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

British East India Company (in: Eastern South Asia) 1757 CE 1858 CE

Susa I (in: Iran) 4300 BCE 3800 BCE

Khanates of the Caucasus (in: Anatolia-Caucasus) 1748 CE 1828 CE

Late Pallava Empire (in: Southern India) 300 CE 890 CE

Bolivia - Independence and Republican Era (in: Andes) 1825 CE 1952 CE

Axum III (in: East Africa) 600 CE 800 CE

Indo-Greek Kingdom (in: Pakistan) 180 BCE 10 BCE

Swiss Confederation - modern period (in: Central Europe) 1849 CE 2014 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

Chuuk - Early Truk: Present 1775 CE 1885 CE

Susa II: Unknown 3800 BCE 3101 BCE

Lysimachus Kingdom: Absent 300 BCE 282 BCE

Yemen Hijaz: Absent 632 CE 661 CE

Late Cappadocia: Absent 129 BCE 95 BCE

Hallstatt D: Present 600 BCE 475 BCE

Kingdom of Saba and Dhu Raydan: Absent 110 BCE 149 CE

Kediri Kingdom: Present 1049 CE 1222 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 
929 CE 930 CE (Rashtrakuta Empire)
Amoghavarsha II Govinda IV
Overturn Intra-Elite Predecessor Assassination
1788 CE (Mughal Empire)
Jahan IV Alam II
Overturn Military Revolt
1380 CE 1422 CE (French Kingdom - Early Valois)
Charles VI, the Mad Charles VII, the Victorious
Separatist Rebellion External Invasion External Inteference
1865 CE 1895 CE (Nkore)
Ntare V Kahaya II
1832 CE (Kingdom of Baol)
Ma-Kodu Kodu Dyuf Isa Tein-Dyor
715 CE 717 CE (Byzantine Empire I)
Theodosius III Leo III, the Syrian
Overturn Military Revolt
1290 CE 1296 CE (Delhi Sultanate)
Firuz Khalji Aluaddin Khalji
Overturn Intra-Elite Military Revolt Predecessor Assassination
1333 CE 1356 CE (Classic Tana)
Dāwūd b. Sulaymān Sulaymān b. Dāwūd

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 
111 BCE 102 BCE (Western Han Empire)
Series of Uprising, Revolts and Invasions
Uprising
145 BCE 130 BCE (Greco-Bactrian Kingdom)
Decline of Greco-Bactrian Kingdom
External Conquest
354 BCE 341 BCE (Early Wei Dynasty)
Decine after losses against Qi
990 CE 1019 CE (Medang Kingdom)
Unrest and Collapse of Medang
Elite Downward Mobility Elite Extermination Uprising Fragmentation Ruler Assassination
1405 CE 1526 CE (Timurid Empire)
Disintegration of Timurid Empire
Civil War Lasted > a Century Fragmentation External Conquest
1200 CE 1250 CE (Cahokia - Moorehead)
Abandoment of Cahokia Mounds
Population Decline Population Collapse
150 CE 224 CE (Parthian Empire II)
Fall of the Parthian Empire
Epidemic Civil War External Conquest Ruler Assassination
900 CE 1100 CE (Wari Empire)
End of Wari Settlements
Population Decline Population Collapse

and 161 more ... coded for 153 Polities

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

Dec. 1, 1875 Riot (race) in Mississippi (MS), Clinton: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

Feb. 1, 1900 Lynching (race) in Texas (TX), Port Arthur: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

Aug. 1, 1850 Riot (economic) in California (CA), Sacramento, Sacramento: 5 were killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

Jan. 1, 1962 Riot (race) in Mississippi (MS), Jackson: 1 was killed. -

Dec. 1, 1863 Lynching (extralegal) in California (CA), Los Angeles: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

June 1, 1857 Lynching (extralegal) in Iowa (IA), Cedar: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

June 1, 1827 Lynching (race) in Alabama (AL), Perry: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

Sept. 1, 1922 Riot (labor) in Tennessee (TN), Memphis: 1 was killed.   The New York Times

and 1941 more ...