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

Elam - Crisis Period (in: Iran) 1100 BCE 900 BCE

Republic of Genoa III (in: Southern Europe) 1529 CE 1797 CE

Northern Maravi Kingdom (in: Southern Africa) 1500 CE 1621 CE

Sakha - Early (in: Siberia) 1400 CE 1632 CE

Nara Kingdom (in: Northeast Asia) 710 CE 794 CE

Northern Song (in: North China) 960 CE 1127 CE

Grand Principality of Moscow, Mongolian period (in: Eastern Europe) 1240 CE 1479 CE

Western Satraps (in: Pakistan) 35 CE 405 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

Proto-Carolingian: Absent 687 CE 750 CE

Funan I: Unknown 225 CE 539 CE

Neolithic Yemen: Absent 3500 BCE 1201 BCE

Egypt - Dynasty II: Absent 2900 BCE 2687 BCE

Kalingga Kingdom: Unknown 500 CE 731 CE

Elam - Awan Dynasty I: Absent 2675 BCE 2251 BCE

Middle Merovingian: Absent 543 CE 686 CE

Songhai Empire - Askiya Dynasty: Present 1493 CE 1590 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 
1368 CE 1398 CE (Great Ming)
Hongwu Emperor (Hung Wu, T’ai Tsu, Zhu Yuanzhang, Chu Yuan-chang) Jianwen Emperor (Chien Wen, Zhu Yunwen, Hui Ti)
515 CE 528 CE (Northern Wei)
Xiaoming of Northern Wei (Yuan Xu, Hsiao Ming Ti) Xiaozhuang of Northern Wei (Yuan Ziyou, Lin t’ai Wang)
Overturn Intra-Elite Predecessor Assassination
1035 CE 1040 CE (Anglo-Saxon England II)
Harold I ('Harefoot') Harthacnut
1520 CE 1550 CE (Karagwe)
Ruhinda II Ntare II
1389 CE 1404 CE (Papal States - Renaissance Period)
Boniface IX (Pietro Tomacelli) Innocent VII (Cosimo Gentile dei Migliorati)
Military Revolt External Inteference
1408 CE 1412 CE (Late Mongols)
Öljei Temür Dalbag
Intra-Elite Predecessor Assassination
1334 CE 1335 CE (Chagatai Khanate)
Buzan Changshi
Overturn Intra-Elite
1232 CE 1236 CE (Dambadaneiya)
Vijayabahu III Parakramabahu II

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 
540 CE 554 CE (East Roman Empire)
Sixth Century Crisis & Justinian Plague
Epidemic Capital Loss
1280 CE 1322 CE (Egypt - Mamluk Sultanate I)
Mongol invasions and rebellions in Mamluk Egypt
Fragmentation External Conquest Ruler Assassination Ruler Depose
306 CE 324 CE (Roman Empire - Dominate)
Civil Wars of Tetrarchy
Uprising Civil War Constitution Change
184 CE 220 CE (Eastern Han Empire)
Yellow Turban and Five Pecks of Rice rebellions
Population Decline Epidemic Elite Downward Mobility Elite Extermination Uprising Revolution Civil War Fragmentation
509 BCE (Roman Kingdom)
Foundation of the Roman Republic
Population Decline Elite Downward Mobility Revolution Successful Revolution Civil War Constitution Change
1419 CE 1434 CE (Kingdom of Bohemia - Luxembourgian and Jagiellonian Dynasty)
Hussite Wars
Population Decline Uprising Revolution Civil War Ruler Depose Religion Change
865 CE 866 CE (Byzantine Empire I)
Rise of Macedonioan Emperors
Ruler Assassination
585 CE 590 CE (Lombard Kingdom)
Civil War

and 161 more ... coded for 153 Polities

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

Dec. 1, 2023 Terrorism in Nevada (NV), Las Vegas, Clark: 1 was killed. -

Nov. 1, 1913 Riot (labor) in Indiana (IN), Indianapolis: 2 were killed.   The New York Times

Sept. 2, 2024 Terrorism in Illinois (IL), Chicago, Cook County: 4 were killed.   MKADB: (Mass Killings in America 2006 - present) Data from the AP-USA

March 1, 1895 Riot (labor) in Louisiana (LA), New Orleans: 4 were killed.   Hartford Daily Courant Or The Hartford Courant

Jan. 1, 1913 Riot (labor) in West Virginia (WV), Cabin Creek: 50 were killed.   Wikipedia

July 1, 1868 Lynching (race) in Tennessee (TN), Maury: 3 were killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

Jan. 1, 1926 Lynching (extralegal) in Florida (FL), Ocala: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

July 1, 1868 Lynching (race) in Texas (TX), Columbia: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

and 1941 more ...