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

Kidarite Kingdom (in: Afghanistan) 388 CE 477 CE

East Roman Empire (in: Anatolia-Caucasus) 395 CE 631 CE

Ancient Khwarazm (in: Turkestan) 1000 BCE 521 BCE

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

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

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

Beylik of Karaman (in: Anatolia-Caucasus) 1250 CE 1487 CE

Egypt - Thebes-Hyksos Period (in: Northeast Africa) 1720 BCE 1567 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

Orokaiva - Pre-Colonial: Absent 1734 CE 1883 CE

Hallstatt D: Present 600 BCE 475 BCE

Great Yuan: Present 1271 CE 1367 CE

Seleucid Empire: Absent 312 BCE 63 BCE

Middle Wagadu Empire: Present 1000 CE 1077 CE

Canaan: Present 2000 BCE 1181 BCE

Cahokia - Moorehead: Present 1200 CE 1274 CE

Archaic Crete: Present 710 BCE 501 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 
1827 CE 1830 CE (Kingdom of Waalo)
Fara Penda Sal Kheerfi Xari Daaro
Intra-Elite
- (Ak Koyunlu)
Jahangir Aq Qoyunlu Uzun Hasan
Overturn Intra-Elite
1265 CE 1282 CE (Ilkhanate)
Abaqa Teguder
1341 CE 1357 CE (Golden Horde)
Jānī Beg Berdi Beg
376 CE 415 CE (Gupta Empire)
Samudra-Gupta Chandra-Gupta II
1810 CE 1814 CE (Kanem-Borno)
Muhammad VIII Dunama Lafiami
1370 CE 1390 CE (Benin Empire)
Egbeka Orobiru
737 CE 743 CE (Proto-Carolingian)
Interregnum Childeric III
Separatist Rebellion

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 
1519 CE 1521 CE (Aztec Empire)
Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire
Population Decline Epidemic Elite Downward Mobility Uprising Civil War Capital Loss External Conquest
1598 CE 1603 CE (Japan - Azuchi-Momoyama)
Foundation of Tokugawa Shogunate
Elite Downward Mobility Elite Extermination Uprising Ruler Depose
551 CE (Rouran Khaganate)
Overthrow of Rouran Khaganate by Turkic peoples
Elite Downward Mobility Elite Extermination External Conquest
1866 CE 1868 CE (Tokugawa Shogunate)
Meiji Restoration
Population Decline Epidemic Elite Downward Mobility Uprising Revolution Successful Revolution Civil War Ruler Depose Constitution Change
1500 BCE 1430 BCE (Hatti - Old Kingdom)
Fall of Old Kingdom of Hatti
Population Decline Elite Downward Mobility External Conquest
1728 CE 1805 CE (Yemen - Qasimid Dynasty)
Fragmentation of Qasimid state
Uprising Fragmentation External Conquest
354 BCE 341 BCE (Early Wei Dynasty)
Decine after losses against Qi
1254 CE 1273 CE (Holy Roman Empire - Hohenstaufen and Welf Dynasties)
Great Interregnum
Elite Downward Mobility Uprising Civil War Fragmentation 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)

March 1, 1854 Riot (ethnic) in Connecticut (CT), New Haven: 1 was killed.   Hartford Daily Courant Or The Hartford Courant

March 1, 1906 Lynching (race) in Tennessee (TN), Chattanooga: 1 was 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

Oct. 1, 1934 Riot (labor) in Pennsylvania (PA), Bridgeport: 1 was killed.   The New York Times

June 1, 1963 Assassination (race) in Mississippi (MS), Jackson: 1 was killed. -

Aug. 1, 2008 Assassination (political) in Arkansas (AR), Little Rock: 2 were killed.   The New York Times

Jan. 1, 1910 Lynching (extralegal) in Ohio (OH), Newark: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

July 12, 1976 Terrorism in California (CA), Fullerton: 7 were killed.   TVPDB: The Violence Project database of mass shootings in the United States (Version 7)

and 1941 more ...