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)

Iran (Southwest Asia)

Western Europe (Europe)

Southern South Asia (South Asia)

and 39 more ... in 10 Macro Regions.

839

Polities

Safavid Empire (in: Iran) 1501 CE 1722 CE

Xianbei Confederation (in: Mongolia) 100 CE 250 CE

Egypt - Thebes-Hyksos Period (in: Northeast Africa) 1720 BCE 1567 BCE

Mahajanapada era (in: Southern South Asia) 600 BCE 324 BCE

Konya Plain - Late Neolithic (in: Anatolia-Caucasus) 6600 BCE 6000 BCE

Erlitou (in: North China) 1850 BCE 1600 BCE

Neguanje (in: Caribbean) 250 CE 1050 CE

Konya Plain - Ceramic Neolithic (in: Anatolia-Caucasus) 7000 BCE 6600 BCE

and 831 more ... in 47 Seshat Regions.

Seshat

General Variables
26 variables 8849 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 529 Polities

Social Complexity Variables
77 variables 20461 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 506 Polities

Warfare Variables
49 variables 17527 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 373 Polities

Human Sacrifice
357 records

Kachi Plain - Urban Period I: Absent 2500 BCE 2101 BCE

Funan II: Unknown 540 CE 639 CE

Seleucids: Absent 312 BCE 63 BCE

Neo-Hittite Kingdoms: Present 1180 BCE 901 BCE

La Tene A-B1: Present 474 BCE 325 BCE

Monte Alban III: Present 200 CE 499 CE

Orokaiva - Pre-Colonial: Absent 1734 CE 1883 CE

Monte Alban IIIB and IV: Present 500 CE 899 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 
1560 BCE 1555 BCE (Egypt - Thebes-Hyksos Period)
Taa / Senakhtenra / Seqenenra Kamose
1204 CE (Byzantine Empire III)
Alexios V Doukas end of polity
Overturn Intra-Elite External Invasion Predecessor Assassination
1574 CE 1589 CE (French Kingdom - Late Valois)
Henry III Henry IV
Overturn Intra-Elite Popular Uprising External Invasion External Inteference Predecessor Assassination
180 BCE 145 BCE (Ptolemaic Kingdom II)
Ptolemy VI Philometor Ptolemy VII Neos Philopator
Overturn Intra-Elite External Inteference Predecessor Assassination
578 CE 582 CE (East Roman Empire)
Tiberius II Constantine Maurice
1229 CE 1241 CE (Mongol Empire)
Ögedei Khan (T'ai Tsu) Interregnum
1840 CE 1843 CE (Futa Jallon)
Umaru Sori Bakari
1724 CE 1725 CE (Ilú-ọba Ọ̀yọ́)
Osiyago Ojigi
Overturn Intra-Elite Predecessor Assassination

and 3441 more ... coded for 259 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 
1363 CE 1388 CE (Kingdom of Norway II)
Unions and Disunities
Ruler Depose Constitution Change
1562 CE 1598 CE (French Kingdom - Late Valois)
French Wars of Religion
Population Decline Epidemic Elite Downward Mobility Elite Extermination Uprising Civil War Capital Loss Ruler Assassination
1200 CE 1250 CE (Cahokia - Moorehead)
Abandoment of Cahokia Mounds
Population Decline Population Collapse
1905 CE 1911 CE (Qajar)
Persian Constitutional Revolution
Elite Downward Mobility Uprising Revolution Successful Revolution Ruler Depose Constitution Change
1254 CE 1273 CE (Holy Roman Empire - Hohenstaufen and Welf Dynasties)
Great Interregnum
Elite Downward Mobility Uprising Civil War Fragmentation Constitution Change
1200 BCE 1150 BCE (Phoenician Empire)
Late Bronze Age Collapse
1850 CE 1864 CE (Late Qing)
Taiping Rebellion
Population Decline Uprising Revolution Civil War External Conquest Ruler Depose
1455 CE 1487 CE (Plantagenet England)
Wars of the Roses
Population Decline Epidemic Elite Downward Mobility 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)

July 1, 1964 Riot (race) in New York (NY), Rochester: 4 were killed. -

Jan. 1, 1898 Lynching (race) in Oklahoma (OK): 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

Oct. 31, 2017 Terrorism (religion) in New York (NY), New York City: 8 were killed.   MKADB: (Mass Killings in America 2006 - present) Data from the AP-USA

Aug. 1, 1941 Riot (economic) in New York (NY), New York City: 3 were killed.   Hartford Daily Courant Or The Hartford Courant

Dec. 1, 1915 Lynching (extralegal) in Mississippi (MS), Aberdeen: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

May 1, 2005 Terrorism in Arizona (AZ): 8 were killed.   The New York Times

Aug. 1, 1909 Lynching (extralegal) in Missouri (MO), Saint Joseph: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

Feb. 1, 2011 Unknown in California (CA), Placerville: 1 was killed.   The New York Times

and 1895 more ...