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
241
(Russian Empire, Romanov Dynasty II)
1800 CE 1850 CE
17000000
21000000
None
242
(Napoleonic France)
1816 CE
551500
551500
None
243
(Durrani Empire)
1819 CE
489000
489000
None
244
(Foys)
1820 CE 1892 CE
7200
7200
None
245
(Antebellum US)
1830 CE
1638729
1638729
None
246
(British Empire I)
1837 CE 1849 CE
14000000
23000000
1850: All of Canada, Australia, India; most of Pakistan [Taagepera 1997]
247
(Ottoman Empire IV)
1840 CE
1448423
1448423
None
248
(Early United Mexican States)
1848 CE
23309000
23309000
None
249
(Russian Empire, Romanov Dynasty II)
1850 CE 1900 CE
21000000
22000000
None
250
(Antebellum US)
1860 CE
3094398
3094398
None
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