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

Rouran Khaganate (in: Mongolia) 300 CE 555 CE

Aro (in: West Africa) 1690 CE 1902 CE

Cwezi Dynasty (in: Central Africa) 1450 CE 1699 CE

Astrakhan Khanate (in: Pontic-Caspian) 1466 CE 1556 CE

Five Dynasties Period (in: North China) 906 CE 970 CE

Pre-Maravi (in: Southern Africa) 1151 CE 1399 CE

Kingdom of Lydia (in: Anatolia-Caucasus) 670 BCE 546 BCE

Early Greater Coclé (in: Caribbean) 200 CE 700 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

Chagatai Khanate: Present 1263 CE 1361 CE

Egypt - Classic Old Kingdom: Absent 2650 BCE 2351 BCE

Cahokia - Early Woodland: Absent 600 BCE 151 BCE

French Kingdom - Early Valois: Absent 1328 CE 1449 CE

Late Angkor: Absent 1220 CE 1431 CE

Tokugawa Shogunate: Absent 1603 CE 1868 CE

Cuzco - Late Intermediate I: Absent 1000 CE 1249 CE

Mali Empire: Present 1235 CE 1410 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 
1697 CE 1719 CE (Kingdom of Cayor)
Lat Sukaabe Isa-Tende
1782 CE 1809 CE (Rattanakosin)
Rama I (Phraphutthayotfa Chulalok) Rama II (Phraphutthaloetla Naphalai)
1206 CE 1210 CE (Delhi Sultanate)
Aibak Aram Shah
1390 BCE 1352 BCE (Egypt - New Kingdom Thutmosid Period)
Amenhotep III / Nebmaatra Amenhotep IV / Akhenaten / Neferkheperurawaenra
1531 CE 1559 CE (Nkore)
Rushango Ntare II Kagwejegyerera
1819 CE 1824 CE (Kingdom of Hawaii - Post-Kamehameha Period)
Kamehameha II Kamehameha III
2 BCE 4 CE (Armenian Kingdom)
Tigranes IV with Erato Ariobarzanes of Media
Overturn External Inteference
1481 CE 1486 CE (Bengal Sultanate)
Jalal al-Din Fath Shah None

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 
1861 CE 1865 CE (Antebellum US)
American Civil War
Elite Downward Mobility Uprising Civil War Fragmentation Ruler Assassination Constitution Change Unfree Labor Change
551 CE (Rouran Khaganate)
Overthrow of Rouran Khaganate by Turkic peoples
Elite Downward Mobility Elite Extermination External Conquest
1325 CE 1361 CE (Chagatai Khanate)
Fragmentation of Chagatai Khanate
Uprising Fragmentation External Conquest Ruler Assassination Ruler Depose
1725 CE 1873 CE (Hmong - Late Qing)
Hmong uprisings against Qing state
Population Decline Uprising Civil War Lasted > a Century External Conquest
633 CE 654 CE (Sasanid Empire II)
Muslim conquest of the Sasanian Empire
Population Decline Epidemic Elite Downward Mobility Civil War Fragmentation Capital Loss External Conquest Ruler Assassination Ruler Depose
1454 CE 1455 CE (Oirats)
Death of Esen Taishi and internal unrest
Uprising Civil War Ruler Assassination
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
1598 CE 1613 CE (Grand Principality of Moscow, Rurikid Dynasty)
Time of Troubles
Population Decline Epidemic Uprising Civil War External Conquest 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, 1913 Riot (prison) in New York (NY), Sing Sing: 1 was killed. -

Feb. 1, 2010 Terrorism (education) in Alabama (AL), Huntsville: 3 were killed.   The New York Times

May 1, 1969 Riot (political) in California (CA), Berkeley: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

July 1, 1871 Lynching (race) in Georgia (GA), Louisville: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

June 10, 2021 Terrorism in Florida (FL), Royal Palm Beach, Palm Beach: 3 were killed.   ACLED: The Armed Conflict Location & Event Data

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

Dec. 1, 1833 Riot (ethnic) in UNKNOWN (UNK), Charleston: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

Oct. 1, 1917 Riot (other) in New Jersey (NJ), Jersey City: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

and 1941 more ...