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
431
(Elam - Shimashki Period)
Full Year Range of Elam - Shimashki Period is assumed.
[-2028, -1940]
None
None
in squared kilometers
"The historical phases at Susa ... - Old Akkadian, Ur III and Shimashki period - are not discernible at Anshan itself. Abandoned at the end of the Banesh period c.2600 BC, Tal-i Malyan was resettled c. 2200 BC, and the entire time span down to 1600 BC is characterized by a fairly uniform material culture referred to as 'Kaftari' (Sumner 1989)." [Potts 2016, p. 143] "In Elam, the princes of the new Shimashkian dynasty, who governed a vast area to the north and southeast of Susiana, drove out the Sumerians and gained control of Susa toward 2000 B.C." [Louvre 1992, p. 8]
432
(Iban - Pre-Brooke)
Full Year Range of Iban - Pre-Brooke is assumed.
[1650, 1841]
None
None
in squared kilometers Iban political organization was decentralized, with autonomous villages dominating the scene (see below). Reliable estimates of the territory typically covered by such a quasi-polity are very had to make. This is in part due to the practice of swidden cultivation and the persistence of uncultivated land in between inhabited communities. We therefore cannot provide a reliable proxy measure.
433
(Elam I)
Full Year Range of Elam I is assumed.
[-900, -744]
None
None
None
434
(Kachi Plain - Post-Urban Period)
Full Year Range of Kachi Plain - Post-Urban Period is assumed.
[-1800, -1300]
None
None
squared kilometers.
435
(Japan - Early Jomon)
Full Year Range of Japan - Early Jomon is assumed.
[-5300, -3500]
None
None
in squared kilometers.
310,783 This is the sum of the following Jomon-occupied regions: Tohoku, Kanto, Hokoriku, Chubu, Kansai, Chugoku, Shikoku, Kyushu [Habu 2004, p. 48]
436
(Japan - Final Jomon)
Full Year Range of Japan - Final Jomon is assumed.
[-1200, -300]
None
None
in squared kilometers.
310,783
This is the sum of the following Jomon-occupied regions: Tohoku, Kanto, Hokoriku, Chubu, Kansai, Chugoku, Shikoku, Kyushu [Habu 2004, p. 48]
437
(Gurjar-Pratihara Dynasty)
Full Year Range of Gurjar-Pratihara Dynasty is assumed.
[730, 1030]
1000000
1000000
None
438
(Japan - Initial Jomon)
Full Year Range of Japan - Initial Jomon is assumed.
[-9200, -5300]
None
None
in squared kilometers. 310,783 This is the sum of the following Jomon-occupied regions: Tohoku, Kanto, Hokoriku, Chubu, Kansai, Chugoku, Shikoku, Kyushu [Habu 2004, p. 48]
439
(Kachi Plain - Proto-Historic Period)
Full Year Range of Kachi Plain - Proto-Historic Period is assumed.
[-1300, -500]
None
None
squared kilometers. It is seems very likely that Pirak was once part of a larger assemblage of culturally similar settlements, but, perhaps due to the erosive effects of nearby rivers, only Pirak remains [Jarrige_Enault 1976, pp. 45-46] Of course it's difficult to say whether these hypothetical settlements were part of the same polity as Pirak.
440
(Japan - Late Jomon)
Full Year Range of Japan - Late Jomon is assumed.
[-2500, -1200]
None
None
in squared kilometers.
310,783
This is the sum of the following Jomon-occupied regions: Tohoku, Kanto, Hokoriku, Chubu, Kansai, Chugoku, Shikoku, Kyushu [Habu 2004, p. 48]
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