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

Safavid Empire (in: Iran) 1501 CE 1722 CE

Volga Kingdom (in: Southeastern Europe) 965 CE 1236 CE

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

Konya Plain - Late Chalcolithic (in: Anatolia-Caucasus) 5500 BCE 3000 BCE

Duchy of Bohemia (in: Central Europe) 880 CE 1003 CE

Deva Dynasty (in: Eastern South Asia) 1150 CE 1300 CE

Monte Alban III (in: Mexico) 200 CE 500 CE

Cahokia - Middle Woodland (in: Mississippi Basin) 150 BCE 300 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 Monte Alban I: Present 500 BCE 301 BCE

Konya Plain - Late Chalcolithic: Unknown 5500 BCE 3001 BCE

Kediri Kingdom: Present 1049 CE 1222 CE

Sogdiana - City-States Period: Absent 604 CE 711 CE

Egypt - Kushite Period: Unknown 747 BCE 665 BCE

Sabaean Commonwealth: Absent 800 BCE 451 BCE

Hawaii II: Absent 1200 CE 1349 CE

Cuzco - Early Intermediate II: Absent 500 CE 649 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 
1343 CE 1380 CE (Kingdom of Norway II)
Haakon VI Bjelbo of Norway Olaf II Bjelbo of Denmark
1779 CE 1785 CE (Mutapa)
Mutedue Combue
1856 CE 1858 CE (Futa Jallon)
Umaru Sori Ibrahima Sori II
1786 CE 1816 CE (Portuguese Empire - Early Modern)
Maria I end of our polity
936 CE 954 CE (Carolingian Empire II)
Louis IV Lothair
1338 BCE 1336 BCE (Egypt - New Kingdom Thutmosid Period)
Neferneferuaten / Smenkhkara Tutankhamun / Nebkheperura
Intra-Elite
1861 CE 1862 CE (Kingdom of Cayor)
Ma-Dyodyo Lat Dyor
Overturn Intra-Elite
1031 CE 1075 CE (Buyid Confederation)
Al-Qaim Al-Qaim
External Invasion

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 
1809 CE 1831 CE (Shuar - Colonial)
Uprising and Rebellion against the Spaniards
Uprising Revolution Constitution Change
1500 BCE 1430 BCE (Hatti - Old Kingdom)
Fall of Old Kingdom of Hatti
Population Decline Elite Downward Mobility External Conquest
74 BCE 63 BCE (Hellenistic Crete)
Mithridatic Wars
External Conquest
1000 CE 1056 CE (Icelandic Commonwealth)
Conversion to Christianity
Constitution Change Religion Change
1918 CE 1938 CE (Austria - Habsburg Dynasty II)
World Wars, First Austrian Republic
Population Decline Epidemic Elite Downward Mobility Uprising Revolution Successful Revolution Civil War Fragmentation Ruler Assassination Ruler Depose Constitution Change
1454 CE 1455 CE (Oirats)
Death of Esen Taishi and internal unrest
Uprising Civil War Ruler Assassination
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
180 CE 189 CE (Kansai - Yayoi Period)
Civil War of Wa
Elite Downward Mobility Civil War

and 161 more ... coded for 153 Polities

🇺🇸 US Political Violence Database
Date / Violence Type / Violence Subtype(s) / Location(s) / Fatalities / Narrative / Source(s)

July 1, 1919 Riot (race) in Virginia (VA), Norfolk: 6 were killed.   The New York Times

Aug. 1, 1993 Terrorism in North Carolina (NC), Fayetteville: 4 were killed.   The Fayetteville Observer

Oct. 1, 1961 Terrorism (work) in Indiana (IN), Gary: 5 were killed.   The New York Times

June 1, 1861 Lynching (section) in Illinois (IL), Ogle: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

May 1, 1867 Riot (section) in Alabama (AL), Mobile: 2 were killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

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

Dec. 1, 1853 Riot (labor) in Illinois (IL), Lasalle: 2 were killed.   Hartford Daily Courant Or The Hartford Courant

Feb. 1, 1898 Riot (political, race) in South Carolina (SC), Lake City: 2 were killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

and 1941 more ...