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

Late United Mexican States (in: Mexico) 1921 CE 2020 CE

Bazi Dynasty (in: Mesopotamia) 1005 BCE 986 BCE

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

Futa Jallon (in: West Africa) 1725 CE 1896 CE

Shiwei (in: Mongolia) 600 CE 1000 CE

Himyar II (in: Arabia) 378 CE 525 CE

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

Early Dynastic (in: Mesopotamia) 2900 BCE 2500 BCE

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

Early Xiongnu: Present 399 BCE 300 BCE

Egypt - Mamluk Sultanate II: Absent 1348 CE 1411 CE

Kachi Plain - Urban Period II: Absent 2100 BCE 1801 BCE

Jenne-jeno IV: Unknown 900 CE 999 CE

Konya Plain - Early Neolithic: Absent 7100 BCE 7001 BCE

Western Zhou: Present 1122 BCE 795 BCE

Early Angkor: Absent 802 CE 1100 CE

Papal States - Early Modern Period I: Absent 1527 CE 1647 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 
873 CE 888 CE (Tang Dynasty II)
Xizong of Tang (Li Yan, Hsi Tsung) Zhaozong of Tang (Li Jie, Li Min, Li Ye, Chao Tsung)
Intra-Elite Military Revolt External Invasion
1835 CE 1840 CE (Kingdom of Waalo)
Fara Penda Sal Mó Mbodi Maalik
External Inteference
973 CE 982 CE (Rashtrakuta Empire)
Indra IV Tailapa II
1704 CE 1723 CE (Kanem-Borno)
Dunama VI Hamdan
55 BCE 51 BCE (Ptolemaic Kingdom II)
Ptolemy XII Neos Dionysos Queen Cleopatra VII
1815 CE 1848 CE (Kwararafa)
Zikeenya Agbu Manu I
900 CE 930 CE (Chandra Dynasty)
Trallokyacandra Sricandra
1154 CE 1155 CE (Kievan Rus)
Rostislav I Yuri I the Long Hands
External Invasion

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 
1905 CE 1911 CE (Qajar Dynasty)
Persian Constitutional Revolution
Elite Downward Mobility Uprising Revolution Successful Revolution Ruler Depose Constitution Change
1236 CE 1242 CE (Kievan Rus)
Disintegration of the Kievan Rus
Elite Downward Mobility Fragmentation External Conquest Ruler Depose
1644 CE 1683 CE (Great Ming)
Fall of the Ming Dynasty
Population Decline Epidemic Uprising Revolution Civil War Capital Loss External Conquest Ruler Depose
640 CE 660 CE (Wari Empire)
Wari Crisis in the Seventh Century
Population Decline Population Collapse Epidemic Uprising Civil War
1432 CE (Late Angkor)
Collapse of Angkor
Population Decline Epidemic Elite Downward Mobility Fragmentation External Conquest Ruler Depose
1075 BCE 1045 BCE (Late Shang)
Decline of Shang - foundation of Zhou Dynasty
Uprising External Conquest
706 CE 725 CE (Chenla)
Chenla Dynastic Conflict
Fragmentation
1350 CE 1450 CE (Hohokam Culture)
Hohokam collapse
Population Decline Population Collapse Fragmentation

and 161 more ... coded for 153 Polities

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

Aug. 1, 1844 Riot (extralegal) in Texas (TX), Shelbyville: 20 were killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

Sept. 1, 1794 Riot (political) in Pennsylvania (PA), Myerstown: 1 was killed.   Wikipedia

Oct. 16, 1981 Terrorism in Kentucky (KY), Allen: 5 were killed.   TVPDB: The Violence Project database of mass shootings in the United States (Version 7)

Sept. 1, 1900 Riot (ethnic, labor) in Pennsylvania (PA), Shenandoah: 2 were killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

Jan. 4, 2024 Terrorism (school) in Iowa (IA), Perrry, Dallas: 2 were killed.   ACLED: The Armed Conflict Location & Event Data

Sept. 1, 2014 Terrorism (anti-government) in Pennsylvania (PA), Blooming Grove: 1 was killed.   Reuters

Dec. 31, 1994 Terrorism in North Carolina (NC), Raeford: 5 were killed.   TVPDB: The Violence Project database of mass shootings in the United States (Version 7)

Aug. 1, 1907 Riot (race) in New York (NY), New York City: 2 were killed.   The New York Times

and 1941 more ...