Section: Social Complexity
Subsection: Social Scale

Polity Population

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
121
(Fatimid Caliphate)
1000 CE
13000000
14000000
None
122
(Chalukyas of Kalyani)
1000 CE
7000000
8000000
None
123
(Zirids)
1000 CE
2000000
2000000
None
124
(Kara-Khanids)
1000 CE
2500000
2500000
None
125
(Byzantine Empire II)
1000 CE
10000000
14000000
None
126
(Heian)
1000 CE
4500000
5000000
None
127
(Rome - Republic of St Peter II)
1000 CE
300000
1250000
None
128
(Tairona)
1050 CE 1349 CE
1087
2174
None
129
(Norman England)
1086 CE
1100000
1100000
DOMESDAY POPULATION: Population of areas not covered by survey estimated on basis of area and density compared with their neighbors. Total population of England estimated at about 1,100,000. [Russell 1948, p. 34]
130
(Almoravids)
1100 CE
6000000
6000000
People.
Estimated from McEverdy and Jones (1978) c1100 CE. Morocco: 2.0. Mauritania: 0.5. Southern half (the most populous 60%?) of Iberia: 3.5.
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