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

Khazar Empire (in: Pontic-Caspian) 626 CE 965 CE

Koktepe II (in: Turkestan) 750 BCE 550 BCE

Akan - Pre-Ashanti (in: West Africa) 1501 CE 1701 CE

Anglo-Saxon England I (in: Western Europe) 410 CE 926 CE

Mughal Empire (in: North India) 1526 CE 1858 CE

Hatti - New Kingdom (in: Anatolia-Caucasus) 1400 BCE 1180 BCE

Spanish Empire III (in: Southern Europe) 1815 CE 1931 CE

Grand Principality, Kingdom and Serbian Empire (in: Southeastern Europe) 1091 CE 1371 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

Kingdom of Saba and Dhu Raydan: Absent 110 BCE 149 CE

Kamakura Shogunate: Absent 1185 CE 1333 CE

Kingdom of Hawaii - Kamehameha Period: Present 1778 CE 1803 CE

Chenla: Absent 550 CE 825 CE

Ostrogothic Kingdom: Absent 493 CE 554 CE

Seljuk Sultanate: Absent 1090 CE 1157 CE

Egypt - Thebes-Hyksos Period: Absent 1720 BCE 1567 BCE

La Tene C2-D: Present 174 BCE 27 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 
322 BCE 297 BCE (Magadha - Maurya Empire)
Chandragupta Bindusara
1342 CE 1357 CE (Bengal Sultanate)
Shams al-Din Ilyas Shah Sikandar Shah
External Invasion
862 CE 880 CE (Pandya Dynasty)
Vargun II Parnatak Veernarayan
Overturn Military Revolt Popular Uprising Separatist Rebellion External Invasion External Inteference
1412 CE (Sind - Samma Dynasty)
Jam Kran Jam Sikander
Overturn Predecessor Assassination
460 CE 490 CE (Hephthalite Empire)
Khingila Toramana (?)
1703 CE 1730 CE (Ottoman Empire III)
Ahmed III Mahmud I
Overturn Intra-Elite Military Revolt Popular Uprising
1309 CE 1328 CE (Majapahit Kingdom)
Jayanegara Tribhuwana Wijayatunggadewi
External Invasion External Inteference Predecessor Assassination
824 CE 827 CE (Tang Dynasty II)
Jingzong of Tang (Li Zhan, Ching Tsung) Wenzong of Tang (Li Han, Wen Tsung)
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 
700 BCE 500 BCE (Oaxaca - Rosario)
Increased violent conflict and social differentiation during Rosario phase
Population Decline Fragmentation
950 BCE 900 BCE (Neo-Hittite Kingdoms)
Decline of Neo-Hittites
Fragmentation External Conquest Constitution Change
1823 CE 1895 CE (Ashanti Empire)
Series of Wars against the British (Anglo-Ashanti Wars)
Elite Downward Mobility Elite Extermination Uprising Revolution Civil War Capital Loss External Conquest Ruler Depose Constitution Change
1598 CE 1613 CE (Grand Principality of Moscow, Rurikid Dynasty)
Time of Troubles
Population Decline Epidemic Uprising Civil War External Conquest Ruler Assassination Ruler Depose
1065 CE (Anglo-Saxon England II)
Norman Invasion and Conquest
Elite Downward Mobility External Conquest
1905 CE 1911 CE (Qajar Dynasty)
Persian Constitutional Revolution
Elite Downward Mobility Uprising Revolution Successful Revolution Ruler Depose Constitution Change
1425 CE 1450 CE (Grand Principality of Moscow, Mongolian period)
Civil war
Civil War Capital Loss External Conquest Ruler Depose
1870 CE 1871 CE (Napoleonic France)
Franco-Prussian War, collapse of Second French Empire, foundation of Third Republic
Elite Downward Mobility Uprising Revolution Successful Revolution Civil War Capital Loss 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)

Feb. 15, 2019 Terrorism (work) in Illinois (IL), Aurora: 5 were killed.   TVPDB: The Violence Project database of mass shootings in the United States (Version 7)

Aug. 1, 1893 Riot (extralegal) in Indiana (IN): 5 were killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

Dec. 1, 2011 Terrorism (political) in Texas (TX), San Antonio: 2 were killed.   Reuters

July 1, 1871 Lynching (race) in Georgia (GA), Louisville: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

Aug. 1, 1908 Lynching (extralegal, race) in Alabama (AL), Birmingham: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

June 1, 1838 Riot (race) in Pennsylvania (PA), Philadelphia: 2 were killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

Feb. 1, 1898 Riot (political, race) in South Carolina (SC), Lake City: 2 were killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

Aug. 1, 1829 Riot (labor) in Maryland (MD), Baltimore: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

and 1941 more ...