Section: Social Complexity
Subsection: Social Scale

Polity Territory

polity territory is coded in squared kilometers.   (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 Units
polity_territory_from The lower range of polity territory for a polity. km squared
polity_territory_to The upper range of polity territory for a polity. km squared

# Polity Year(s) Polity Territory from Polity Territory to Description   Edit
201
(Ottoman Empire I)
1460 CE
866000
866000
None
202
(Grand Principality of Moscow, Rurikid Dynasty)
1478 CE
1240000
1240000
None
203
(Ottoman Empire I)
1480 CE
1220000
1220000
None
204
(Grand Principality of Moscow, Rurikid Dynasty)
1487 CE
1570000
1570000
None
205
(Malacca Sultanate)
1500 CE
200000
225000
None
206
(Ak Koyunlu)
1500 CE
1800000
1800000
None
207
(Ottoman Empire I)
1500 CE
2310000
2310000
None
208
(Bengal Sultanate)
1500 CE
144000
144000
in squared kilometers. Bangladesh comprises "an area of 144,000 square kilometers" [Hasan 2007, p. 7] and Ala al-Sin Husayn (1493-1519) "occupied every part of the country, pushing its western frontier past Bihar up to Saran in Jaunpur and reduced the kingdoms of Orissa in the southwest, Arakan in the southeast, and Tripure in the east to vassalage." [Hasan 2007, p. 16]
209
(Great Ming)
1500 CE
3900000
5200000
None
210
(Grand Principality of Moscow, Rurikid Dynasty)
1505 CE
2500000
2500000
None
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