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

Ramadanid Emirate (in: Anatolia-Caucasus) 1397 CE 1517 CE

East Francia (in: Central Europe) 842 CE 919 CE

Haribhunjaya (in: Mainland Southeast Asia) 662 CE 1292 CE

Cuzco - Early Intermediate II (in: Andes) 500 CE 649 CE

Tang Dynasty II (in: North China) 763 CE 907 CE

Kingdom of Cyprus (in: Southeastern Europe) 1192 CE 1489 CE

Vanga Dynasty (in: Eastern South Asia) 550 CE 600 CE

La Mula-Sarigua (in: Caribbean) 1300 BCE 200 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

Erlitou: Present 1850 BCE 1651 BCE

Haudenosaunee Confederacy - Early: Present 1566 CE 1713 CE

Andronovo: Absent 1800 BCE 1401 BCE

Byzantine Empire III: Absent 1073 CE 1203 CE

Rashtrakuta Empire: Absent 757 CE 973 CE

Elam - Early Sukkalmah: Absent 1900 BCE 1701 BCE

Orokaiva - Pre-Colonial: Absent 1734 CE 1883 CE

Cahokia - Emergent Mississippian II: Absent 900 CE 1049 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 
- (Ak Koyunlu)
Alvand Beg Ismail I
Overturn Military Revolt External Invasion
590 CE 615 CE (Lombard Kingdom)
Agilulf Adaloald
1543 CE 1549 CE (Jolof Empire)
Leele Fuli Fak al-Buri Penda
1697 CE 1719 CE (Kingdom of Baol)
Lat Sukaabe Mali Kumba Dyaring
859 CE 873 CE (Tang Dynasty II)
Yizong of Tang (Li Wen, Li Cui, I Tsung) Xizong of Tang (Li Yan, Hsi Tsung)
1194 BCE 1188 BCE (Egypt - New Kingdom Ramesside Period)
Saptah / Akehnrasetepenra Queen Tausret / Sitrameritamun
1307 CE 1308 CE (Chagatai Khanate)
Könchek Taliqu
Intra-Elite
1343 CE 1346 CE (Chagatai Khanate)
Qazan Khan ibn Yasaur Danishmendji
Overturn External Invasion 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 
1153 CE 1214 CE (Jin Dynasty)
Unrest & flooding
Population Decline Elite Extermination Uprising Civil War External Conquest 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
1331 CE 1333 CE (Kamakura Shogunate)
Genkō Civil War, fall of Kamakura
Elite Downward Mobility Elite Extermination Uprising Ruler Depose
1861 CE 1865 CE (Antebellum US)
American Civil War
Elite Downward Mobility Uprising Civil War Fragmentation Ruler Assassination Constitution Change Unfree Labor Change
1550 CE 1590 CE (Hawaii II)
Dynastic Crisis
Elite Downward Mobility Uprising Ruler Assassination Ruler Depose
291 CE 306 CE (Western Jin)
Revolts of the Imperial Princes
Uprising Civil War External Conquest Ruler Assassination Ruler Depose
1830 CE 1848 CE (British Empire I)
Chartist Movement
Uprising Labor Change Suffrage Public Goods Change
509 BCE (Roman Kingdom)
Foundation of the Roman Republic
Population Decline Elite Downward Mobility Revolution Successful Revolution Civil War 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)

Nov. 1, 2017 Terrorism in Colorado (CO), Thornton: 3 were killed.  

Jan. 1, 1911 Lynching (race) in Florida (FL), Lake City: 6 were killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

March 1, 1908 Lynching (race) in Kentucky (KY), Carlisle: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

July 1, 1921 Riot (prison) in Oklahoma (OK), Mcalester: 1 was killed.   Hartford Daily Courant Or The Hartford Courant

June 1, 1903 Lynching (race) in Illinois (IL), Belleville: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

Jan. 1, 1909 Lynching (race) in Texas (TX), Rockwell: 2 were killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

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

June 28, 2018 Terrorism in Maryland (MD), Annapolis: 5 were killed.   TVPDB: The Violence Project database of mass shootings in the United States (Version 7)

and 1941 more ...