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
451
(Rasulid Dynasty)
Full Year Range of Rasulid Dynasty is assumed.
[1229, 1453]
None
None
in squared kilometers
Ruled over "the greater proportion of Yemeni territory for well over two centuries." [Stookey 1978, p. 108] "the Rasulids managed to keep the Sultanate in a direct line for eight generations, although in their second century their territories started to shrink." [Bidwell 1983, p. 14]
452
(Kassite Babylonia)
Full Year Range of Kassite Babylonia is assumed.
[-1595, -1150]
200000
250000
None
453
(Middle Bronze Age in Central Anatolia)
Full Year Range of Middle Bronze Age in Central Anatolia is assumed.
[-2000, -1700]
15000
25000
None
454
(Sakha - Early)
Full Year Range of Sakha - Early is assumed.
[1400, 1632]
None
None
None
455
(Late Cappadocia)
Full Year Range of Late Cappadocia is assumed.
[-330, 16]
130000
130000
None
456
(Sakha - Late)
Full Year Range of Sakha - Late is assumed.
[1632, 1900]
None
None
None
457
(Ayutthaya)
Full Year Range of Ayutthaya is assumed.
[1593, 1767]
None
None
in squared kilometers
invaded NGA 1594 CE
458
(Shiwei)
Full Year Range of Shiwei is assumed.
[600, 1000]
None
None
in squared kilometers
"Therefore the scope of the Shiwei's territory in the period from the Northern Qi to Sui can be approximated, it reached the Huolin River to the south, the Erguna River to the west, the Nenjiang River to the east, and the lower reaches of the Erguna River to the north. In the Tang period, it is known that there were twenty Shiwei tribes, according to the records in dynastic histories. They were the Wusugu, Yisaimo, Saiezhi, Hejie, Wuluohu, Nali, Lingxi, Shanbei, Huangtou, Da Ruzhe, Xiao Ruzhe, Powo, Nebeizhi, Luotuo, Dong Shiwei, Xi Shiwei, Da Shiwei, Mengwu Shiwei, Luozu Shiwei and Dagui." [Xu 2005, p. 174] "Summing up the above discussion, the four boundaries of all the Shiwei tribes in the Tang Dynasty can be approximately described by the following: the eastern boundary was the modern Jingqili River; the western was the west of the modern Lake Hulun; the northern was the modern Sea of Okhotsk; and the southern was the south of the modern Huoli River." [Xu 2005, p. 175]
459
(Shuar - Ecuadorian)
Full Year Range of Shuar - Ecuadorian is assumed.
[1831, 1931]
None
None
None
460
(Kansai - Yayoi Period)
Full Year Range of Kansai - Yayoi Period is assumed.
[-300, 250]
None
None
None
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