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

Wattasid (in: Maghreb) 1465 CE 1554 CE

Harla Kingdom (in: East Africa) 500 CE 1500 CE

Ganga Kingdom (in: Eastern South Asia) 1028 CE 1435 CE

Roman Kingdom (in: Southern Europe) 716 BCE 509 BCE

Ethiopia Kingdom II (in: East Africa) 1621 CE 1768 CE

Kara-Khanids (in: Turkestan) 950 CE 1212 CE

Haudenosaunee Confederacy - Late (in: East Coast) 1714 CE 1848 CE

Spanish Empire II (in: Southern Europe) 1716 CE 1814 CE

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

Durrani Empire: Absent 1748 CE 1826 CE

Monopalatial Crete: Present 1450 BCE 1301 BCE

Majapahit Kingdom: Present 1292 CE 1518 CE

Early Wei Dynasty: Present 445 BCE 225 BCE

Mahajanapada era: Absent 600 BCE 325 BCE

Hawaii II: Absent 1200 CE 1349 CE

Egypt - Tulunid-Ikhshidid Period: Absent 868 CE 908 CE

Chenla: Absent 550 CE 825 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 
862 CE 880 CE (Pandya Dynasty)
Vargun II Parnatak Veernarayan
Overturn Military Revolt Popular Uprising Separatist Rebellion External Invasion External Inteference
1186 CE 1187 CE (Polonnaruwa)
Vijayabahu II Mahinda VI
Overturn Intra-Elite Predecessor Assassination
215 BCE 205 BCE (Anurādhapura I)
Asela Elara
Overturn External Invasion Predecessor Assassination
1858 CE 1889 CE (Foys)
Glele Behanzin
1382 CE 1400 CE (Republic of Venice III)
Antonio Venier Michele Steno
1355 CE 1356 CE (Republic of Venice III)
Giovanni Gradenigo Giovanni Dolfin
119 BCE 109 BCE (Anurādhapura I)
Lanja Tissa Khallata Naga
1705 CE 1719 CE (Mataram Sultanate)
Susuhunan Pakubuwono I Susuhunan Amangkurat IV
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 
1325 CE 1361 CE (Chagatai Khanate)
Fragmentation of Chagatai Khanate
Uprising Fragmentation External Conquest Ruler Assassination Ruler Depose
403 BCE 256 BCE (Eastern Zhou)
Fragmentation of Eastern Zhou (Warring States)
Elite Downward Mobility Civil War Fragmentation External Conquest
1467 CE (Ashikaga Shogunate)
Transition to Sengoku period
Population Decline Epidemic Elite Downward Mobility Civil War Fragmentation Ruler Assassination Constitution Change
1650 CE (Sakha - Late)
Smallpox Epidemic
Population Decline Epidemic
1870 CE 1871 CE (Napoleonic France)
Franco-Prussian War, collapse of Second French Empire, foundation of Third Republic
Elite Downward Mobility Uprising Revolution Successful Revolution Civil War Capital Loss Ruler Depose Constitution Change
150 CE 224 CE (Parthian Empire II)
Fall of the Parthian Empire
Epidemic Civil War External Conquest Ruler Assassination
865 CE 866 CE (Byzantine Empire I)
Rise of Macedonioan Emperors
Ruler Assassination
1809 CE 1831 CE (Shuar - Colonial)
Uprising and Rebellion against the Spaniards
Uprising Revolution Constitution Change

and 161 more ... coded for 153 Polities

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

Oct. 1, 1962 Riot (race) in Mississippi (MS), Oxford: 2 were killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

April 1, 1894 Lynching (extralegal) in Georgia (GA), Gilmer: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

Oct. 1, 1835 Lynching (extralegal) in Virginia (VA), Lynchburg: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

Sept. 1, 1868 Riot (political, race) in Louisiana (LA), New Orleans: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

Aug. 1, 1874 Riot (race) in Tennessee (TN), Pickettsville: 16 were killed.   Hartford Daily Courant Or The Hartford Courant

Jan. 1, 1902 Riot (race) in Georgia (GA), Atlanta: 4 were killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

June 1, 1865 Riot (military) in New York (NY), New York City: 1 was killed.   Hartford Daily Courant Or The Hartford Courant

July 1, 1899 Riot (labor) in Alabama (AL), Bassemo: 2 were killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

and 1941 more ...