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

Early Monte Alban I (in: Mexico) 500 BCE 300 BCE

Japan - Azuchi-Momoyama (in: Northeast Asia) 1568 CE 1603 CE

Karagwe (in: East Africa) 1500 CE 1916 CE

Initial Formative Basin of Mexico (in: Mexico) 2000 BCE 1201 BCE

Nguyen Dynasty (in: Mainland Southeast Asia) 1802 CE 1887 CE

Japan - Late Jomon (in: Northeast Asia) 2500 BCE 1200 BCE

Oyo (in: West Africa) 1300 CE 1535 CE

Middle Formative Basin of Mexico (in: Mexico) 800 BCE 401 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

Axum II: Absent 350 CE 599 CE

Cahokia - Moorehead: Present 1200 CE 1274 CE

Shuar - Colonial: Absent 1534 CE 1830 CE

Umayyad Caliphate: Absent 661 CE 750 CE

Papal States - Early Modern Period I: Absent 1527 CE 1647 CE

Neolithic Yemen: Absent 3500 BCE 1201 BCE

Pre-Ceramic Period: Unknown 7800 BCE 7201 BCE

French Kingdom - Late Capetian: Absent 1150 CE 1327 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 
1851 CE 1854 CE (Kingdom of Saloum)
Bala Adama Ndiaye Socé Bigué Ndiaye
1859 CE 1861 CE (Bamana kingdom)
Ali Diara Umar Tall
Overturn External Invasion
1647 CE 1664 CE (Kingdom of Cayor)
Dyor Birayma Yaasin Bubu
1572 CE 1620 CE (Great Ming)
Wanli Emperor (Wan Li, Shen Tsung, Zhu Yijun) Tianqi Emperor (T’ien Ch’i, Hsi Tsung, Zhu Youjiao)
88 CE 106 CE (Eastern Han Empire)
Hedi Shandi
1432 CE 1433 CE (Bengal Sultanate)
Shams al-Din Ahmad Shah None
Popular Uprising
933 CE 934 CE (Five Dynasties Period)
Min of Later Tang (Li Conghou, Min Ti) Li Congke of Later Tang (Last Emperor of Later Tang, Deposed Emperor of Later Tang, Wang Congke, Fei Ti)
Overturn Intra-Elite Military Revolt Predecessor Assassination
1700 CE 1712 CE (Benin Empire)
Ewuakpe Ozuere
Overturn Intra-Elite

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 
1325 CE 1361 CE (Chagatai Khanate)
Fragmentation of Chagatai Khanate
Uprising Fragmentation External Conquest Ruler Assassination Ruler Depose
551 CE (Rouran Khaganate)
Overthrow of Rouran Khaganate by Turkic peoples
Elite Downward Mobility Elite Extermination External Conquest
1236 CE 1242 CE (Kievan Rus)
Disintegration of the Kievan Rus
Elite Downward Mobility Fragmentation External Conquest Ruler Depose
604 CE 618 CE (Sui Dynasty)
Rebellions and Revolts
Uprising Civil War Ruler Assassination
1140 BCE 1030 BCE (Phoenician Empire)
Phoenecian Cities Conflicts
Civil War
232 BCE 187 BCE (Magadha - Maurya Empire)
Fall of Mauryan Empire
Fragmentation External Conquest Ruler Assassination
11 BCE 9 CE (Western Han Empire)
Rebellions and Wang Mang usurpation
Elite Downward Mobility Uprising Ruler Assassination
1054 CE 1072 CE (Byzantine Empire II)
Eleventh-century crisis in Byzantine Empire
Civil War External Conquest 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)

Dec. 1, 1870 Lynching (race) in South Carolina (SC), York: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

Jan. 1, 1887 Lynching (ethnic) in California (CA), Colusa: 31 were killed. -

Dec. 1, 1886 Lynching (extralegal) in Kansas (KS), Caldwell: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

July 4, 2022 Terrorism in Illinois (IL), Highland Park, Lake: 7 were killed.   ACLED: The Armed Conflict Location & Event Data

Dec. 1, 1997 Terrorism (work) in California (CA), Orange: 5 were killed.   The New York Times

June 1, 1984 Assassination (ethnic) in Colorado (CO), Denver: 1 was killed.   Wikipedia

Dec. 1, 1885 Riot (ethnic) in Michigan (MI), Detroit: 1 was killed.   Hartford Daily Courant Or The Hartford Courant

May 1, 1782 Lynching (political) in South Carolina (SC): 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

and 1941 more ...