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

Monte Alban V (in: Mexico) 900 CE 1520 CE

Songhai Empire - Askiya Dynasty (in: West Africa) 1493 CE 1591 CE

Papal States - High Medieval Period (in: Southern Europe) 1198 CE 1309 CE

Five Dynasties Period (in: North China) 906 CE 970 CE

Republic and Duchy of Florence (in: Southern Europe) 1115 CE 1568 CE

French Kingdom - Late Bourbon (in: Western Europe) 1660 CE 1815 CE

Alodia Kingdom (in: Northeast Africa) 600 CE 1504 CE

Sasanid Empire I (in: Iran) 205 CE 487 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

Early Illinois Confederation: Absent 1640 CE 1717 CE

Sakha - Early: Present 1400 CE 1632 CE

Yemen Hijaz: Absent 632 CE 661 CE

Byzantine Empire I: Absent 632 CE 823 CE

Xiongnu Imperial Confederation: Present 209 BCE 60 BCE

Cahokia - Emergent Mississippian I: Absent 750 CE 899 CE

Satavahana Empire: Absent 100 BCE 203 CE

Byzantine Empire III: Absent 1073 CE 1203 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 
1755 CE 1782 CE (Kingdom of Hawaii - Kamehameha Period)
Kalani'ōpu'u Kīwala'ō and Kamehameha I
Intra-Elite
1877 BCE 1870 BCE (Egypt - Middle Kingdom)
Senusret II / Khakheperra Senusret III / Khakaura
531 CE 536 CE (Kansai - Kofun Period)
Ankan Senka
1276 CE 1278 CE (Southern Song)
Duangzong of Southern Song (Zhao Shi) Zhao Bing (Bing of Song)
External Invasion
1820 CE 1830 CE (British Empire I)
George IV William IV
1646 CE (Republic of Venice IV)
Francesco Erizzo Francesco Molin
1650 CE 1700 CE (Kingdom of Nyinginya)
Ndori Gisanura
1840 CE 1855 CE (Kingdom of Waalo)
Mó Mbodi Maalik Napoleon III
External Invasion External Inteference

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 
1725 CE 1873 CE (Hmong - Late Qing)
Hmong uprisings against Qing state
Population Decline Uprising Civil War Lasted > a Century External Conquest
900 CE 1000 CE (Monte Alban V Early Postclassic)
Fragmentation of Monte Albán state
Lasted > a Century Fragmentation
1789 CE 1799 CE (French Kingdom - Late Bourbon)
French Revolution
Population Decline Epidemic Elite Downward Mobility Elite Extermination Uprising Revolution Successful Revolution Civil War Capital Loss Ruler Assassination Constitution Change Suffrage
1325 CE 1361 CE (Chagatai Khanate)
Fragmentation of Chagatai Khanate
Uprising Fragmentation External Conquest Ruler Assassination Ruler Depose
546 BCE 453 BCE (Jin)
Civil War
Elite Downward Mobility Civil War Lasted > a Century Fragmentation External Conquest
1470 CE 1500 CE (Inca Empire)
Inca succession crisis'
Uprising
1728 CE 1805 CE (Yemen - Qasimid Dynasty)
Fragmentation of Qasimid state
Uprising Fragmentation External Conquest
570 BCE 525 BCE (Egypt - Saite Period)
Fall of Twenty-sixth Dynasty
Uprising 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)

Feb. 1, 1965 Riot (political) in Alabama (AL), Marion: 1 was killed.   The New York Times

Jan. 1, 1903 Lynching (extralegal) in Florida (FL), Tampa: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

Aug. 1, 1922 Lynching (race) in Louisiana (LA), Morehouse: 3 were killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

April 1, 1947 Terrorism in New York (NY), Bronx: 4 were killed.   The New York Times

Dec. 1, 1903 Riot (political) in Vermont (VT), Barre: 1 was killed.   Hartford Daily Courant Or The Hartford Courant

Sept. 1, 1920 Riot (labor) in Alabama (AL), Birmingham: 4 were killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

Aug. 1, 1888 Riot (race) in Louisiana (LA), Abbeville: 17 were killed.   The New York Times

Aug. 1, 1911 Lynching (extralegal, race) in Pennsylvania (PA), Coatesville: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

and 1941 more ...