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
11
(Susa II)
3400 BCE 3201 BCE
21000
25000
None
12
(Susa II)
3200 BCE 3101 BCE
6900
6900
None
13
(Susa II)
3100 BCE
6900
6900
None
14
(Canaan)
2000 BCE 1551 BCE
5000
40000
None
15
(Canaan)
1550 BCE 1175 BCE
5000
60000
None
16
(Early Xiongnu)
1400 BCE 500 BCE
25000
50000
None
17
(Deccan - Iron Age)
1200 BCE 1000 BCE
500
1000
None
18
(Western Zhou)
1045 BCE 957 BCE
9000000
12000000
None
19
(Yisrael)
1030 BCE 1000 BCE
40000
50000
None
20
(Deccan - Iron Age)
999 BCE 600 BCE
5000
15000
None
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