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

Ahmadnagar Sultanate (in: Southern India) 1490 CE 1636 CE

Egypt - Late Old Kingdom (in: Northeast Africa) 2350 BCE 2150 BCE

Deccan - Neolithic (in: Southern India) 2700 BCE 1200 BCE

Kachi Plain - Proto-Historic Period (in: Pakistan) 1300 BCE 500 BCE

Kingdom of Cyprus (in: Southeastern Europe) 1192 CE 1489 CE

Ava Kingdom (in: Mainland Southeast Asia) 1364 CE 1527 CE

Elam III (in: Iran) 612 BCE 539 BCE

Japan - Middle Jomon (in: Northeast Asia) 3500 BCE 2500 BCE

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

Early Xiongnu: Unknown 1400 BCE 400 BCE

Bamana kingdom: Present 1712 CE 1818 CE

Roman Empire - Principate: Absent 200 CE 283 CE

Egypt - Mamluk Sultanate I: Absent 1260 CE 1347 CE

Sogdiana - City-States Period: Absent 604 CE 711 CE

Konya Plain - Late Chalcolithic: Unknown 5500 BCE 3001 BCE

Early Illinois Confederation: Absent 1640 CE 1717 CE

Yemen - Qasimid Dynasty: Absent 1637 CE 1805 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 
500 CE 507 CE (Gupta Empire)
Budha-Gupta Vainya-Gupta
1526 CE 1530 CE (Mughal Empire)
Babur Humayun
1570 CE 1580 CE (Hawaii II)
Hākau Umi-a-Līloa
Overturn Intra-Elite Popular Uprising Predecessor Assassination
1458 CE 1490 CE (Hungary Kingdom - Anjou and Later Dynasties)
Matthias Corvinus Vladislaus II
Intra-Elite External Inteference
1845 CE 1854 CE (Kingdom of Kaffa)
Gawi Nechocho Kaye Sherocho
452 CE 455 CE (Anurādhapura III)
Dathiya Dhatusena
Overturn Military Revolt Predecessor Assassination
1606 CE 1610 CE (Grand Principality of Moscow, Rurikid Dynasty)
Vasily IV Vladislav (Ladislaus IV of Poland)
Intra-Elite Military Revolt Popular Uprising External Invasion
1445 CE 1471 CE (Adal Sultanate)
Muhammad ibn Badlay Ibrahim I

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 
1618 CE 1648 CE (Austria - Habsburg Dynasty I)
Seventeenth Century Crisis, Thirty Years' War
Population Decline Epidemic Elite Downward Mobility Elite Extermination Civil War Religion Change
1638 CE 1684 CE (Haudenosaunee Confederacy - Early)
Beaver Wars
Population Decline Epidemic Civil War Fragmentation
1351 CE 1368 CE (Great Yuan)
Fall of the Yuan Dynasty
Elite Downward Mobility Uprising Revolution Successful Revolution Civil War 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
1348 CE 1412 CE (Egypt - Mamluk Sultanate II)
Plague to Assassination of Sultan Faraj i
Population Decline Epidemic Uprising Civil War Ruler Assassination Ruler Depose
1642 CE 1651 CE (England Tudor-Stuart)
English Civil War
Population Decline Elite Downward Mobility Uprising Revolution Civil War Ruler Assassination Constitution Change
800 CE 900 CE (Classic Maya)
Classic Maya collapse
Population Decline Population Collapse Epidemic Lasted > a Century Fragmentation Capital Loss
1405 CE 1526 CE (Timurid Empire)
Disintegration of Timurid Empire
Civil War Lasted > a Century Fragmentation External Conquest

and 161 more ... coded for 153 Polities

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

Nov. 1, 2009 Terrorism (work) in Florida (FL), Orlando: 1 was killed.   SPT: St. Petersburg Times (Florida)

Jan. 1, 1884 Riot (race) in West Virginia (WV), Wheeling: 1 was killed.   The New York Times

July 3, 2023 Terrorism in Pennsylvania (PA), Philadelphia, Philadelphia: 5 were killed.   ACLED: The Armed Conflict Location & Event Data

May 1, 1925 Riot (labor) in Arkansas (AR), El Dorado: 1 was killed.   Hartford Daily Courant Or The Hartford Courant

June 1, 2014 Terrorism (education) in Washington (WA), Seattle: 1 was killed.   WaPo: The Washington Post

Jan. 1, 1979 Terrorism (school) in California (CA), San Diego: 2 were killed.   Wikipedia

Feb. 1, 1910 Riot (labor) in Pennsylvania (PA), Bethlehem: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

Dec. 1, 2012 Terrorism (hospital) in Alabama (AL), Birmingham: 1 was killed.   CBS: CBS Broadcasting Inc.

and 1941 more ...