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

West Burkina Faso Red II and III (in: West Africa) 1100 CE 1400 CE

Yemen - Era of Warlords (in: Arabia) 1038 CE 1174 CE

Cuzco - Late Formative (in: Andes) 500 BCE 200 CE

Neolithic Yemen (in: Arabia) 3500 BCE 1201 BCE

Jolof Empire (in: West Africa) 1360 CE 1549 CE

Emirate of Córdoba (in: Southern Europe) 756 CE 928 CE

Late Roman Republic (in: Southern Europe) 133 BCE 31 BCE

Xianbei Confederation (in: Mongolia) 100 CE 250 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

Naqada II: Absent 3550 BCE 3301 BCE

Hatti - New Kingdom: Present 1344 BCE 1181 BCE

Late Cappadocia: Absent 129 BCE 95 BCE

French Kingdom - Late Capetian: Absent 1150 CE 1327 CE

Samanid Empire: Absent 876 CE 990 CE

Cahokia - Emergent Mississippian I: Absent 750 CE 899 CE

Egypt - Dynasty 0: Absent 3300 BCE 3101 BCE

Konya Plain - Early Neolithic: Unknown 9600 BCE 7101 BCE

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 
1801 CE 1845 CE (Kingdom of Nyinginya)
Gahindiro Rwogera
232 BCE 224 BCE (Magadha - Maurya Empire)
Dasharatha Samprati
- (Kwararafa)
Nani To Dadju
1760 CE 1800 CE (Gisaka)
Kimenyi Getura None
Overturn Intra-Elite Military Revolt Popular Uprising Separatist Rebellion External Invasion External Inteference
1611 CE 1641 CE (Khanate of Bukhara)
Imām Qullī Nadr Muhammad Khān
1520 CE 1521 CE (Aztec Empire)
Cuauhtémoc Tlacotzin
Overturn External Invasion Predecessor Assassination
1230 CE 1253 CE (Kingdom of Bohemia - Přemyslid Dynasty)
Wenceslaus I (Václav I.) Ottokar II (Přemysl II. Otakar)
682 CE 734 CE (Late Classic Tikal)
Jasaw Chan K'awiil I (Ruler A or Ah Cacao) Yik'in Chan K'awiil (Ruler B)

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 
1337 CE 1453 CE (French Kingdom - Early Valois)
Hundred Years' War
Population Decline Population Collapse Epidemic Elite Downward Mobility Elite Extermination Uprising Civil War Lasted > a Century Fragmentation Capital Loss External Conquest Ruler Depose Constitution Change
755 CE 763 CE (Tang Dynasty I)
An Lushan Rebellion
Population Decline Uprising Capital Loss Ruler Depose
1866 CE 1868 CE (Tokugawa Shogunate)
Meiji Restoration
Population Decline Epidemic Elite Downward Mobility Uprising Revolution Successful Revolution Civil War Ruler Depose Constitution Change
1140 BCE 1030 BCE (Phoenician Empire)
Phoenecian Cities Conflicts
Civil War
1070 BCE (Egypt - New Kingdom Ramesside Period)
Collapse of New Kingdom state
Epidemic Uprising Civil War Fragmentation 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
1838 CE 1858 CE (Iban - Brooke Raj and Colonial)
Colonial occupation of Sarawak by the Brooke family ("White Rajahs")
Elite Downward Mobility Ruler Depose Constitution Change
1590 CE 1610 CE (Ottoman Empire II)
First Jelali rebellion
Population Decline Epidemic Uprising Ruler Depose

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, 1985 Terrorism (education) in Kansas (KS), Goddard: 3 were killed. -

Oct. 1, 1866 Riot (labor, race) in Tennessee (TN), Shelby: 2 were killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

May 1, 1829 Riot (labor) in Pennsylvania (PA), Nanticoke: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

Oct. 1, 1879 Lynching (race) in Tennessee (TN), Chattanooga: 2 were killed.   The New York Times

Sept. 2, 2022 Assassination in Nevada (NV), Las Vegas, Clark: 1 was killed.   ACLED: The Armed Conflict Location & Event Data

Jan. 1, 1931 Lynching (race) in Mississippi (MS), Maryville, Nodaway: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

June 1, 1963 Assassination (race) in Mississippi (MS), Jackson: 1 was killed. -

Sept. 1, 2009 Terrorism in Michigan (MI), Owosso: 2 were killed.   The New York Times

and 1941 more ...