In a message dated 11/29/03 3:05:53 PM Mountain Standard Time, RulingNations@aol.com writes: >OK. Finally got some numbers. I've assumed a two-field rotation, the >invention and use of the horse collar, some minor magic in cultivation, >and a low population so that only the best 10% of land is cultivated. >For the Midsea area this works out to an average population of 5,000 per >pixel (25 square miles) of which about 50% is directly involved in >cultivating the land. Well, after doing some more research it turns out that I _drastically_ overestimated the amount of potentially arable land. Anyway, references put population density from 2 per square mile (low production borderlands after Norman invasion) to 150 per square mile (developed French countryside). Based on these numbers a good density for the Qaiyore Midsea region would be 30 per square mile or 750 per pixel, mainly concentrated in coastlands and river valleys. Using these new numbers the isle of Orasaren should have a total population around 8,500,000, only 70% larger than what's stated on the site. References: The Domesday Book: http://www.domesdaybook.co.uk/ Medieval Demographics Made Easy: http://www.io.com/~sjohn/demog.htm Fantasy Agriculture: http://www.picotech.net/~jeff_wilson63/rpg/agricult.htm Jefferson http://www.picotech.net/~jeff_wilson63/rpg/ ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send mail to celandra-off@phoenyx.net.
