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
441
(Japan - Middle Jomon)
Full Year Range of Japan - Middle Jomon is assumed.
[-3500, -2500]
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]
442
(Kachi Plain - Aceramic Neolithic)
Full Year Range of Kachi Plain - Aceramic Neolithic is assumed.
[-7500, -5500]
None
None
None
443
(Konya Plain - Early Bronze Age)
Full Year Range of Konya Plain - Early Bronze Age is assumed.
[-3000, -2000]
None
None
average size of polity within zone needed
Determining the geographic frontiers of Central Anatolia is also problematic. The frontiers are not only linked to climate and topography, but also to the location of sites. Pontic Mountains can be considered the South border, and similarly, the Taurus Mountains were in the South frontier. The Eastern boundary is the easiest to define: it is a straight line between modern Malatya and Trabzon. Western border is formed by crucial sites like Beycesultan, Demircihöyük, Karataş-Semayük . During Early Bronze Age, some Indo-European nations arrived on this land - this happened around 2300 BCE. Most of the Early Bronze Age II sites in Anatolia saw massive and violent destruction and these disasters brought an end to the EB II period.
444
(Konya Plain - Early Chalcolithic)
Full Year Range of Konya Plain - Early Chalcolithic is assumed.
[-6000, -5500]
None
None
None
445
(Konya Plain - Late Neolithic)
Full Year Range of Konya Plain - Late Neolithic is assumed.
[-6600, -6000]
None
None
None
446
(Mahajanapada era)
Full Year Range of Mahajanapada era is assumed.
[-600, -324]
None
None
squared kilometers.
447
(Monte Alban V)
Full Year Range of Monte Alban V is assumed.
[900, 1520]
None
None
As the Zapotec state was in a process of fragmentation into smaller polities, the actual extent of any polity in the Valley of Oaxaca is very difficult to determine for this period. [Flannery_Marcus 1996] "Table 10.1. Population of Late Postclassic polities in the Central Valleys of Oaxaca" + "Table 10.2. Population of other Late Postclassic polities in highland Oaxaca." = ~ 61 polities. [Feinman_Nicholas 2013, pp. 158-159] Polity territory = total area / 61?
448
(Neguanje)
Full Year Range of Neguanje is assumed.
[250, 1050]
None
None
in squared kilometersThe Neguanje population seems to have occupied the coast between the Cienaga (Marsh) and the mouth of the river Palomino."Parece que hacia los inicios de nuestra Era. una nueva población, denominada en la terminologla de Bischof (1983) como Neguanje, ocupó los alrededores de Ciénaga y dió comienzo a la ocupación del resto del Litoral hasta dominar toda la franja costanera comprendida entre Ciénaga y la desembocadura del Río Palomino en limites con la Guajira (Bischof, 1983); Wynn, 1975 Oyuela, 1985 y Langebaek, 1987)." [Rueda 1987, p. 61]
449
(Oirats)
Full Year Range of Oirats is assumed.
[1368, 1630]
433909
589387
None
450
(Akkadian Empire)
Full Year Range of Akkadian Empire is assumed.
[-2270, -2083]
450000
1000000
None
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