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

Bengal Sultanate (in: Eastern South Asia) 1338 CE 1538 CE

Rashtrakuta Empire (in: Southern India) 753 CE 973 CE

Chalukyas of Kalyani (in: Southern India) 973 CE 1189 CE

Elam - Late Sukkalmah (in: Iran) 1700 BCE 1500 BCE

Sakha - Early (in: Siberia) 1400 CE 1632 CE

Vakataka Kingdom (in: Southern India) 255 CE 550 CE

Kingdom of Gomma (in: East Africa) 1780 CE 1886 CE

Elam - Awan Dynasty I (in: Iran) 2675 BCE 2100 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

Hawaii II: Present 1350 CE 1580 CE

Monte Alban II: Present 100 BCE 199 CE

Oaxaca - Rosario: Present 700 BCE 501 BCE

Late Mongols: Absent 1581 CE 1689 CE

Yemen - Qasimid Dynasty: Absent 1637 CE 1805 CE

Elam II: Absent 743 BCE 647 BCE

Late Mongols: Present 1368 CE 1580 CE

Ayyubid Sultanate: Absent 1171 CE 1250 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 
282 BCE 246 BCE (Ptolemaic Kingdom I)
Ptolemy II Philadelphos Ptolemy III Euergetes I
504 CE 510 CE (Kansai - Kofun Period)
Ninken Buretsu
1749 CE 1752 CE (Kingdom of Baol)
Mawa M’Bissan N’Della
1270 CE 1272 CE (Chagatai Khanate)
Negübei (Puppet of Kaidu bin Kashin) Buqa Temür (Puppet of Kaidu bin Kashin)
Overturn Military Revolt Separatist Rebellion External Invasion
1389 CE 1410 CE (Bengal Sultanate)
Sultan Ghiyath al-Din Azam Shah Saif Hamzah Shah
1498 CE 1500 CE (Egypt - Mamluk Sultanate III)
Al-Zahir Qansuh I Al-Ashraf Qansuh II
Overturn Intra-Elite Military Revolt Predecessor Assassination
1825 CE 1854 CE (Kingdom of Hawaii - Post-Kamehameha Period)
Kamehameha III Kamehameha IV
1659 CE (Republic of Venice IV)
Giovanni Pesaro Giovanni II Contarin

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 
1856 CE 1864 CE (Russian Empire, Romanov Dynasty II)
Reforms of Tsar Alexander II
Labor Change Unfree Labor Change Public Goods Change
1523 CE (Delhi Sultanate)
Fragmentation of Delhi Sultanate in fifteenth century, conquest by Mughal emperors in 1522.
Elite Downward Mobility Fragmentation External Conquest Ruler Depose
1598 CE 1603 CE (Japan - Azuchi-Momoyama)
Foundation of Tokugawa Shogunate
Elite Downward Mobility Elite Extermination Uprising Ruler Depose
1642 CE 1651 CE (England Tudor-Stuart)
English Civil War
Population Decline Elite Downward Mobility Uprising Revolution Civil War Ruler Assassination Constitution Change
1809 CE 1831 CE (Shuar - Colonial)
Uprising and Rebellion against the Spaniards
Uprising Revolution Constitution Change
936 CE 1024 CE (Holy Roman Empire - Ottonian-Salian Dynasty)
Civil wars, dynastic conflict
Uprising Civil War Ruler Depose
700 BCE 500 BCE (Oaxaca - Rosario)
Increased violent conflict and social differentiation during Rosario phase
Population Decline Fragmentation
1363 CE 1388 CE (Kingdom of Norway II)
Unions and Disunities
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, 1900 Riot (race) in Louisiana (LA), South West Louisiana: 2 were killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

Sept. 1, 1880 Lynching (extralegal) in Tennessee (TN), Springfield: 2 were killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

May 1, 1985 Insurrection (political, race) in Pennsylvania (PA), Philadelphia: 11 were killed.   Wikipedia

Sept. 1, 1899 Riot (labor) in Illinois (IL), Carterville: 5 were killed.   The New York Times

June 1, 1916 Riot (labor) in Minnesota (MN), Virginia: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

Jan. 1, 2011 Terrorism (work) in California (CA), Cupertino: 4 were killed.   Reuters

Feb. 1, 2013 Terrorism (education) in California (CA), Orange: 4 were killed.   AP: The Associated Press

Oct. 1, 1840 Riot (ethnic) in Maryland (MD), St. Louis: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

and 1941 more ...