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
51
(Greco-Bactrian Kingdom)
200 BCE
600000
800000
None
52
(Western Han Empire)
200 BCE
2433000
2433000
None
53
(Ptolemaic Kingdom II)
200 BCE
833000
833000
None
54
(Parthian Empire I)
200 BCE
280000
280000
None
55
(Seleucid Empire)
200 BCE 147 BCE
2300000
475000
None
56
(Greco-Bactrian Kingdom)
180 BCE
2200000
2200000
None
57
(Ptolemaic Kingdom II)
150 BCE
640000
640000
None
58
(Ptolemaic Kingdom II)
100 BCE
373000
373000
None
59
(Parthian Empire I)
100 BCE
2000000
2000000
None
60
(Western Han Empire)
100 BCE
4567000
4567000
None
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