Seshat: Global History Databank

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✓ collects what is currently known about the social and political organization of human societies over time
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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

Kingdom of Khotan (in: Turkestan) 852 CE 1006 CE

Kingdom of Sicily - Hohenstaufen and Angevin dynasties (in: Southern Europe) 1194 CE 1281 CE

Russian Empire, Romanov Dynasty II (in: Eastern Europe) 1776 CE 1917 CE

Western Zhou (in: North China) 1122 BCE 771 BCE

La Tene A-B1 (in: Western Europe) 475 BCE 325 BCE

Republic of Rwanda (in: Central Africa) 1962 CE 2020 CE

Lavo Kingdom II (in: Mainland Southeast Asia) 1002 CE 1350 CE

Kachi Plain - Urban Period I (in: Pakistan) 2500 BCE 2100 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 26068 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 17536 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 376 Polities

Human Sacrifice
357 records

Early Mongols: Present 1126 CE 1205 CE

Durrani Empire: Absent 1748 CE 1826 CE

Egypt - Classic Old Kingdom: Absent 2650 BCE 2351 BCE

Oneota: Absent 1400 CE 1639 CE

Egypt - Thebes-Hyksos Period: Absent 1720 BCE 1567 BCE

Sui Dynasty: Absent 581 CE 617 CE

Himyar I: Absent 270 CE 340 CE

Egypt - Dynasty I: Present 3100 BCE 2901 BCE

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 
811 CE (Byzantine Empire I)
Stauracius Michael I Rangabe
Overturn Intra-Elite
6 CE 9 CE (Western Han Empire)
Ruzi Guangwudi
Overturn Intra-Elite
1154 CE 1159 CE (Rome - Republic of St Peter II)
Hadrian IV (Nicholas Breakspear) Lucius III (Ubaldo Allucingoli)
Intra-Elite Military Revolt External Inteference
1342 CE 1382 CE (Hungary Kingdom - Anjou and Later Dynasties)
Louis I Mary
Intra-Elite
1450 CE 1465 CE (Jolof Empire)
N’Dyelen Mbey Leeyti Pirayma N’Dyeme Eter
590 CE 615 CE (Lombard Kingdom)
Agilulf Adaloald
974 CE 983 CE (Rome - Republic of St Peter II)
Benedict VII John XIV (Peter Canepanova)
Intra-Elite External Invasion External Inteference
827 CE 844 CE (Republic of St Peter I)
Gregory IV Sergius II
Overturn Intra-Elite External Invasion

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 
339 BCE 200 BCE (Third Scythian Kingdom)
Downfall of the Scythians
Population Decline Fragmentation External Conquest
1070 BCE (Egypt - New Kingdom Ramesside Period)
Collapse of New Kingdom state
Epidemic Uprising Civil War Fragmentation Constitution Change
1727 CE 1757 CE (Alaouite Dynasty I)
Succession Crisis
Uprising Civil War Ruler Assassination Ruler Depose
157 BCE 63 BCE (Seleucid Empire)
Seleucid Dynastic Wars
Uprising Civil War Fragmentation External Conquest Ruler Assassination Ruler Depose
1500 BCE 1430 BCE (Hatti - Old Kingdom)
Fall of Old Kingdom of Hatti
Population Decline Elite Downward Mobility External Conquest
901 CE 907 CE (Tang Dynasty II)
Fall of the Tang Dynasty
Elite Downward Mobility Elite Extermination Civil War Fragmentation Capital Loss Ruler Assassination Ruler Depose
1153 CE 1214 CE (Jin Dynasty)
Unrest & flooding
Population Decline Elite Extermination Uprising Civil War External Conquest Ruler Assassination Ruler Depose
627 BCE 608 BCE (Neo-Assyrian Empire)
Fall of the Neo-Assyrian Empire
Elite Downward Mobility Elite Extermination Civil War Fragmentation External Conquest Ruler Depose

and 161 more ... coded for 153 Polities

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

Jan. 1, 1874 Riot (race) in Alabama (AL), Forkland, Green: 3 were killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

Sept. 1, 1871 Lynching (race) in Alabama (AL), Sumter: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

Sept. 1, 1857 Riot (religion) in Utah (UT), Mountain Meadows: 120 were killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

April 1, 1904 Riot (military) in Florida (FL), Pensacola: 1 was killed.   Hartford Daily Courant Or The Hartford Courant

Dec. 1, 1869 Riot (race) in North Carolina (NC), Alamance: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

Nov. 1, 1856 Riot (political) in Maryland (MD), Baltimore: 17 were killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

July 1, 1895 Riot (race) in Alabama (AL), Brookside: 6 were killed.   Hartford Daily Courant Or The Hartford Courant

Aug. 1, 1874 Riot (political) in Kentucky (KY), Lancaster: 2 were killed.   Hartford Daily Courant Or The Hartford Courant

and 1941 more ...