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

Tuyuhun (in: Mongolia) 300 CE 663 CE

Kazakh Khanate I (in: Turkestan) 1465 CE 1718 CE

Argentine Republic I (in: Southern South America) 1816 CE 1983 CE

Principality of Moldavia I (in: Eastern Europe) 1346 CE 1503 CE

Initial Formative Basin of Mexico (in: Mexico) 2000 BCE 1201 BCE

Isin-Larsa (in: Mesopotamia) 2004 BCE 1763 BCE

Bahmani Sultanate (in: Southern India) 1347 CE 1518 CE

Early Maravi (in: Southern Africa) 1400 CE 1499 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

Yehuda: Absent 141 BCE 63 BCE

Umayyad Caliphate: Absent 661 CE 750 CE

Kachi Plain - Post-Urban Period: Unknown 1800 BCE 1301 BCE

Orokaiva - Colonial: Absent 1884 CE 1942 CE

Classical Crete: Absent 500 BCE 323 BCE

Sakha - Early: Present 1400 CE 1632 CE

Ottoman Empire III: Absent 1683 CE 1839 CE

Elymais II: Absent 25 CE 215 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 
1438 CE 1453 CE (Egypt - Mamluk Sultanate III)
Al-Zahir Jaqmaq Al-Ashraf Inal
Overturn Intra-Elite Military Revolt
1425 CE 1460 CE (Kingdom of Kaffa)
Girra Addio
1819 CE 1824 CE (Kingdom of Hawaii - Post-Kamehameha Period)
Kamehameha II Kamehameha III
268 CE 270 CE (Roman Empire - Principate)
Claudius II, Gothicus Quintillus
Overturn Military Revolt Popular Uprising Predecessor Assassination
- (Papal States - High Medieval Period)
Honorius III (Cencio Savelli) Gregory IX (Ugolino da Segni)
537 CE 562 CE (Early Classic Tikal)
Wak Chan K'awiil ("Double-Bird") Lizard Head II ("Animal Skull")
Overturn External Invasion Predecessor Assassination
711 CE 715 CE (Proto-Carolingian)
Dagobert III Chilperic II
Intra-Elite Military Revolt Separatist Rebellion
470 CE 488 CE (Anurādhapura III)
Kassapa Mogallana
Intra-Elite

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 
1519 CE 1521 CE (Aztec Empire)
Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire
Population Decline Epidemic Elite Downward Mobility Uprising Civil War Capital Loss External Conquest
1718 CE 1778 CE (Late Illinois Confederation)
French-British colonization, attacks by Haudenosaunee, internal conflict
Population Decline Population Collapse Epidemic Elite Downward Mobility Uprising Civil War Fragmentation External Conquest
1810 CE (Rattanakosin)
Coup
Uprising Capital Loss Ruler Assassination Ruler Depose
1830 CE 1848 CE (British Empire I)
Chartist Movement
Uprising Labor Change Suffrage Public Goods Change
1728 CE 1805 CE (Yemen - Qasimid Dynasty)
Fragmentation of Qasimid state
Uprising Fragmentation External Conquest
1550 CE 1590 CE (Hawaii II)
Dynastic Crisis
Elite Downward Mobility Uprising Ruler Assassination Ruler Depose
900 CE 1000 CE (Monte Alban V Early Postclassic)
Fragmentation of Monte Albán state
Lasted > a Century Fragmentation
706 CE 725 CE (Chenla)
Chenla Dynastic Conflict
Fragmentation

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, 1869 Riot (land) in New York (NY), Rensselear: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

Sept. 1, 1913 Riot (race) in Michigan (MI), Harriston: 12 were killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

April 1, 1876 Lynching (extralegal) in Texas (TX), Dallas: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

July 1, 1916 Terrorism (political) in California (CA), San Francisco: 10 were killed.   Wikipedia

April 1, 1874 Riot (political, race) in Arkansas (AR), Pine Bluff: 9 were killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

Sept. 11, 2010 Terrorism in Kentucky (KY), Jackson: 5 were killed.   TVPDB: The Violence Project database of mass shootings in the United States (Version 7)

Aug. 1, 1992 Riot (political) in Idaho (ID), Naples: 3 were killed.   The New York Times

Aug. 1, 1922 Riot (labor) in Illinois (IL), Joliet: 2 were killed.   Hartford Daily Courant Or The Hartford Courant

and 1941 more ...