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

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

Poland-Lithuania Kingdom (in: Central Europe) 1386 CE 1569 CE

Chalcolithic Middle Ganga (in: North India) 3000 BCE 601 BCE

Classic Tana (in: East Africa) 1000 CE 1498 CE

Republic of Genoa II (in: Southern Europe) 1285 CE 1528 CE

Ilú-ọba Ọ̀yọ́ (in: West Africa) 1601 CE 1835 CE

Early Nyoro (in: Central Africa) 900 CE 1449 CE

Early Tana 1 (in: East Africa) 500 CE 749 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

Classical Angkor: Present 1150 CE 1220 CE

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

Second Turk Khaganate: Present 684 CE 744 CE

Hellenistic Crete: Absent 323 BCE 69 BCE

Kingdom of Hawaii - Post-Kamehameha Period: Absent 1820 CE 1898 CE

Hoysala Kingdom: Absent 1192 CE 1253 CE

Sabaean Commonwealth: Absent 800 BCE 451 BCE

Ayutthaya: Present 1594 CE 1767 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 
1659 CE (Republic of Venice IV)
Giovanni Pesaro Giovanni II Contarin
1308 CE 1310 CE (Classic Tana)
Dāwūd b. Sulaymān al-Ḥasan b. Sulaymān, Abu ’Mawāhib
537 CE 562 CE (Early Classic Tikal)
Wak Chan K'awiil ("Double-Bird") Lizard Head II ("Animal Skull")
Overturn External Invasion Predecessor Assassination
590 CE 591 CE (Sasanid Empire II)
Bahram VI Khusrau II
Overturn Intra-Elite External Inteference Predecessor Assassination
1827 CE 1839 CE (Bamana kingdom)
Tiefolo Diara Nianemba Diara
1187 CE (Polonnaruwa)
Mahinda VI Nissanka Malla
Overturn Intra-Elite Predecessor Assassination
1565 CE (Hausa bakwai)
Dauda Abusama Abubakr Kado
1214 CE 1223 CE (Kievan Rus)
Mstislav III Vladimir IV

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 
2200 BCE 2113 BCE (Akkadian Empire)
Collapse of Akkadian Empire
Population Decline Uprising Civil War External Conquest
1524 CE 1589 CE (Safavid Empire)
Sixteenth-century crisis in the Safavid Empire
Elite Extermination Civil War Fragmentation External Conquest Ruler Depose
2150 BCE (Egypt - Late Old Kingdom)
Collapse of Old Kingdom state
Population Decline Elite Downward Mobility Revolution Successful Revolution Civil War Fragmentation Constitution Change
1823 CE 1895 CE (Ashanti Empire)
Series of Wars against the British (Anglo-Ashanti Wars)
Elite Downward Mobility Elite Extermination Uprising Revolution Civil War Capital Loss External Conquest Ruler Depose Constitution Change
1550 CE 1590 CE (Hawaii II)
Dynastic Crisis
Elite Downward Mobility Uprising Ruler Assassination Ruler Depose
1914 CE 1922 CE (Ottoman Empire IV)
First World War and fall of the Ottoman Empire
Population Decline Epidemic Elite Downward Mobility Uprising Civil War Fragmentation Ruler Depose
500 CE 600 CE (Classic Basin of Mexico)
Crisis at Teotihuacan
Population Decline Civil War Lasted > a Century
1598 CE 1613 CE (Grand Principality of Moscow, Rurikid Dynasty)
Time of Troubles
Population Decline Epidemic Uprising Civil War External Conquest 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)

Aug. 20, 1986 Terrorism in Oklahoma (OK), Edmond: 14 were killed.   TVPDB: The Violence Project database of mass shootings in the United States (Version 7)

Jan. 1, 1869 Riot (land) in New York (NY), Rensselear: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

Jan. 1, 1868 Riot (race) in Virginia (VA), Giles, Pulaski: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

Nov. 1, 1870 Riot (political) in Louisiana (LA), Donaldsonville: 2 were killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

Oct. 1, 1911 Lynching (race) in Missouri (MO): 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

April 1, 1855 Riot (ethnic) in Illinois (IL), Chicago: 1 was killed.   Hartford Daily Courant Or The Hartford Courant

July 1, 1995 Terrorism (work) in California (CA), Los Angeles: 4 were killed.   The New York Times

Jan. 1, 1986 Riot (prison) in West Virginia (WV), Moundsville: 3 were killed.   The New York Times

and 1941 more ...