Seshat: Global History Databank

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Objects

47

Seshat Regions

West Africa (Africa)

Southern Europe (Europe)

East Africa (Africa)

Central Europe (Europe)

Anatolia-Caucasus (Southwest Asia)

Western Europe (Europe)

Iran (Southwest Asia)

North China (East Asia)

and 39 more ... in 10 Macro Regions.

862

Polities

Konya Plain - Early Neolithic (in: Anatolia-Caucasus) 9600 BCE 7000 BCE

Alawi Dynasty (in: Maghreb) 1728 CE 1912 CE

Jin (in: North China) 780 BCE 404 BCE

Axum II (in: East Africa) 350 CE 599 CE

Egypt - New Kingdom Ramesside Period (in: Northeast Africa) 1293 BCE 1070 BCE

Songhai Empire (in: Sahel) 1376 CE 1493 CE

Delhi Sultanate (in: North India) 1206 CE 1526 CE

Kachi Plain - Proto-Historic Period (in: Pakistan) 1300 BCE 500 BCE

and 854 more ... in 47 Seshat Regions.

Seshat

General Variables
26 variables 8888 records

Alternative Name (Identity and Location)

Polity Peak Years (Temporal Bounds)

Polity Capital (Identity and Location)

Polity Language (Language)

Polity Religion (Religion)

Degree of Centralization (Temporal Bounds)

Succeeding Entity (Supra-cultural relations)

Relationship to Preceding Entity (Supra-cultural relations)

and 18 more ... for 542 Polities

Social Complexity Variables
77 variables 26069 records

Polity Territory (Social Scale)

Polity Population (Social Scale)

Settlement Hierarchy (Hierarchical Complexity)

Irrigation System (Specialized Buildings: polity owned)

Merit Promotion (Bureaucracy Characteristics)

Formal Legal Code (Law)

Road (Transport Infrastructure)

Postal Station (Information / Postal System)

and 69 more ... for 619 Polities

Warfare Variables
49 variables 17537 records

Bronze (Military use of Metals)

Javelin (Projectiles)

Battle Axe (Handheld Weapons)

Sword (Handheld Weapons)

Horse (Animals used in warfare)

Small Vessels (canoes, etc) (Naval technology)

Shield (Armor)

Wooden Palisade (Fortifications)

and 41 more ... for 377 Polities

Human Sacrifice
357 records

Indo-Greek Kingdom: Absent 145 BCE 96 BCE

Elam - Igihalkid Period: Absent 1399 BCE 1200 BCE

Susiana A: Unknown 6000 BCE 5701 BCE

Republic of Venice III: Absent 1205 CE 1563 CE

Susiana - Early Ubaid: Unknown 5100 BCE 4701 BCE

Qajar Dynasty: Absent 1794 CE 1925 CE

Early Mongols: Present 1126 CE 1205 CE

Tang Dynasty I: Absent 618 CE 762 CE

and 349 more ... coded for 323 Polities

CrisisDB

Power Transitions
Overturn / Intra-Elite / Military Revolt / Popular Uprising / Separatist Rebellion / External Invasion / External Interference / Predecessor Assassination 
1827 CE 1830 CE (Kingdom of Waalo)
Fara Penda Sal Kheerfi Xari Daaro
Intra-Elite
138 CE 145 CE (Satavahana Empire)
Vasishtihputra Satakarni Siva Sri Pulumavi
1884 CE 1887 CE (Ashanti Empire)
Kwaku Dua II' Interim Council
Military Revolt Separatist Rebellion External Inteference
1450 CE 1467 CE (Jaffna)
Sri Singhabodhi Buvanekavahu Vijayavahu
Overturn External Inteference
1506 CE 1516 CE (Spanish Empire I)
Philip I Charles I
1342 CE 1382 CE (Hungary Kingdom - Anjou and Later Dynasties)
Louis I Mary
Intra-Elite
1049 CE 1054 CE (Rome - Republic of St Peter II)
Leo IX (Bruno of Egisheim) Victor II (Gebhard of Dollnstein-Hirschberg)
Intra-Elite
751 CE 768 CE (Carolingian Empire I)
Pepin the Short Carloman I
Intra-Elite Separatist Rebellion

and 3439 more ... coded for 264 Polities

Crisis Consequences
Population Decline / Population Collapse / Elite Downward Mobility / Elite Extermination / Uprising / Revolution / Successful Revolution / Civil War / Lasted > a Century / Capital Loss / External Conquest / Ruler Assassination / Ruler Depose / Constitution Change / Labor Change / Unfree Labor Change / Suffrage / Public Goods Change / Religion Change 
1516 CE 1517 CE (Egypt - Mamluk Sultanate III)
Fall of the Burji dynasty
Capital Loss External Conquest Ruler Assassination Ruler Depose Constitution Change
840 CE 843 CE (Carolingian Empire II)
Carolingian Civil War
Elite Downward Mobility Civil War Fragmentation Ruler Depose Constitution Change
1866 CE 1868 CE (Tokugawa Shogunate)
Meiji Restoration
Population Decline Epidemic Elite Downward Mobility Uprising Revolution Successful Revolution Civil War Ruler Depose Constitution Change
1387 CE 1390 CE (Mali Empire)
Elite Internal Struggles, decline of Mali's power, rise of Songhai
Ruler Assassination Ruler Depose
11 BCE 9 CE (Western Han Empire)
Rebellions and Wang Mang usurpation
Elite Downward Mobility Uprising Ruler Assassination
1200 BCE 1150 BCE (Phoenician Empire)
Late Bronze Age Collapse
1590 CE 1610 CE (Ottoman Empire II)
First Jelali rebellion
Population Decline Epidemic Uprising Ruler Depose
772 CE 778 CE (Medang Kingdom)
Hindu-Buddhist Struggles
Religion Change

and 161 more ... coded for 153 Polities

🇺🇸 US Political Violence Database
Date / Violence Type / Violence Subtype(s) / Location(s) / Fatalities / Narrative / Source(s)

Aug. 1, 1931 Lynching (race) in Alabama (AL), Haynesville: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

March 1, 2012 Terrorism (political) in Texas (TX), Houston: 1 was killed.   Reuters

Feb. 14, 1977 Terrorism in New York (NY), New Rochelle: 5 were killed.   TVPDB: The Violence Project database of mass shootings in the United States (Version 7)

Nov. 26, 2020 Terrorism in Nevada (NV), Las Vegas, Clark: 1 was killed.   ACLED: The Armed Conflict Location & Event Data

Feb. 1, 1971 Riot (race) in North Carolina (NC), Wilmington: 2 were killed.   Hartford Daily Courant Or The Hartford Courant

Jan. 1, 1966 Riot (race) in Illinois (IL), Chicago: 2 were killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

Oct. 1, 1849 Riot (political, race) in Pennsylvania (PA), Philadelphia, Philadelphia: 4 were killed.   Hartford Daily Courant Or The Hartford Courant

June 1, 1893 Lynching (race) in Illinois (IL), Decatur: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

and 1941 more ...