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]
Verified	A Seshat Expert has approved this piece of data.

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

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#	Polity	Year(s)	Polity Territory from	Polity Territory to	Description	Edit
401	(Igala)	Full Year Range of Igala is assumed. [1600, 1900]	13000	13000	None
402	(Freetown)	Full Year Range of Freetown is assumed. [1787, 1808]	550	550	None
403	(Middle and Late Nok)	Full Year Range of Middle and Late Nok is assumed. [-1500, -901]	0	1	None
404	(Whydah)	Full Year Range of Whydah is assumed. [1671, 1727]	1000	1000	None
405	(Sokoto Caliphate)	Full Year Range of Sokoto Caliphate is assumed. [1804, 1904]	648000	648000	None
406	(Hausa bakwai)	Full Year Range of Hausa bakwai is assumed. [900, 1808]	230000	230000	None
407	(Kanem-Borno)	Full Year Range of Kanem-Borno is assumed. [1380, 1893]	777000	777000	None
408	(Middle and Late Nok)	Full Year Range of Middle and Late Nok is assumed. [-900, 0]	0	1	None
409	(Toutswe)	Full Year Range of Toutswe is assumed. [700, 1250]	10000	10000	None
410	(Great Zimbabwe)	Full Year Range of Great Zimbabwe is assumed. [1270, 1550]	50000	50000	None

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