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

Republic of Afghanistan (in: Afghanistan) 1974 CE 2020 CE

New Palace Crete (in: Southeastern Europe) 1700 BCE 1450 BCE

Taifas of Iberia (in: Southern Europe) 1010 CE 1241 CE

Late A'chik (in: Eastern South Asia) 1867 CE 1956 CE

Classic Basin of Mexico (in: Mexico) 100 CE 649 CE

Initial Formative Basin of Mexico (in: Mexico) 2000 BCE 1201 BCE

Imamate of Futa Toro (in: West Africa) 1776 CE 1860 CE

Western Roman Empire - Late Antiquity (in: Southern Europe) 395 CE 476 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

Pre-Ceramic Period: Unknown 7800 BCE 7201 BCE

Middle Bronze Age in Central Anatolia: Unknown 2000 BCE 1701 BCE

Konya Plain - Late Chalcolithic: Unknown 5500 BCE 3001 BCE

Qatabanian Commonwealth: Absent 450 BCE 111 BCE

Proto-French Kingdom: Absent 987 CE 1149 CE

Late Angkor: Absent 1220 CE 1431 CE

Elam - Early Sukkalmah: Absent 1900 BCE 1701 BCE

Ottoman Empire IV: Absent 1873 CE 1919 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 
1322 CE 1328 CE (French Kingdom - Late Capetian)
Charles IV, the Fair Philip VI
Intra-Elite External Invasion External Inteference
1820 CE 1830 CE (British Empire I)
George IV William IV
1432 CE 1445 CE (Adal Sultanate)
Badlay Muhammad ibn Badlay
Overturn External Invasion
1655 CE 1659 CE (Saadi Sultanate)
Ahmad al-Abbas Mohammed al-Hajj ibn Mohammed al-Dila'i
Overturn Intra-Elite Predecessor Assassination
450 CE 457 CE (East Roman Empire)
Marcian Leo I, the Thracian
Popular Uprising
645 CE (Early Classic Tikal)
24th Ruler Nuun Ujol Chaak ("Shield Skull")
- (Kushan Empire)
Shaka Kipunda
957 CE 973 CE (Chola Empire)
Pranataka II Uttama Chola
Overturn 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 
1419 CE 1434 CE (Kingdom of Bohemia - Luxembourgian and Jagiellonian Dynasty)
Hussite Wars
Population Decline Uprising Revolution Civil War Ruler Depose Religion Change
1065 CE 1105 CE (Khitan I)
Natural Disasters
Population Decline Uprising Civil War
1140 CE 1300 CE (Chaco Canyon - Late Bonito phase)
Site abandonment, internal conflict, increasing inequality
Population Decline Lasted > a Century
1740 CE 1780 CE (Austria - Habsburg Dynasty II)
Reforms of Marie Theresa
Public Goods Change
145 BCE 130 BCE (Greco-Bactrian Kingdom)
Decline of Greco-Bactrian Kingdom
External Conquest
494 BCE 287 BCE (Early Roman Republic)
Crisis of the Orders
Uprising Lasted > a Century Constitution Change Labor Change Suffrage
585 CE 590 CE (Lombard Kingdom)
Civil War
1337 CE 1453 CE (French Kingdom - Early Valois)
Hundred Years' War
Population Decline Population Collapse Epidemic Elite Downward Mobility Elite Extermination Uprising Civil War Lasted > a Century Fragmentation Capital Loss External Conquest Ruler Depose Constitution Change

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, 1794 Riot (political) in Pennsylvania (PA), Bower Hill: 3 were killed.   Wikipedia

March 1, 1898 Lynching (extralegal) in Colorado (CO), border / Wyoming (WY), border: 3 were killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

May 1, 1898 Lynching (race) in Maryland (MD), Salisbury: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

June 1, 1893 Lynching (race) in Illinois (IL), Decatur: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

Sept. 1, 2005 Riot (race) in Louisiana (LA), New Orleans: 3 were killed.   The Nation

Feb. 1, 1929 Riot (extralegal) in Kentucky (KY), Lexington: 9 were killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

March 1, 2009 Terrorism (political) in California (CA), Oakland: 5 were killed.   The New York Times

May 1, 1969 Riot (political) in Ohio (OH), Ravenna: 4 were killed.   Hartford Daily Courant Or The Hartford Courant

and 1941 more ...