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

Hadiya Sultanate (in: East Africa) 1300 CE 1680 CE

Spanish Empire I (in: Southern Europe) 1516 CE 1715 CE

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

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

Susiana B (in: Iran) 5700 BCE 5100 BCE

Iron Age Cambodia (in: Mainland Southeast Asia) 500 BCE 224 CE

Qasimid Dynasty XXXXXXX (in: Arabia) 1637 CE 1805 CE

Koktepe I (in: Turkestan) 1400 BCE 1000 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

Bamana kingdom: Present 1712 CE 1818 CE

Neolithic Crete: Unknown 7000 BCE 3001 BCE

Egypt - New Kingdom Thutmosid Period: Absent 1550 BCE 1294 BCE

Beaker Culture: Unknown 3200 BCE 2301 BCE

Egypt - Dynasty I: Present 3100 BCE 2901 BCE

Elam II: Absent 743 BCE 647 BCE

Hawaii III: Present 1650 CE 1777 CE

Papal States - High Medieval Period: Absent 1198 CE 1308 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 
1523 CE 1534 CE (Papal States - Early Modern Period I)
Clement VII (Medici) Paul III (Farnese)
1067 CE 1068 CE (Pala Empire)
Vigrahapala III Mahipala II
1924 CE 1926 CE (Interwar Austria)
Rudolf Ramek Ignaz Seipel
Intra-Elite
1798 CE (British East India Company)
Lt. Gen. Sir Alured Clarke The Marquess Wellesley
1206 CE 1227 CE (Mongol Empire)
Genghis Khan (Chingiz/Chinggis Khan, Temüjin) Interregnum
1689 CE 1704 CE (Nayaks of Madurai)
Rani Mangammal Vijaya Ranga Chokkanatha Nayak
Intra-Elite Military Revolt Popular Uprising External Invasion External Inteference
1793 CE 1797 CE (Antebellum US)
George Washington John Adams
1590 CE 1610 CE (Hawaii III)
Keawenui a 'Umi Kaikilaninui-ali'i-wahine-o-Puna (Kaikilaninui), Lonoikamakahiki and Kanaloakua'ana

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 
1405 CE 1526 CE (Timurid Empire)
Disintegration of Timurid Empire
Civil War Lasted > a Century Fragmentation External Conquest
111 BCE 102 BCE (Western Han Empire)
Series of Uprising, Revolts and Invasions
Uprising
1325 CE 1361 CE (Chagatai Khanate)
Fragmentation of Chagatai Khanate
Uprising Fragmentation External Conquest Ruler Assassination Ruler Depose
1359 CE 1381 CE (Golden Horde)
Great Troubles
Uprising Civil War Fragmentation Capital Loss Ruler Assassination
339 BCE 200 BCE (Third Scythian Kingdom)
Downfall of the Scythians
Population Decline Fragmentation External Conquest
1419 CE 1434 CE (Kingdom of Bohemia - Luxembourgian and Jagiellonian Dynasty)
Hussite Wars
Population Decline Uprising Revolution Civil War Ruler Depose Religion Change
1198 CE 1215 CE (Holy Roman Empire - Hohenstaufen and Welf Dynasties)
German throne dispute
Elite Downward Mobility Uprising Civil War Fragmentation Ruler Assassination Ruler Depose
1914 CE 1922 CE (Ottoman Empire IV)
First World War and fall of the Ottoman Empire
Population Decline Epidemic Elite Downward Mobility Uprising Civil War Fragmentation 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)

May 1, 1886 Riot (labor) in Illinois (IL), Chicago: 2 were killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

Nov. 1, 1898 Riot (race) in North Carolina (NC), Wilmington: 100 were killed. -

July 1, 1884 Lynching (extralegal) in Montana (MT), Crooked Creek: 5 were killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

Jan. 1, 1915 Lynching (race) in Mississippi (MS), Vicksburg: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

Nov. 9, 1991 Terrorism in Kentucky (KY), Harrodsburg: 4 were killed.   TVPDB: The Violence Project database of mass shootings in the United States (Version 7)

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

Sept. 1, 1913 Riot (race) in Maryland (MD), Baltimore: 1 was killed.   Hartford Daily Courant Or The Hartford Courant

Jan. 1, 1896 Lynching (race) in Texas (TX), Brazos: 3 were killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

and 1941 more ...