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

Empire of Brazil (in: Amazonia) 1822 CE 1888 CE

La Tene A-B1 (in: Western Europe) 475 BCE 325 BCE

Nayaks of Madurai (in: Southern India) 1529 CE 1736 CE

Crown of Castile (in: Southern Europe) 1231 CE 1515 CE

Asuka (in: Northeast Asia) 538 CE 710 CE

Duchy of Milan II (in: Southern Europe) 1499 CE 1796 CE

Elam III (in: Iran) 612 BCE 539 BCE

Macedonian Empire (in: Southeastern Europe) 330 BCE 312 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

Kingdom of Hawaii - Kamehameha Period: Absent 1804 CE 1819 CE

Samanid Empire: Absent 876 CE 990 CE

Phoenician Empire: Present 1180 BCE 1031 BCE

Indo-Greek Kingdom: Absent 145 BCE 96 BCE

Chuuk - Early Truk: Present 1775 CE 1885 CE

Monte Alban III: Present 200 CE 499 CE

French Kingdom - Late Bourbon: Absent 1660 CE 1788 CE

Medang Kingdom: Present 732 CE 1019 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 
10 BCE 20 CE (Kansai - Yayoi Period)
Suizei Annei
- (Early Cholas)
Perunatkilli I Karikal I
858 CE 876 CE (Heian)
Seiwa Yōzei
1559 CE (Republic of Venice III)
Lorenzo Priuli Girolamo Priuli
1313 CE 1341 CE (Golden Horde)
Muhammad Uzbeg Khan Jānī Beg
Overturn Intra-Elite Predecessor Assassination
590 CE 628 CE (Sasanid Empire II)
Khusrau II Kavad II, Shiroe
Overturn Intra-Elite Military Revolt Predecessor Assassination
980 CE 1015 CE (Kievan Rus)
Saint Vladimir I the Great, the Baptist Sviatopolk I the Cursed
Overturn External Invasion External Inteference
1982 CE 1988 CE (Late United Mexican States)
Miguel de la Madrid Carlos Salinas de Gortari

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 
1280 CE 1322 CE (Egypt - Mamluk Sultanate I)
Mongol invasions and rebellions in Mamluk Egypt
Fragmentation External Conquest Ruler Assassination Ruler Depose
772 CE 778 CE (Medang Kingdom)
Hindu-Buddhist Struggles
Religion Change
11 BCE 9 CE (Western Han Empire)
Rebellions and Wang Mang usurpation
Elite Downward Mobility Uprising Ruler Assassination
779 CE 840 CE (Uigur Khaganate)
Decline of Uighur Khaganate
Population Decline Epidemic Capital Loss Ruler Assassination Ruler Depose
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
225 CE 250 CE (Kushan Empire)
Disintegration of Kushan Empire
Fragmentation External Conquest
1562 CE 1598 CE (French Kingdom - Late Valois)
French Wars of Religion
Population Decline Epidemic Elite Downward Mobility Elite Extermination Uprising Civil War Capital Loss Ruler Assassination
1884 CE 1942 CE (Orokaiva - Colonial)
Colonial occupation of Orokaiva lands
Fragmentation External Conquest 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, 1886 Riot (ethnic) in California (CA), Truckee: 2 were killed. -

May 1, 1919 Riot (race) in South Carolina (SC), Charleston: 3 were killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

Aug. 3, 2010 Terrorism (work) in Connecticut (CT), Manchester: 9 were killed.  

Sept. 1, 1932 Riot (labor) in New Jersey (NJ), South River: 1 was killed.   Hartford Daily Courant Or The Hartford Courant

Aug. 1, 1869 Lynching (race) in North Carolina (NC), Hillsborough: 2 were killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

June 1, 2020 Riot in Kentucky (KY), Louisville: 1 was killed.   CNN: The Cable News Network

Jan. 1, 1869 Riot (race) in Alabama (AL), Morgan: 12 were killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

Sept. 1, 1982 Terrorism (family) in Pennsylvania (PA), Wilkes-Barre: 13 were killed.   The New York Times

and 1941 more ...