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
91
(Sasanid Empire II)
620 CE 642 CE
22100000
22100000
None
92
(Byzantine Empire I)
632 CE
11000000
11000000
None
93
(Neo-Assyrian Empire)
670 CE
5000000
7000000
None
94
(Umayyad Caliphate)
700 CE
23000000
33000000
None
95
(Byzantine Empire I)
700 CE
4500000
7000000
None
96
(Exarchate of Ravenna)
700 CE
1250000
1250000
None
97
(Tang Dynasty I)
700 CE
37000000
37000000
None
98
(Tang Dynasty I)
705 CE
37000000
37000000
None
99
(Tang Dynasty I)
726 CE
41400000
41400000
None
100
(Nara Kingdom)
730 CE
5800000
6400000
None
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