Section: Social Complexity
Subsection: Social Scale

Polity Population

Talking about social scale, polity population is the estimated population of the polity; can change as a result of both adding/losing new territories or by population growth/decline within a region   (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
polity_population_from The lower range of polity population for a polity.
polity_population_to The upper range of polity population for a polity.

# Polity Year(s) Polity Population from Polity Population to Description   Edit
1
(Susa I)
4300 BCE 4000 BCE
8000
12000
None
2
(Uruk)
4000 BCE 3501 BCE
20000
38540
None
3
(Susa I)
3999 BCE 3800 BCE
800
1200
None
4
(Naqada I)
3800 BCE 3651 BCE
None
None
None
5
(Susa II)
3800 BCE 3501 BCE
10000
19000
None
6
(Naqada I)
3650 BCE 3551 BCE
13000
13000
None
7
(Naqada II)
3500 BCE
13000
13000
None
8
(Susa II)
3500 BCE 3401 BCE
10000
25000
None
9
(Uruk)
3500 BCE 3000 BCE
21300
41000
None
10
(Naqada II)
3400 BCE 3300 BCE
50000
50000
None
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