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

Astrakhan Khanate (in: Pontic-Caspian) 1466 CE 1556 CE

Maukhari Dynasty (in: Southern India) 550 CE 605 CE

French Kingdom - Late Bourbon (in: Western Europe) 1660 CE 1815 CE

Early Monte Alban I (in: Mexico) 500 BCE 300 BCE

Konya Plain - Early Bronze Age (in: Anatolia-Caucasus) 3000 BCE 2000 BCE

Median Persian Empire (in: Iran) 715 BCE 550 BCE

Kazakh Khanate I (in: Turkestan) 1465 CE 1718 CE

Ghassanid Kingdom (in: Levant) 500 CE 636 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

Cahokia - Moorehead: Present 1200 CE 1274 CE

Great Yuan: Present 1271 CE 1367 CE

Mongol Empire: Present 1206 CE 1367 CE

Funan II: Unknown 540 CE 639 CE

Ptolemaic Kingdom I: Absent 305 BCE 218 BCE

Elam - Igihalkid Period: Absent 1399 BCE 1200 BCE

Rashtrakuta Empire: Absent 757 CE 973 CE

Egypt - Tulunid-Ikhshidid Period: Absent 868 CE 908 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 
1419 CE 1421 CE (Golden Horde)
Qādir Berdi Barāq Khan
Overturn Military Revolt External Invasion Predecessor Assassination
1703 CE 1705 CE (Mataram Sultanate)
Susuhunan Amangkurat III Susuhunan Pakubuwono I
External Invasion
20 BCE 9 CE (Anurādhapura I)
Bhatikabhaya Abhaya Mahadathika Mahanaga
1450 CE 1470 CE (Hawaii II)
Kalaunuiohua Kuaiwa
1394 CE (Delhi Sultanate)
Sikandar Shah Nasir Shah
1069 CE 1122 CE (Pala Empire)
Surapala II Ramapala
307 CE 337 CE (Roman Empire - Dominate)
Constantine I, the Great (Licinius (308-324) Maximinus II (310-313) Valerius Valens (316-317) Martinian (324-324) Constantius II (337-361) Constans (337-350) Constantine II (337-40) Magnentius (350-353)
Military Revolt Popular Uprising
1576 CE 1578 CE (Saadi Sultanate)
Abu Marwan Abd al-Malik I Saadi Ahmad al-Mansur
External Invasion 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 
180 CE 189 CE (Kansai - Yayoi Period)
Civil War of Wa
Elite Downward Mobility Civil War
30 BCE (Ptolemaic Kingdom II)
Roman conquest of Egypt
Elite Downward Mobility Civil War External Conquest Ruler Assassination Ruler Depose
671 BCE 656 BCE (Egypt - Kushite Period)
Fall of Kushite Kingdom
Fragmentation External Conquest Ruler Depose
1050 CE 1203 CE (Later Wagadu Empire)
Decline of Wagadu
Elite Downward Mobility Lasted > a Century Capital Loss External Conquest 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
1359 CE 1381 CE (Golden Horde)
Great Troubles
Uprising Civil War Fragmentation Capital Loss Ruler Assassination
1331 CE 1333 CE (Kamakura Shogunate)
Genkō Civil War, fall of Kamakura
Elite Downward Mobility Elite Extermination Uprising Ruler Depose
1568 CE 1609 CE (Spanish Empire I)
Eighty Years' War and plague in Habsburg Spain
Population Decline Epidemic 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)

Jan. 1, 1923 Riot (race) in Kentucky (KY), Cory: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

July 1, 1964 Riot (race) in UNKNOWN (UNK), Harlem: 1 was killed.   Hartford Daily Courant Or The Hartford Courant

April 5, 1969 Terrorism in Pennsylvania (PA), Harrisburg: 4 were killed.   TVPDB: The Violence Project database of mass shootings in the United States (Version 7)

April 3, 2023 Terrorism in Nevada (NV), Reno, Washoe: 1 was killed.   ACLED: The Armed Conflict Location & Event Data

Oct. 1, 1819 Riot (race) in Massachusetts (MA), Pittsfield: 1 was killed. -

April 1, 1923 Lynching (race) in Missouri (MO), Columbia: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

May 1, 1970 Riot (race) in Mississippi (MS), Jackson: 2 were killed. -

July 1, 1946 Lynching (race) in Georgia (GA), Monroe: 4 were killed.   The New York Times

and 1941 more ...