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.

863

Polities

Kaabu (in: West Africa) 1500 CE 1867 CE

French Kingdom - Early Bourbon (in: Western Europe) 1589 CE 1660 CE

Harsha's Empire (in: North India) 606 CE 647 CE

Ava Kingdom (in: Mainland) 1364 CE 1527 CE

Khazar Empire (in: Pontic-Caspian) 626 CE 965 CE

Neguanje (in: Caribbean) 250 CE 1050 CE

Novgorod Republic (in: Eastern Europe) 1135 CE 1478 CE

Kingdom of Cyprus (in: Southeastern Europe) 1192 CE 1489 CE

and 855 more ... in 47 Seshat Regions.

Seshat

General Variables
26 variables 8863 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 532 Polities

Social Complexity Variables
77 variables 24868 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 615 Polities

Warfare Variables
49 variables 17537 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 377 Polities

Human Sacrifice
357 records

Medang Kingdom: Present 732 CE 1019 CE

Beaker Culture: Unknown 3200 BCE 2301 BCE

Ur - Dynasty III: Present 2112 BCE 2029 BCE

Elam - Awan Dynasty I: Absent 2675 BCE 2251 BCE

Oaxaca - Tierras Largas: Absent 1400 BCE 1151 BCE

Neolithic Yemen: Absent 3500 BCE 1201 BCE

Konya Plain - Ceramic Neolithic: Absent 7000 BCE 6601 BCE

Konya Plain - Early Neolithic: Absent 7100 BCE 7001 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 
251 CE 253 CE (Roman Empire - Principate)
Trebonianus Gallus Volusian
Overturn Military Revolt Separatist Rebellion Predecessor Assassination
1655 CE 1667 CE (Papal States - Early Modern Period II)
Alexander VII (Chigi) Clement IX (Rospigliosi)
188 BCE 184 BCE (Western Han Empire)
Shaodi Gong Shaodi Hong
Overturn Predecessor Assassination
1761 CE 1762 CE (Mutapa)
Zeze Mutanika
Overturn Intra-Elite
1520 CE 1566 CE (Ottoman Empire II)
Suleyman I, the Magnificent Selim II, the Sot
1786 CE 1837 CE (Tokugawa Shogunate)
Tokugawa Ienari Tokugawa Ieyoshi
Popular Uprising
- (Hephthalites)
None Akhshunwar/Khushnavaz (?)
1781 CE 1807 CE (Hausa bakwai)
Mohamma Alwali end of polity
External Invasion External Inteference Predecessor Assassination

and 3441 more ... coded for 261 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 
639 CE 687 CE (Middle Merovingian)
Division of Merovingian kingdom (after Clovis I)
Civil War Fragmentation External Conquest Ruler Depose
1432 CE (Late Angkor)
Collapse of Angkor
Population Decline Epidemic Elite Downward Mobility Fragmentation External Conquest Ruler Depose
1054 CE 1072 CE (Byzantine Empire II)
Eleventh-century crisis in Byzantine Empire
Civil War External Conquest Ruler Assassination Ruler Depose
551 CE (Rouran Khaganate)
Overthrow of Rouran Khaganate by Turkic peoples
Elite Downward Mobility Elite Extermination External Conquest
225 CE (Satavahana Empire)
Fall of the Satavahana Empire
Fragmentation
936 CE 1024 CE (Holy Roman Empire - Ottonian-Salian Dynasty)
Civil wars, dynastic conflict
Uprising Civil War Ruler Depose
1861 CE 1865 CE (Antebellum US)
American Civil War
Elite Downward Mobility Uprising Civil War Fragmentation Ruler Assassination Constitution Change Unfree Labor Change
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)

April 1, 1883 Lynching (race) in North Carolina (NC), Windsor: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

Aug. 1, 2000 Terrorism in Connecticut (CT), Waterbury: 4 were killed.   The New York Times

Feb. 1, 1900 Lynching (race) in Texas (TX), Port Arthur: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

July 1, 1968 Riot (race) in New York (NY), South Bronx, New York City: 4 were killed.   The New York Times

May 1, 1854 Riot (race) in Massachusetts (MA), Boston: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

July 1, 1932 Riot (labor) in Illinois (IL), Ottawa: 1 was killed.   Hartford Daily Courant Or The Hartford Courant

March 6, 1998 Terrorism in Connecticut (CT), Rocky Hill: 4 were killed.   TVPDB: The Violence Project database of mass shootings in the United States (Version 7)

May 1, 1898 Lynching (race) in Louisiana (LA), Doyline: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

and 1895 more ...