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

Igodomingodo (in: West Africa) 900 CE 1450 CE

Republic of Indonesia (in: Archipelago) 1949 CE 2020 CE

Hallstatt A-B1 (in: Western Europe) 1000 BCE 900 BCE

Alawi Dynasty (in: Maghreb) 1728 CE 1912 CE

British Empire I (in: Western Europe) 1690 CE 1849 CE

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

Cahokia - Lohman-Stirling (in: Mississippi Basin) 1055 CE 1199 CE

Kingdom of Cayor (in: West Africa) 1549 CE 1864 CE

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

Proto-French Kingdom: Absent 987 CE 1149 CE

Vakataka Kingdom: Absent 286 CE 335 CE

Ak Koyunlu: Absent 1339 CE 1501 CE

Susiana - Muhammad Jaffar: Unknown 7000 BCE 6001 BCE

Proto-Carolingian: Absent 687 CE 750 CE

Early Angkor: Present 802 CE 1100 CE

Kansai - Yayoi Period: Absent 300 BCE 249 CE

Roman Kingdom: Present 716 BCE 510 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 
1807 CE 1813 CE (British East India Company)
The Lord Minto The Marquess of Hastings
62 BCE 50 BCE (Anurādhapura I)
Choranaga Kuda Tissa
Intra-Elite Predecessor Assassination
1015 CE 1016 CE (Kievan Rus)
Sviatopolk I the Cursed Yaroslav I the Wise
1794 CE 1819 CE (Karagwe)
Ruhinda VI Orushongo Ndagara I
1071 CE 1078 CE (Byzantine Empire II)
Michael VII, Parapinaces Nikephoros III Botaniates
Overturn Intra-Elite Military Revolt Popular Uprising
996 CE 1031 CE (Proto-French Kingdom)
Robert II, the Piious Henry I
Intra-Elite Military Revolt Separatist Rebellion
681 BCE 669 BCE (Neo-Assyrian Empire)
Esarhaddon Ashurbanipal
1666 CE 1694 CE (Safavid Empire)
Safi II / Suleiman I Sultan Husayn

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 
453 CE 469 CE (Kingdom of the Huns)
Internal Power Struggles and end of the Hun Empire
Fragmentation Ruler Assassination
1419 CE 1434 CE (Kingdom of Bohemia - Luxembourgian and Jagiellonian Dynasty)
Hussite Wars
Population Decline Uprising Revolution Civil War Ruler Depose Religion Change
1261 CE 1262 CE (Icelandic Commonwealth)
Norweigan Conquest of Iceland and the end of the Commonwealth
Elite Downward Mobility External Conquest Constitution Change
1054 CE 1072 CE (Byzantine Empire II)
Eleventh-century crisis in Byzantine Empire
Civil War External Conquest Ruler Assassination Ruler Depose
800 CE 900 CE (Classic Maya)
Classic Maya collapse
Population Decline Population Collapse Epidemic Lasted > a Century Fragmentation Capital Loss
1640 CE 1656 CE (Ottoman Empire II)
Seventeenth Century Crisis
Population Decline Epidemic Ruler Assassination Ruler Depose
1280 CE 1322 CE (Egypt - Mamluk Sultanate I)
Mongol invasions and rebellions in Mamluk Egypt
Fragmentation External Conquest Ruler Assassination Ruler Depose
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)

May 1, 1921 Riot (labor) in West Virginia (WV), Merrimac: 20 were killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

Nov. 1, 1852 Lynching (extralegal) in California (CA), Los Angeles: 3 were killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

Jan. 1, 1867 Assassination (political) in Georgia (GA): 1 was killed. -

Dec. 1, 1982 Riot (race) in Florida (FL), Miami: 2 were killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

Dec. 1, 1896 Lynching (extralegal) in Missouri (MO), Lexington: 2 were killed.   The New York Times

April 1, 1959 Lynching (race) in Mississippi (MS), Poplarville: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

June 1, 1894 Riot (race) in Missouri (MO), Monett: 2 were killed. -

Sept. 1, 1919 Riot (labor) in New York (NY), Lackawanna: 2 were killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

and 1895 more ...