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

Czechoslovakia (in: Central Europe) 1919 CE 1992 CE

Bito Dynasty (in: Central Africa) 1700 CE 1894 CE

Urartu Kingdom (in: Anatolia-Caucasus) 1200 BCE 710 BCE

Republic of China (in: North China) 1913 CE 1949 CE

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

Malacca Sultanate (in: Maritime Southeast Asia) 1396 CE 1511 CE

Oneota (in: Mississippi Basin) 1400 CE 1650 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

Papal States - Early Modern Period I: Absent 1527 CE 1647 CE

Cahokia - Emergent Mississippian II: Absent 900 CE 1049 CE

Kansai - Yayoi Period: Absent 300 BCE 249 CE

Elam - Late Sukkalmah: Absent 1700 BCE 1501 BCE

Jenne-jeno III: Unknown 400 CE 899 CE

Egypt - Late Old Kingdom: Absent 2350 BCE 2151 BCE

Yemen - Tahirid Dynasty: Absent 1454 CE 1517 CE

Hallstatt A-B1: Present 1000 BCE 901 BCE

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 
1766 CE 1790 CE (Bamana kingdom)
N'golo Diara Mansong Diara
996 CE 999 CE (Rome - Republic of St Peter II)
Gregory V (Bruno of Carinthia) Slyvester II (Gerbert of Aurillac)
Overturn External Invasion
218 CE 222 CE (Roman Empire - Principate)
Elagabalus Severus Alexander
Overturn Military Revolt Predecessor Assassination
1456 CE 1466 CE (Classic Tana)
al-Ḥasan b. Ismā‘īl, al-Khaṭlb Sa‘īd b. al-Ḥusayn
1623 CE 1648 CE (Hausa bakwai)
Kutumbi Al Haji
Overturn Predecessor Assassination
1754 CE (Ilú-ọba Ọ̀yọ́)
Awonbioju Agboluje
Overturn Intra-Elite Predecessor Assassination
44 CE 52 CE (Anurādhapura I)
Chandamukha Siva Yassalalaka Tissa
Overturn Predecessor Assassination
1879 CE 1911 CE (Sultanate of Geledi)
Usman Vittorio Emanuele 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 
1905 CE 1911 CE (Qajar Dynasty)
Persian Constitutional Revolution
Elite Downward Mobility Uprising Revolution Successful Revolution Ruler Depose Constitution Change
706 CE 725 CE (Chenla)
Chenla Dynastic Conflict
Fragmentation
1670 CE 1701 CE (Akan - Pre-Ashanti)
Separatist Rebellion
Elite Downward Mobility Uprising Constitution Change
540 CE 554 CE (East Roman Empire)
Sixth Century Crisis & Justinian Plague
Epidemic Capital Loss
1782 CE 1791 CE (Kingdom of Hawaii - Kamehameha Period)
Civil War
Uprising Civil War Fragmentation Ruler Assassination
67 BCE 63 BCE (Yehuda)
Hasmonean Civil Wars
Elite Downward Mobility Uprising Civil War External Conquest Ruler Depose Constitution Change
1856 CE 1864 CE (Russian Empire, Romanov Dynasty II)
Reforms of Tsar Alexander II
Labor Change Unfree Labor Change Public Goods Change
1432 CE (Late Angkor)
Collapse of Angkor
Population Decline Epidemic Elite Downward Mobility Fragmentation External Conquest 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)

April 1, 1993 Insurrection (religion) in Texas (TX), Waco: 86 were killed.   Encyclopaedia Britannica

July 1, 1853 Riot (labor) in UNKNOWN (UNK), Pembroke: 2 were killed.   Hartford Daily Courant Or The Hartford Courant

March 1, 1931 Lynching (race) in Mississippi (MS), Inverness, Sunflower: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

Oct. 1, 1911 Lynching (race) in Missouri (MO): 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

Aug. 1, 1908 Lynching (extralegal, race) in Alabama (AL), Birmingham: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

Dec. 1, 1915 Riot (race) in Georgia (GA), Early: 6 were killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

Aug. 1, 1966 Riot (race) in Michigan (MI), Benton Harbor: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

Jan. 1, 2015 Terrorism in Texas (TX), El Paso: 2 were killed.   Kfox Tv

and 1941 more ...