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
381
(Paramara Dynasty)
Full Year Range of Paramara Dynasty is assumed.
[974, 1235]
150000
150000
in squared kilometers. Rough estimate, based on the India region with the greatest concentration of Paramara inscriptions [Trivedi 1991] --more or less corresponding to half of Madhya Pradesh.
382
(Pergamon Kingdom)
Full Year Range of Pergamon Kingdom is assumed.
[-282, -133]
66750
66750
None
383
(Sharqi)
Full Year Range of Sharqi is assumed.
[1394, 1479]
707000
707000
None
384
(Songhai Empire)
Full Year Range of Songhai Empire is assumed.
[1376, 1493]
250000
300000
in squared kilometers
Estimated using google area calculator and a map which shows "Songhay and tributary states" [Oliver_Atmore 2001, p. 58] - for this period including only the Songhay region and not the Mande states.
385
(Southern Qi State)
Full Year Range of Southern Qi State is assumed.
[479, 502]
2500500
3000000
in squared kilometers
Border with the Northern Wei midway between the Yellow and Yangtzi rivers, western border at the Himalayas and in the deep south-west included Yunnan as well as part of modern northern Vietnam (the Hong Ha or Red River).
386
(Tlemcen)
Full Year Range of Tlemcen is assumed.
[1235, 1554]
200000
200000
in squared kilometers
Based on this map and Google Area calculator about 200,000 km2.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Tlemcen#/media/File:Zayyanid_dynasty_map.png
387
(Wu Confederacy)
Full Year Range of Wu Confederacy is assumed.
[-585, -477]
150000
150000
in squared kilometers
This map (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ca/Chinese_plain_5c._BC-en.svg), which may include maximum extent (conquest of Yue), would suggest about 150,000 km2.
388
(Xixia)
Full Year Range of Xixia is assumed.
[1032, 1227]
600000
650000
None
389
(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
390
(Plantagenet England)
Full Year Range of Plantagenet England is assumed.
[1154, 1485]
130279
130279
None
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