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

Kansai - Kofun Period (in: Northeast Asia) 250 CE 537 CE

Makuria Kingdom III (in: Northeast Africa) 850 CE 1099 CE

Middle Postclassic Basin of Mexico (in: Mexico) 1200 CE 1426 CE

Habesha (in: East Africa) 801 CE 1136 CE

French Kingdom - Late Bourbon (in: Western Europe) 1660 CE 1815 CE

Anurādhapura I (in: Southern South Asia) 300 BCE 70 CE

Mossi (in: West Africa) 1100 CE 1897 CE

Chuuk - Late Truk (in: Polynesia) 1886 CE 1948 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

Carolingian Empire II: Absent 840 CE 986 CE

Konya Plain - Early Bronze Age: Unknown 2900 BCE 2001 BCE

Haudenosaunee Confederacy - Early: Present 1566 CE 1713 CE

Great Ming: Absent 1464 CE 1643 CE

Middle Wagadu Empire: Present 1000 CE 1077 CE

Elam II: Absent 743 BCE 647 BCE

Republic of Venice III: Absent 1205 CE 1563 CE

French Kingdom - Late Capetian: Absent 1150 CE 1327 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 
1812 CE 1817 CE (Antebellum US)
James Madison James Monroe
141 BCE 87 BCE (Western Han Empire)
Wudi Zhaodi
123 BCE 95 BCE (Armenian Kingdom)
Tigranes I Artavasdes I
External Invasion
50 BCE 25 BCE (Satavahana Empire)
Sātakarṇi II unknown
1518 CE (Adal Sultanate)
Usurper 1 Usurper 2
Overturn Intra-Elite Predecessor Assassination
1180 CE 1194 CE (Seljuk Sultanate)
Al-Nasir Al-Nasir
External Invasion
1869 CE 1899 CE (Bito Dynasty)
Chwa II Kabaleega Yokana End of polity
Intra-Elite External Invasion
784 CE 803 CE (Medang Kingdom)
Pannunggalan / Panaraban Warak

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 
30 BCE (Ptolemaic Kingdom II)
Roman conquest of Egypt
Elite Downward Mobility Civil War External Conquest Ruler Assassination Ruler Depose
339 BCE 200 BCE (Third Scythian Kingdom)
Downfall of the Scythians
Population Decline Fragmentation External Conquest
1153 CE 1214 CE (Jin Dynasty)
Unrest & flooding
Population Decline Elite Extermination Uprising Civil War External Conquest Ruler Assassination Ruler Depose
184 CE 220 CE (Eastern Han Empire)
Yellow Turban and Five Pecks of Rice rebellions
Population Decline Epidemic Elite Downward Mobility Elite Extermination Uprising Revolution Civil War Fragmentation
671 BCE 656 BCE (Egypt - Kushite Period)
Fall of Kushite Kingdom
Fragmentation External Conquest Ruler Depose
1528 CE 1537 CE (Songhai Empire - Askiya Dynasty)
Succession Crisis
Ruler Assassination Ruler Depose
551 CE (Rouran Khaganate)
Overthrow of Rouran Khaganate by Turkic peoples
Elite Downward Mobility Elite Extermination External Conquest
1065 CE 1105 CE (Khitan I)
Natural Disasters
Population Decline Uprising 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)

Oct. 1, 1945 Lynching (race) in Florida (FL), Madison: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

May 1, 1918 Riot (race) in Georgia (GA), Brooks Flowndes: 11 were killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

Jan. 1, 1928 Riot (labor, race) in Pennsylvania (PA), Broughton: 8 were killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

July 1, 1877 Riot (labor) in Pennsylvania (PA), Shamokin: 2 were killed.   Wynning History

Jan. 1, 1894 Lynching (extralegal) in Ohio (OH), Adams: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

July 1, 1835 Lynching (race) in Mississippi (MS), Livingston: 3 were killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

Oct. 1, 1969 Riot (prison) in Indiana (IN), Pendleton: 1 was killed.   Hartford Daily Courant Or The Hartford Courant

Feb. 1, 1974 Terrorism (political) in Maryland (MD), Anne Arundel: 3 were killed.   Wikipedia

and 1895 more ...