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 Merovingian (in: Western Europe) 481 CE 543 CE

Early Wei Dynasty (in: North China) 445 BCE 225 BCE

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

Maratha Empire (in: Southern India) 1674 CE 1818 CE

Brandenburg-Prussia (in: Central Europe) 1618 CE 1870 CE

Democratic Republic of Vietnam (in: Mainland Southeast Asia) 1954 CE 1975 CE

Late Greater Coclé (in: Caribbean) 1000 CE 1515 CE

Democratic Republic of the Congo (in: Central Africa) 1960 CE 2020 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

Elam - Early Sukkalmah: Absent 1900 BCE 1701 BCE

Middle Wagadu Empire: Present 1000 CE 1077 CE

Segou Kingdom: Present 1650 CE 1711 CE

Sind - Abbasid-Fatimid Period: Absent 862 CE 1192 CE

Elam - Shutrukid Period: Absent 1199 BCE 1100 BCE

Early Mongols: Present 1126 CE 1205 CE

Late Xiongnu: Present 59 BCE 99 CE

Hephthalite Empire: Present 426 CE 561 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 
578 CE 584 CE (Exarchate of Ravenna)
Tiberius II Decius
External Invasion
1815 CE 1848 CE (Kwararafa)
Zikeenya Agbu Manu I
1763 CE 1766 CE (Bamana kingdom)
Kafa-Diugu N'golo Diara
Overturn Intra-Elite Military Revolt
1702 CE 1711 CE (Khanate of Bukhara)
Ubaydullāh Khān Abū’l Fayz
Overturn Intra-Elite Predecessor Assassination
1254 CE 1257 CE (Egypt - Mamluk Sultanate I)
Al-Mu’izz Aybak Al-Mansur Ali I
Overturn Intra-Elite Predecessor Assassination
1865 CE 1869 CE (Us Reconstruction-Progressive)
Andrew Johnson Ulysses S. Grant
189 CE (Eastern Han Empire)
Shaodi (Minor Emperor) Xiandi
Overturn Predecessor Assassination
1622 CE 1623 CE (Ottoman Empire II)
Mustafa I Murad IV
Overturn Intra-Elite Military Revolt Popular Uprising

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 
900 CE 1000 CE (Monte Alban V Early Postclassic)
Fragmentation of Monte Albán state
Lasted > a Century Fragmentation
1528 CE 1570 CE (Inca Empire)
Inca decline and civil war
Population Decline Population Collapse Epidemic Elite Downward Mobility Civil War Capital Loss External Conquest Ruler Assassination Constitution Change
1236 CE 1242 CE (Kievan Rus)
Disintegration of the Kievan Rus
Elite Downward Mobility Fragmentation External Conquest Ruler Depose
1618 CE 1648 CE (Austria - Habsburg Dynasty I)
Seventeenth Century Crisis, Thirty Years' War
Population Decline Epidemic Elite Downward Mobility Elite Extermination Civil War Religion Change
1910 CE 1920 CE (Early United Mexican States)
Mexican Revolution
Uprising Revolution Successful Revolution Civil War Ruler Assassination Ruler Depose Constitution Change
1848 CE 1867 CE (Austria - Habsburg Dynasty II)
Habsburg Empire Revolution
Elite Downward Mobility Uprising Revolution Constitution Change Unfree Labor Change
1727 CE 1757 CE (Alaouite Dynasty I)
Succession Crisis
Uprising Civil War Ruler Assassination Ruler Depose
1000 BCE 961 BCE (Yisrael)
Civil War in Israel and Judah
Uprising Civil War 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, 1898 Lynching (race) in Georgia (GA), Woodsbridge: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

Jan. 1, 1906 Lynching (race) in North Carolina (NC), Salisbury, Rowan: 3 were killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

July 1, 1899 Riot (labor) in Alabama (AL), Bassemo: 2 were killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

Oct. 1, 1919 Terrorism (race) in Pennsylvania (PA), Chester: 2 were killed.   Hartford Daily Courant Or The Hartford Courant

Sept. 1, 1893 Lynching (race) in Louisiana (LA), South Louisiana: 4 were killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

Aug. 5, 2012 Terrorism (ethnic) in Wisconsin (WI), Oak Creek: 7 were killed.   Reuters

Sept. 1, 1998 Terrorism in Colorado (CO), Aurora: 5 were killed.   The New York Times

May 1, 1919 Lynching (race) in Mississippi (MS), Laurel: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

and 1941 more ...