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

Idrisids (in: Maghreb) 789 CE 917 CE

Amorite Babylonia (in: Mesopotamia) 2000 BCE 1600 BCE

Cahokia - Early Woodland (in: Mississippi Basin) 600 BCE 150 BCE

Neolithic Middle Ganga (in: North India) 7000 BCE 3001 BCE

Republic of Genoa I (in: Southern Europe) 1099 CE 1284 CE

Chu Kingdom - Warring States Period (in: South China) 488 BCE 223 BCE

Japan (in: Northeast Asia) 1952 CE 2020 CE

Classical Ife (in: West Africa) 1000 CE 1400 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

Jenne-jeno III: Unknown 400 CE 899 CE

Neo-Assyrian Empire: Present 911 BCE 612 BCE

Haudenosaunee Confederacy - Late: Transitional (Present -> Absent) 1714 CE 1848 CE

Naqada II: Present 3550 BCE 3301 BCE

Hatti - New Kingdom: Present 1344 BCE 1181 BCE

Xiongnu Imperial Confederation: Present 209 BCE 60 BCE

Rouran Khaganate: Absent 300 CE 551 CE

Papal States - Renaissance Period: Absent 1378 CE 1526 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 
1620 CE 1627 CE (Great Ming)
Tianqi Emperor (T’ien Ch’i, Hsi Tsung, Zhu Youjiao) Chongzhen Emperor (Ch’ung Chen, Chuang-lieh Ti, Zhu Youjian)
100 CE 125 CE (Kushan Empire)
Vima Takh(tu) Vima Kadphises
1642 CE 1666 CE (Safavid Empire)
Abbas II Safi II / Suleiman I
1665 CE 1700 CE (Spanish Empire I)
Charles II Philip V
217 CE 218 CE (Roman Empire - Principate)
Macrinus Diadumenian
Overturn Intra-Elite Military Revolt Predecessor Assassination
1438 CE 1471 CE (Inca Empire)
Pachacuti Túpac Inca Yupanqui
- (Deva Dynasty)
Sri Santideva Sri Vlradeva
1629 CE 1656 CE (Ayutthaya)
Prasat Thong Narai
Overturn Intra-Elite Separatist Rebellion External Inteference Predecessor Assassination

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 
1171 CE 1206 CE (Early Mongols)
Crisis in Mongolian Confederacy
Civil War Ruler Assassination
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
1193 CE 1260 CE (Ayyubid Sultanate)
Decline and fall of Ayyubid dynasty
Population Decline Uprising Fragmentation External Conquest Ruler Depose
1890 CE 1935 CE (Us Reconstruction-Progressive)
Progressive Era
Labor Change Suffrage Public Goods Change
1432 CE (Late Angkor)
Collapse of Angkor
Population Decline Epidemic Elite Downward Mobility Fragmentation External Conquest Ruler Depose
1670 CE 1701 CE (Akan - Pre-Ashanti)
Separatist Rebellion
Elite Downward Mobility Uprising Constitution Change
1848 CE 1867 CE (Austria - Habsburg Dynasty II)
Habsburg Empire Revolution
Elite Downward Mobility Uprising Revolution Constitution Change Unfree Labor Change
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)

May 1, 1891 Riot (ethnic) in West Virginia (WV), Wheeling: 3 were killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

March 1, 1871 Lynching (race) in Georgia (GA), Charles: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

May 1, 1969 Riot (political) in California (CA), Berkeley: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

March 1, 1880 Lynching (extralegal) in New Mexico (NM), Las Vegas: 3 were killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

Feb. 1, 1870 Lynching (race) in North Carolina (NC), Graham, Alamance: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

July 1, 1884 Lynching (extralegal) in Montana (MT), Crooked Creek: 5 were killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

Feb. 1, 1892 Lynching (race) in Virginia (VA), Roanoke: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

March 1, 1871 Riot (race) in Mississippi (MS), Meridian: 40 were killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

and 1941 more ...