edit
113
Roman Kingdom
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
114
Western Roman Empire - Late Antiquity
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
115
Republic of Venice III
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
116
Asuka
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
117
Heian
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
118
Japan - Initial Jomon
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
119
Japan - Early Jomon
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
120
Japan - Middle Jomon
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
121
Japan - Late Jomon
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
122
Japan - Final Jomon
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
123
Kansai - Kofun Period
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
124
Warring States Japan
-
continuation
Confident No Edit
125
Late Angkor
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
126
Khmer Kingdom
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
127
Funan II
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
128
Jenne-jeno II
-
continuation
Confident No Edit
129
Jenne-jeno III
-
continuation
Confident No Edit
130
Mali Empire
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
131
Segou Kingdom
-
suspected unknown
Confident No Edit
132
Late Mongols
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
133
Late Xiongnu
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
134
Later Wagadu Empire
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
135
Latium - Bronze Age
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
136
Latium - Copper Age
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
137
Latium - Iron Age
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
138
Ashikaga Shogunate
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
139
Nara Kingdom
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
140
Western Turk Khaganate
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
141
Classical Angkor
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
142
Saadi Sultanate
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
143
Jenne-jeno I
-
suspected unknown
Confident No Edit
144
Rouran Khaganate
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
145
Xiongnu Imperial Confederation
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
146
Middle Wagadu Empire
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
147
Holy Roman Empire - Hohenstaufen and Welf Dynasties
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
148
Anglo-Saxon England I
-
cultural assimilation
Confident No Edit
149
Kachi Plain - Ceramic Neolithic
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
150
Kachi Plain - Pre-Urban Period
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
151
Kachi Plain - Proto-Historic Period
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
152
Kachi Plain - Urban Period I
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
153
Kachi Plain - Urban Period II
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
154
Egypt - Kushite Period
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
155
Umayyad Caliphate
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
156
Konya Plain - Late Bronze Age II
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
157
Middle Bronze Age in Central Anatolia
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
158
Byzantine Empire I
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
159
Byzantine Empire II
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
160
Byzantine Empire III
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
161
Late Cappadocia
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
162
Konya Plain - Early Chalcolithic
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
163
Konya Plain - Late Chalcolithic
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
164
East Roman Empire
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
165
Hatti - New Kingdom
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
166
Lysimachus Kingdom
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
167
Ottoman Emirate
-
elite migration
Confident No Edit
168
Ottoman Empire I
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
169
Ottoman Empire II
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
170
Ottoman Empire III
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
171
Roman Empire - Dominate
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
172
Cahokia - Lohman-Stirling
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
173
Cahokia - Moorehead
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
174
Late Formative Basin of Mexico
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
175
Terminal Formative Basin of Mexico
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
176
Oaxaca - Rosario
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
177
Oaxaca - San Jose
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
178
Kingdom of Norway II
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
179
Cuzco - Late Intermediate II
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
180
Sakha - Late
-
elite migration
Confident No Edit
181
Ayutthaya
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
182
Rattanakosin
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
183
Rum Sultanate
-
cultural assimilation
Confident No Edit
184
Haudenosaunee Confederacy - Early
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
185
Cahokia - Late Woodland III
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
186
Cahokia - Late Woodland I
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
187
Cahokia - Sand Prairie
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
188
Cahokia - Emergent Mississippian I
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
189
Chagatai Khanate
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
190
Ancient Khwarazm
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
191
Ancient Khwarazm
-
population migration
Confident No Edit
192
Samanid Empire
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
193
Sogdiana - City-States Period
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
194
Timurid Empire
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
195
Himyar I
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
196
Yemen - Era of Warlords
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
197
Durrani Empire
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
198
Mataram Sultanate
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
199
Hephthalites
-
elite migration
Confident No Edit
200
Kidarite Kingdom
-
elite migration
Confident No Edit
201
Kidarite Kingdom
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
202
Kushan Empire
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
203
Tocharians
-
elite migration
Confident No Edit
204
Erligang
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
205
Himyar II
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
206
Hmong - Early Chinese
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
207
Yisrael
-
population migration
Confident No Edit
208
Chalukyas of Kalyani
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
209
Longshan
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
210
Northern Wei
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
211
Late Shang
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
212
Western Han Empire
-
elite migration
Confident No Edit
213
Neguanje
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
214
Tairona
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
215
Shuar - Colonial
-
elite migration
Confident No Edit
216
Shuar - Ecuadorian
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
217
Delhi Sultanate
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
218
Spanish Empire I
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
219
Chuuk - Early Truk
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
220
Chuuk - Late Truk
-
elite migration
Confident No Edit
221
Beaker Culture
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
222
Beaker Culture
-
population migration
Confident No Edit
223
La Tene A-B1
-
population migration
Confident No Edit
224
Vijayanagara Empire
-
cultural assimilation
Confident No Edit
225
Anglo-Saxon England II
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
226
Yehuda
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
227
Akan - Pre-Ashanti
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
228
Akan - Pre-Ashanti
-
elite migration
Confident No Edit
229
Ashanti Empire
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
230
The Emirate of Crete
-
hostile
Confident No Edit
231
Iban - Brooke Raj and Colonial
-
elite migration
Confident No Edit
232
Early A'chik
-
elite migration
Confident No Edit
233
Late A'chik
-
elite migration
Confident No Edit
234
Kadamba Empire
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
235
Kampili Kingdom
-
elite migration
Confident No Edit
236
Rashtrakuta Empire
-
elite migration
Confident No Edit
237
Norman England
-
elite migration
Confident No Edit
238
Akkadian Empire
-
cultural assimilation
Confident No Edit
239
Akkadian Empire
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
240
Elam - Igihalkid Period
-
elite migration
Confident No Edit
241
Bazi Dynasty
-
elite migration
Confident No Edit
242
Dynasty of E
-
elite migration
Confident No Edit
243
Isin-Larsa
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
244
Ak Koyunlu
-
population migration
Confident No Edit
245
Buyid Confederation
-
elite migration
Confident No Edit
246
Elam - Crisis Period
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
247
Ilkhanate
-
cultural assimilation
Confident No Edit
248
Ilkhanate
-
elite migration
Confident No Edit
249
Susiana B
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
250
Elam - Shutrukid Period
-
elite migration
Confident No Edit
251
Elam II
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
252
Parthian Empire I
-
elite migration
Confident No Edit
253
Safavid Empire
-
elite migration
Confident No Edit
254
Safavid Empire
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
255
Seljuk Sultanate
-
elite migration
Confident No Edit
256
Elam - Shimashki Period
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
257
Tokugawa Shogunate
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
258
Spanish Empire II
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
259
Elam - Late Sukkalmah
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
260
Susa I
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
261
Icelandic Commonwealth
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
262
Ostrogothic Kingdom
-
elite migration
Confident No Edit
263
Ostrogothic Kingdom
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
264
Republic of St Peter I
-
vassalage
Confident No Edit
265
Japan - Azuchi-Momoyama
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
266
Jenne-jeno IV
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
267
Kamakura Shogunate
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
268
Kansai - Yayoi Period
-
population migration
Confident No Edit
269
Kara-Khanids
-
elite migration
Confident No Edit
270
Early Angkor
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
271
Chenla
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
272
Funan I
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
273
Phoenician Empire
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
274
Bamana kingdom
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
275
Eastern Turk Khaganate
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
276
Khitan I
-
cultural assimilation
Confident No Edit
277
Mongol Empire
-
cultural assimilation
Confident No Edit
278
Mongol Empire
-
elite migration
Confident No Edit
279
Second Turk Khaganate
-
cultural assimilation
Confident No Edit
280
Uigur Khaganate
-
elite migration
Confident No Edit
281
Uigur Khaganate
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
282
Cuzco - Early Intermediate II
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
283
Xianbei Confederation
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
284
Xianbei Confederation
-
cultural assimilation
Confident No Edit
285
Zungharian Empire
-
cultural assimilation
Confident No Edit
286
Early Monte Alban I
-
population migration
Confident No Edit
287
Monte Alban Late I
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
288
Monte Alban II
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
289
Monte Alban III
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
290
Monte Alban IIIB and IV
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
291
Monte Alban V
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
292
Khanate of Bukhara
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
293
Freetown
-
population migration
Confident No Edit
294
Early Formative Basin of Mexico
-
cultural assimilation
Confident No Edit
295
Early Formative Basin of Mexico
-
population migration
Confident No Edit
296
Middle Formative Basin of Mexico
-
cultural assimilation
Confident No Edit
297
Middle Formative Basin of Mexico
-
population migration
Confident No Edit
298
Oaxaca - Tierras Largas
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
299
Cuzco - Early Intermediate I
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
300
Anurādhapura II
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
301
Cuzco - Early Intermediate II
-
cultural assimilation
Confident No Edit
302
Cuzco - Late Intermediate I
-
population migration
Confident No Edit
303
Cuzco - Late Intermediate I
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
304
Cuzco - Late Formative
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
305
Inca Empire
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
306
Mane
-
elite migration
Confident No Edit
307
Middle and Late Nok
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
308
Inca Empire
-
cultural assimilation
Confident No Edit
309
Inca Empire
-
population migration
Confident No Edit
310
Wari Empire
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
311
Wari Empire
-
elite migration
Confident No Edit
312
Orokaiva - Pre-Colonial
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
313
Kanem
-
unknown
Confident No Edit
314
Middle and Late Nok
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
315
Orokaiva - Colonial
-
elite migration
Confident No Edit
316
Sakha - Early
-
population migration
Confident No Edit
317
Fatimid Caliphate
-
elite migration
Confident No Edit
318
Konya Plain - Early Bronze Age
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
319
Konya Plain - Early Bronze Age
-
population migration
Confident No Edit
320
Neo-Hittite Kingdoms
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
321
Phrygian Kingdom
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
322
Tabal Kingdoms
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
323
Early Illinois Confederation
-
population migration
Confident No Edit
324
Haudenosaunee Confederacy - Late
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
325
Koktepe II
-
population migration
Confident No Edit
326
Yemen - Qasimid Dynasty
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
327
Rasulid Dynasty
-
NO_VALUE_ON_WIKI
Confident No Edit
328
West Burkina Faso Red II and III
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
329
West Burkina Faso Red IV
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
330
West Burkina Faso Red I
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
331
Mossi
-
elite migration
Confident No Edit
332
West Burkina Faso Yellow II
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
333
Mutapa
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
334
Mutapa
-
elite migration
Confident No Edit
335
Pandya Empire
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
336
Dambadaneiya
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
337
Dambadaneiya
-
elite migration
Confident No Edit
338
Anurādhapura IV
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
339
Anurādhapura III
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
340
Great Zimbabwe
-
population replacement
Confident No Edit
341
Kingdom of Jimma
-
cultural assimilation
Confident No Edit
342
Adal Sultanate
-
elite migration
Confident No Edit
343
Sultanate of Geledi
-
elite migration
Confident No Edit
344
Ifat Sultanate
-
cultural assimilation
Confident No Edit
345
Funj Sultanate
-
elite migration
Confident No Edit
346
Kingdom of Kaffa
-
elite migration
Confident No Edit
347
Early Sultanate of Aussa
-
elite migration
Confident No Edit
348
Proto-Yoruba
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
349
Classical Ife
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
350
Late Formative Yoruba
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
351
Allada
-
population migration
Confident No Edit
352
Mubari
-
suspected unknown
Confident No Edit
353
Proto-Yoruboid
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
354
Sokoto Caliphate
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
355
Igala
-
elite migration
Confident No Edit
356
Hausa bakwai
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
357
Kanem-Borno
-
elite migration
Confident No Edit
358
Kanem-Borno
-
population migration
Confident No Edit
359
Kingdom of Nyinginya
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
360
Benin Empire
-
elite migration
Confident Yes Edit
361
Holy Roman Empire - Ottonian-Salian Dynasty
-
continuation
Confident No Edit
362
Benin Empire
-
continuity
Confident Yes Edit
363
Wukari Federation
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
364
Buganda
-
continuity
Confident No Edit
365
Toro
-
secession
Confident No Edit
366
Karagwe
-
population migration
Confident No Edit
367
Nkore
-
continuity
Confident Yes Edit
368
Nkore
-
population migration
Confident Yes Edit