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

Oaxaca - Tierras Largas (in: Mexico) 1400 BCE 1150 BCE

Early Classic Tikal (in: Mexico) 250 CE 554 CE

Abbasid Caliphate II (in: Mesopotamia) 1191 CE 1258 CE

Anurādhapura I (in: Sri Lanka) 300 BCE 70 CE

Late Formative Titicaca Basin (in: Andes) 100 CE 499 CE

Exarchate of Ravenna (in: Southern Europe) 568 CE 751 CE

Susa II (in: Iran) 3800 BCE 3100 BCE

Danelaw (in: Western Europe) 878 CE 926 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

Egypt - Saite Period: Absent 664 BCE 526 BCE

Roman Empire - Dominate: Absent 285 CE 394 CE

Warring States Japan: Absent 1467 CE 1567 CE

Ptolemaic Kingdom I: Absent 305 BCE 218 BCE

Eastern Turk Khaganate: Present 583 CE 630 CE

Late Qing: Absent 1796 CE 1912 CE

Elam - Kidinuid Period: Absent 1500 BCE 1401 BCE

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 
1583 CE 1677 CE (Ọ̀ràézè Ǹrì)
Eze Nri Agu Eze Nri Alike and Nri Apia
1180 CE 1223 CE (French Kingdom - Late Capetian)
Philip II, the Augustus Louis VIII, the Lion
1775 CE 1796 CE (Burundi)
Mwambutsa Ntare II Rugamba
1888 CE 1890 CE (Futa Jallon)
Ibrahima Sori III Bu Bakar III
1650 CE 1700 CE (Kingdom of Nyinginya)
Ndori Gisanura
1875 CE 1908 CE (Late Qing)
Guangxu Emperor (Kuang Hsu, Te Tsung, Zaitan) Xuantong Emperor (Hsuan T’ung, Puyi) - END OF CHINESE IMPERIAL RULE
Overturn Intra-Elite Predecessor Assassination
- (Early Pandyas)
Neduncheliyan II Mudukudumi
1726 CE 1735 CE (Mutapa)
Dehwe II Joãoquinto Mupunzagutu

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 
1917 CE 1923 CE (Russian Empire, Romanov Dynasty II)
Russian Revolution and Civil War
Population Decline Elite Downward Mobility Elite Extermination Uprising Revolution Successful Revolution Civil War Fragmentation Capital Loss Ruler Assassination Ruler Depose Constitution Change Religion Change
900 CE 1000 CE (Monte Alban V Early Postclassic)
Fragmentation of Monte Albán state
Lasted > a Century Fragmentation
1887 CE 1898 CE (Kingdom of Hawaii - Post-Kamehameha Period)
Overthrow of Kingdom of Hawai'i
Elite Downward Mobility Uprising Civil War External Conquest Ruler Depose Constitution Change
844 BCE 840 BCE (Western Zhou)
Military and Popular Uprisings
Uprising Ruler Depose
1728 CE 1805 CE (Yemen - Qasimid Dynasty)
Fragmentation of Qasimid state
Uprising Fragmentation External Conquest
1866 CE 1868 CE (Tokugawa Shogunate)
Meiji Restoration
Population Decline Epidemic Elite Downward Mobility Uprising Revolution Successful Revolution Civil War Ruler Depose Constitution Change
1910 CE 1920 CE (Early United Mexican States)
Mexican Revolution
Uprising Revolution Successful Revolution Civil War Ruler Assassination Ruler Depose Constitution Change
1911 CE 1912 CE (Late Qing)
Chinese Revolution
Population Decline Elite Downward Mobility Elite Extermination Uprising Revolution Successful Revolution Civil War Ruler Depose 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)

July 1, 1877 Riot (labor) in Pennsylvania (PA), Shamokin: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

Sept. 1, 1922 Riot (labor) in Ohio (OH), Cleveland: 1 was killed.   The New York Times

Aug. 1, 1919 Riot (prison) in Connecticut (CT), Wethersfield: 1 was killed.   Hartford Daily Courant Or The Hartford Courant

Nov. 1, 1974 Riot (prison) in Georgia (GA), Reidsville: 1 was killed.   Hartford Daily Courant Or The Hartford Courant

Oct. 1, 1898 Riot (labor) in Illinois (IL), Virden: 11 were killed.   Wikipedia

March 1, 1932 Riot (labor) in Michigan (MI), Dearborn: 4 were killed.   Hartford Daily Courant Or The Hartford Courant

April 1, 1968 Riot (race) in UNKNOWN (UNK), Kansas City: 1 was killed.   Hartford Daily Courant Or The Hartford Courant

April 1, 1992 Riot (race) in California (CA), Los Angeles: 60 were killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

and 1941 more ...