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

Byzantine Empire III (in: Anatolia-Caucasus) 1073 CE 1204 CE

Republic of Turkey (in: Anatolia-Caucasus) 1923 CE 2020 CE

Kampili Kingdom (in: Southern India) 1280 CE 1327 CE

Norman England (in: Western Europe) 1066 CE 1153 CE

Ptolemaic Kingdom II (in: Northeast Africa) 217 BCE 30 BCE

Kalabhra Dynasty (in: Southern India) 200 CE 600 CE

Kakatiya Dynasty (in: Southern India) 1175 CE 1324 CE

Ubaid (in: Mesopotamia) 5500 BCE 4000 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

Rum Sultanate: Absent 1093 CE 1243 CE

Late Shang: Present 1250 BCE 1123 BCE

Monopalatial Crete: Present 1450 BCE 1301 BCE

Kansai - Yayoi Period: Absent 300 BCE 249 CE

Tokugawa Shogunate: Absent 1603 CE 1868 CE

French Kingdom - Early Bourbon: Absent 1589 CE 1659 CE

Classical Angkor: Present 1150 CE 1220 CE

Jenne-jeno IV: Unknown 900 CE 999 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 
1603 CE 1605 CE (Tokugawa Shogunate)
Tokugawa Ieyasu Tokugawa Hidetada
1257 CE 1280 CE (Kingdom of Norway II)
Magnus VI Haakonsson Sverre Eric II Magnusson Sverre
1247 CE 1290 CE (Hausa bakwai)
Gugua Shekkarau
1640 CE 1652 CE (Ilú-ọba Ọ̀yọ́)
Oluodo Ajagbo
1827 CE 1830 CE (Kingdom of Waalo)
Fara Penda Sal Kheerfi Xari Daaro
Intra-Elite
2 BCE 4 CE (Armenian Kingdom)
Tigranes IV with Erato Ariobarzanes of Media
Overturn External Inteference
1593 CE (Kingdom of Baol)
Mamalik Thioro Tié N’Della
1525 CE 1526 CE (Adal Sultanate)
Abu Bakr 'Umar ad-Din
Intra-Elite Military Revolt Predecessor Assassination

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 
1750 CE 1767 CE (Ayutthaya)
Fall of Ayutthaya
Epidemic Elite Downward Mobility Elite Extermination Fragmentation External Conquest
1598 CE 1603 CE (Japan - Azuchi-Momoyama)
Foundation of Tokugawa Shogunate
Elite Downward Mobility Elite Extermination Uprising Ruler Depose
1644 CE 1683 CE (Great Ming)
Fall of the Ming Dynasty
Population Decline Epidemic Uprising Revolution Civil War Capital Loss External Conquest Ruler Depose
1261 CE 1262 CE (Icelandic Commonwealth)
Norweigan Conquest of Iceland and the end of the Commonwealth
Elite Downward Mobility External Conquest Constitution Change
1065 CE 1105 CE (Khitan I)
Natural Disasters
Population Decline Uprising Civil War
1700 BCE (Egypt - Middle Kingdom)
Collapse of Middle Kingdom state
Elite Downward Mobility Civil War Fragmentation Ruler Assassination
1337 CE 1453 CE (French Kingdom - Early Valois)
Hundred Years' War
Population Decline Population Collapse Epidemic Elite Downward Mobility Elite Extermination Uprising Civil War Lasted > a Century Fragmentation Capital Loss External Conquest Ruler Depose Constitution Change
2150 BCE (Egypt - Late Old Kingdom)
Collapse of Old Kingdom state
Population Decline Elite Downward Mobility Revolution Successful Revolution Civil War Fragmentation 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)

Aug. 1, 1884 Riot (religion) in Tennessee (TN), Cane Creek: 5 were killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

Nov. 1, 1897 Riot (political) in Kentucky (KY), Frankfort: 3 were killed.   Hartford Daily Courant Or The Hartford Courant

Dec. 1, 1915 Lynching (race) in Arkansas (AR), Forest City: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

June 1, 1918 Lynching (extralegal) in Louisiana (LA), Mangham: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

Jan. 1, 1854 Riot (political) in Louisiana (LA), New Orleans: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

Aug. 1, 1904 Lynching (extralegal, race) in Georgia (GA), Statesboro: 2 were killed.   Grant, Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

April 1, 1887 Lynching (extralegal) in Mississippi (MS), Ripley: 1 was killed.   The New York Times

July 1, 1868 Riot (race) in Texas (TX): 5 were killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

and 1941 more ...