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

East Roman Empire (in: Anatolia-Caucasus) 395 CE 631 CE

Pala Empire (in: Eastern South Asia) 750 CE 1174 CE

Chionites (in: Turkestan) 300 CE 388 CE

Kingdom of Sicily - Hohenstaufen and Angevin dynasties (in: Southern Europe) 1194 CE 1281 CE

Harsha's Empire (in: North India) 606 CE 647 CE

Egypt - Kushite Period (in: Northeast Africa) 747 BCE 656 BCE

Anglo-Saxon England II (in: Western Europe) 927 CE 1065 CE

Kingdom of the Burgundians (in: Western Europe) 411 CE 534 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

Western Turk Khaganate: Present 582 CE 603 CE

Spanish Empire I: Absent 1516 CE 1700 CE

Kalingga Kingdom: Unknown 500 CE 731 CE

Kampili Kingdom: Absent 1280 CE 1310 CE

Andronovo: Absent 1800 BCE 1401 BCE

Macedonian Empire: Absent -

Naqada II: Absent 3550 BCE 3301 BCE

Elymais II: Absent 25 CE 215 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 
584 CE 629 CE (Middle Merovingian)
Chlothar II Dagobert I
External Invasion External Inteference
2448 BCE 2445 BCE (Egypt - Classic Old Kingdom)
Neferefre / Reneferet Niuserre
1615 CE (Republic of Venice IV)
Marcantonio Memmo Giovanni Bembo
1080 CE 1107 CE (Classical Angkor)
Jayavarman VI Dharanīndravarman I
Intra-Elite
1852 CE 1856 CE (Emirate of Harar)
Ahmed ibn Abu Bakr Muhammed ibn Ali
Intra-Elite External Invasion External Inteference
1719 CE 1748 CE (Mughal Empire)
Muhammad Shah Ahmad Shah
1680 CE (Burundi)
Ntare Rushatsi Mwezi
1277 CE 1279 CE (Egypt - Mamluk Sultanate I)
Al-Said Baraka Khan Al-Adil Salamish
Overturn Intra-Elite Military Revolt

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 
1718 CE 1778 CE (Late Illinois Confederation)
French-British colonization, attacks by Haudenosaunee, internal conflict
Population Decline Population Collapse Epidemic Elite Downward Mobility Uprising Civil War Fragmentation External Conquest
1153 CE 1214 CE (Jin Dynasty)
Unrest & flooding
Population Decline Elite Extermination Uprising Civil War External Conquest Ruler Assassination Ruler Depose
1140 CE 1300 CE (Chaco Canyon - Late Bonito phase)
Site abandonment, internal conflict, increasing inequality
Population Decline Lasted > a Century
1432 CE (Late Angkor)
Collapse of Angkor
Population Decline Epidemic Elite Downward Mobility Fragmentation External Conquest Ruler Depose
111 BCE 102 BCE (Western Han Empire)
Series of Uprising, Revolts and Invasions
Uprising
1700 BCE (Egypt - Middle Kingdom)
Collapse of Middle Kingdom state
Elite Downward Mobility Civil War Fragmentation Ruler Assassination
1363 CE 1388 CE (Kingdom of Norway II)
Unions and Disunities
Ruler Depose Constitution Change
1670 CE 1701 CE (Akan - Pre-Ashanti)
Separatist Rebellion
Elite Downward Mobility Uprising 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)

May 1, 1856 Riot (section) in Kansas (KS), Santa Fe Trail: 3 were killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

Aug. 1, 1941 Riot (prison) in Kentucky (KY), Ft. Knox: 1 was killed.   Hartford Daily Courant Or The Hartford Courant

Nov. 1, 1852 Lynching (extralegal) in California (CA), Los Angeles: 3 were killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

Oct. 1, 1988 Terrorism (political) in Texas (TX), Fort Hancock: 1 was killed.   The New York Times

June 1, 1865 Riot (military) in New York (NY), New York City: 1 was killed.   Hartford Daily Courant Or The Hartford Courant

June 1, 1969 Riot (prison) in Kansas (KS), Lansing: 1 was killed. -

April 1, 2009 Terrorism (education) in Georgia (GA), Athens: 3 were killed.   The New York Times

Jan. 1, 1868 Riot (race) in Texas (TX), Jefferson, Marion: 3 were killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

and 1941 more ...