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
271
(East Francia)
Full Year Range of East Francia is assumed.
[842, 919]
450000
500000
East Francia was established by the Treaty of Verdun in 843, dividing the Carolingian Empire into three parts. East Francia comprised territories that roughly correspond to modern-day Germany, Austria, parts of Switzerland, and small portions of neighboring regions like the Low Countries and France. [Costambeys_Innes_MacLean 2011]
272
(Kingdom of Georgia II)
Full Year Range of Kingdom of Georgia II is assumed.
[975, 1243]
None
None
None
273
(Kingdom of Congo)
Full Year Range of Kingdom of Congo is assumed.
[1491, 1568]
100000
120000
None
274
(Kangju)
Full Year Range of Kangju is assumed.
[-150, 350]
350000
350000
None
275
(Cahokia - Emergent Mississippian I)
Full Year Range of Cahokia - Emergent Mississippian I is assumed.
[750, 900]
100
200
None
276
(Cahokia - Emergent Mississippian II)
Full Year Range of Cahokia - Emergent Mississippian II is assumed.
[900, 1049]
100
200
None
277
(Oaxaca - San Jose)
Full Year Range of Oaxaca - San Jose is assumed.
[-1150, -700]
None
None
None
278
(Initial Formative Basin of Mexico)
Full Year Range of Initial Formative Basin of Mexico is assumed.
[-2000, -1201]
None
None
None
279
(Zirids)
Full Year Range of Zirids is assumed.
[973, 1148]
500000
600000
in squared kilometers
Map shows area covering modern Algeria excluding the western region (like Tlemcen) under the Hammadids, Libya excluding Cyrenaica, and Tunisia, an area of about 635,000 km2. Given a lot of this area is bare desert is it fair to say this map is an over-simplified exaggeration?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zirid_dynasty#/media/File:Zirids_around_1000CE.png
280
(Norman England)
Full Year Range of Norman England is assumed.
[1066, 1153]
135000
138000
The approximate land area of modern England provides a baseline for Norman England, as the territorial boundaries were largely consistent. With Welsh Marches (maximum extent). [Carpenter 2003, pp. 125-162], [Frere 1999]
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