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

Japan - Incipient Jomon (in: Northeast Asia) 13600 BCE 9200 BCE

Antebellum US (in: East Coast) 1776 CE 1865 CE

Anurādhapura III (in: Sri Lanka) 428 CE 614 CE

Western Zhou (in: North China) 1122 BCE 771 BCE

Kingdom of Bosnia (in: Southeastern Europe) 1377 CE 1463 CE

Brythonic Kingdoms (in: Western Europe) 410 CE 1283 CE

Segou Kingdom (in: West Africa) 1650 CE 1712 CE

Holy Roman Empire - Fragmented Period (in: Central Europe) 1255 CE 1453 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

Kushan Empire: Absent 35 CE 230 CE

Sasanid Empire I: Absent 205 CE 487 CE

Phoenician Empire: Present 1180 BCE 1031 BCE

Parthian Empire I: Absent 143 BCE 24 CE

La Tene B2-C1: Present 324 BCE 175 BCE

Elam - Shutrukid Period: Absent 1199 BCE 1100 BCE

Shiwei: Unknown 841 CE 907 CE

Egypt - Dynasty 0: Present 3300 BCE 3101 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 
1662 CE 1692 CE (Akan - Pre-Ashanti)
Boa Amponsem Ntim Gyakari
1192 CE 1199 CE (Kamakura Shogunate)
Minamoto no Yoritomo Minamoto no Yoriie
1808 CE 1810 CE (Kanem-Borno)
Dunama Lafiami Muhammad VIII
- (Magadha - Sunga Empire)
Bhanumitra Agnimitra
1621 CE 1623 CE (Papal States - Early Modern Period I)
Gregory XV (Ludovisi) Urban VIII (Barberini)
464 CE 466 CE (Western Jin)
Emperor Qianfei (Liu Ziye, Former Deposed Emperor of Liu Song) Ming of (Liu) Song (Liu Yu)
Overturn Intra-Elite Predecessor Assassination
1819 CE 1824 CE (Kingdom of Hawaii - Post-Kamehameha Period)
Kamehameha II Kamehameha III
1682 CE 1689 CE (Nayaks of Madurai)
Rangakrishna Muthu Virappa Nayak Rani Mangammal
External Invasion External Inteference

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 
1819 CE 1820 CE (Kingdom of Hawaii - Kamehameha Period)
Contact Period
Population Decline Epidemic
1740 CE 1780 CE (Austria - Habsburg Dynasty II)
Reforms of Marie Theresa
Public Goods Change
1590 CE 1610 CE (Ottoman Empire II)
First Jelali rebellion
Population Decline Epidemic Uprising Ruler Depose
1054 CE 1072 CE (Byzantine Empire II)
Eleventh-century crisis in Byzantine Empire
Civil War External Conquest Ruler Assassination Ruler Depose
1454 CE 1455 CE (Oirats)
Death of Esen Taishi and internal unrest
Uprising Civil War Ruler Assassination
1644 CE 1683 CE (Great Ming)
Fall of the Ming Dynasty
Population Decline Epidemic Uprising Revolution Civil War Capital Loss External Conquest Ruler Depose
184 CE 220 CE (Eastern Han Empire)
Yellow Turban and Five Pecks of Rice rebellions
Population Decline Epidemic Elite Downward Mobility Elite Extermination Uprising Revolution Civil War Fragmentation
1000 BCE 961 BCE (Yisrael)
Civil War in Israel and Judah
Uprising Civil War Ruler Assassination Ruler Depose

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, 2013 Terrorism (political) in Texas (TX), Austin: 3 were killed.   Reuters

Aug. 1, 1868 Riot (race) in Georgia (GA), Atlanta: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

Aug. 1, 1895 Lynching (extralegal) in Ohio (OH), New Richmond: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

Aug. 20, 1982 Terrorism in Florida (FL), Miami: 8 were killed.   TVPDB: The Violence Project database of mass shootings in the United States (Version 7)

Aug. 1, 1947 Riot (prison) in Georgia (GA), Glynn: 8 were killed. -

Aug. 1, 1868 Riot (race) in Arkansas (AR), Bradley, Columbia: 10 were killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

Jan. 1, 1900 Riot (race) in Texas (TX), Grimes: 3 were killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

July 1, 1865 Riot (military) in Illinois (IL), Chicago: 1 was killed.   Hartford Daily Courant Or The Hartford Courant

and 1941 more ...