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

Alaouite Dynasty I (in: Maghreb) 1631 CE 1727 CE

Ghassanid Kingdom (in: Levant) 500 CE 636 CE

Leon & Castille (in: Southern Europe) 1230 CE 1715 CE

Banate of Bosnia (in: Southeastern Europe) 1154 CE 1376 CE

Egypt - New Kingdom Thutmosid Period (in: Northeast Africa) 1550 BCE 1293 BCE

Principality of Achaea (in: Southeastern Europe) 1204 CE 1432 CE

Republic of Venezuela I (in: Caribbean) 1830 CE 1983 CE

Hoysala Kingdom (in: Southern India) 1108 CE 1346 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

Susiana B: Unknown 5700 BCE 5101 BCE

Sasanid Empire II: Absent 499 CE 642 CE

Mali Empire: Present 1235 CE 1410 CE

Kingdom of Hawaii - Kamehameha Period: Present 1778 CE 1803 CE

Post-Mauryan Kingdoms: Absent 205 BCE 101 BCE

Early Illinois Confederation: Absent 1640 CE 1717 CE

Ostrogothic Kingdom: Absent 493 CE 554 CE

Susiana - Early Ubaid: Unknown 5100 BCE 4701 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 
587 CE 597 CE (Anurādhapura III)
Aggabodhi II Sanghatissa
Overturn
1788 CE 1806 CE (Mughal Empire)
Alam II Akbar II
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
1475 CE 1490 CE (Allada)
Adjakpa Yessu
1660 CE (Allada)
Lamadje Pokonu Tezifon
50 BCE 47 BCE (Anurādhapura I)
Kuda Tissa Siva
Overturn Intra-Elite Predecessor Assassination
1311 CE 1320 CE (Great Yuan)
Renzong of Yuan (Jen Tsung, Ayurbarwada, Buyantu Khan) Yingzong of Yuan (Ying Tsung, Shidibala, Gegeen Khan)
- (Cwezi Dynasty)
Chwa I Ente Nkole Rumoma Mahanga Mbogo Etahurra Bigwara Omujwera (Princess) Masamba Gawinyi

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 
1809 CE 1831 CE (Shuar - Colonial)
Uprising and Rebellion against the Spaniards
Uprising Revolution Constitution Change
1171 CE 1206 CE (Early Mongols)
Crisis in Mongolian Confederacy
Civil War Ruler Assassination
1890 CE 1935 CE (Us Reconstruction-Progressive)
Progressive Era
Labor Change Suffrage Public Goods Change
2150 BCE (Egypt - Late Old Kingdom)
Collapse of Old Kingdom state
Population Decline Elite Downward Mobility Revolution Successful Revolution Civil War Fragmentation Constitution Change
2200 BCE 2113 BCE (Akkadian Empire)
Collapse of Akkadian Empire
Population Decline Uprising Civil War External Conquest
1359 CE 1381 CE (Golden Horde)
Great Troubles
Uprising Civil War Fragmentation Capital Loss Ruler Assassination
1850 CE 1864 CE (Late Qing)
Taiping Rebellion
Population Decline Uprising Revolution Civil War External Conquest Ruler Depose
1387 CE 1390 CE (Mali Empire)
Elite Internal Struggles, decline of Mali's power, rise of Songhai
Ruler Assassination 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)

Feb. 1, 1875 Lynching (extralegal) in Texas (TX), Mason: 3 were killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

March 1, 1918 Lynching (race) in North Carolina (NC), Lewiston: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

May 6, 2023 Terrorism (race) in Texas (TX), Allen, Collin: 9 were killed.   ACLED: The Armed Conflict Location & Event Data

Dec. 1, 1869 Lynching (race) in North Carolina (NC), Alamance: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

Dec. 1, 1868 Lynching (race) in Tennessee (TN), Pulaski: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

Oct. 1, 1874 Riot (political) in Louisiana (LA), Jackson: 3 were killed.   Hartford Daily Courant Or The Hartford Courant

April 1, 2012 Terrorism (race) in Oklahoma (OK), Oklahoma City: 3 were killed.   Reuters

Oct. 1, 1894 Riot (labor) in Tennessee (TN), Sevier: 3 were killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

and 1941 more ...