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

Vandal Kingdom (in: Maghreb) 429 CE 534 CE

Konya Plain - Early Neolithic (in: Anatolia-Caucasus) 9600 BCE 7000 BCE

Republic of Colombia I (in: Caribbean) 1819 CE 1958 CE

Median Persian Empire (in: Iran) 715 BCE 550 BCE

Nguyen Dynasty (in: Mainland Southeast Asia) 1802 CE 1887 CE

Hungary Kingdom - Anjou and Later Dynasties (in: Central Europe) 1302 CE 1526 CE

Rum Sultanate (in: Anatolia-Caucasus) 1077 CE 1307 CE

Hallstatt C (in: Western Europe) 700 BCE 600 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

Hallstatt D: Present 600 BCE 475 BCE

Indo-Greek Kingdom: Absent 145 BCE 96 BCE

Sind - Abbasid-Fatimid Period: Absent 862 CE 1192 CE

Ottoman Empire III: Absent 1683 CE 1839 CE

Elam III: Absent 612 BCE 540 BCE

Khanate of Bukhara: Absent 1599 CE 1747 CE

Kushan Empire: Absent 35 CE 230 CE

Kingdom of Hawaii - Kamehameha Period: Absent 1804 CE 1819 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 
1118 CE 1135 CE (Seljuk Sultanate)
Al-Mustarshid Al-Rashid
Overturn Military Revolt External Invasion External Inteference Predecessor Assassination
1645 CE 1675 CE (Karagwe)
Ntare IV Ruhinda V
584 CE 590 CE (Lombard Kingdom)
Authari Agilulf
1461 CE 1466 CE (Kanem-Borno)
Uthman IV Umar II
1852 CE 1869 CE (Bito Dynasty)
Kyabambe IV Kamurasi Chwa II Kabaleega Yokana
Intra-Elite
745 BCE 727 BCE (Neo-Assyrian Empire)
Tiglath-Pileser III Shalmaneser V
1287 CE 1290 CE (Delhi Sultanate)
Qaiqabad Kayumars
Overturn Intra-Elite Predecessor Assassination
617 CE 618 CE (Sui Dynasty)
Gong of Sui (Yang You, Kung Ti) Emperor Gaozu of Tang (Kao Tsu, Li Yuan) - end of the Sui dynasty.
Overturn Intra-Elite Predecessor Assassination

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 
1000 CE 1150 CE (Late Tiwanaku)
Collapse of Tiwanaku Empire
Population Decline Population Collapse Capital Loss
1335 CE 1339 CE (Ilkhanate)
Fall of the Ilkhanate
Population Decline Epidemic Elite Downward Mobility Elite Extermination Civil War Fragmentation Ruler Assassination Ruler Depose
1193 CE 1260 CE (Ayyubid Sultanate)
Decline and fall of Ayyubid dynasty
Population Decline Uprising Fragmentation External Conquest Ruler Depose
1524 CE 1589 CE (Safavid Empire)
Sixteenth-century crisis in the Safavid Empire
Elite Extermination Civil War Fragmentation External Conquest Ruler Depose
1910 CE 1920 CE (Early United Mexican States)
Mexican Revolution
Uprising Revolution Successful Revolution Civil War Ruler Assassination Ruler Depose Constitution Change
1348 CE 1412 CE (Egypt - Mamluk Sultanate II)
Plague to Assassination of Sultan Faraj i
Population Decline Epidemic Uprising Civil War Ruler Assassination Ruler Depose
627 BCE 608 BCE (Neo-Assyrian Empire)
Fall of the Neo-Assyrian Empire
Elite Downward Mobility Elite Extermination Civil War Fragmentation External Conquest Ruler Depose
1838 CE 1858 CE (Iban - Brooke Raj and Colonial)
Colonial occupation of Sarawak by the Brooke family ("White Rajahs")
Elite Downward Mobility Ruler Depose 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)

Aug. 1, 1835 Riot (political) in Arkansas (AR), Post: 1 was killed. -

Sept. 1, 1874 Riot (political) in Louisiana (LA), New Orleans: 32 were killed.   Hartford Daily Courant Or The Hartford Courant

Aug. 5, 2012 Terrorism (ethnic) in Wisconsin (WI), Oak Creek: 7 were killed.   Reuters

Aug. 31, 2019 Terrorism in Texas (TX), Odessa: 7 were killed.   MKADB: (Mass Killings in America 2006 - present) Data from the AP-USA

March 1, 2010 Terrorism (education) in Ohio (OH), Columbus: 2 were killed.   AP: The Associated Press

Oct. 1, 2007 Terrorism (political) in Louisiana (LA), Alexandria: 3 were killed.   The New York Times

Jan. 1, 1867 Assassination (political) in New Mexico (NM): 1 was killed. -

Feb. 1, 1910 Riot (labor) in Pennsylvania (PA), Bethlehem: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

and 1941 more ...