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

Haribhunjaya (in: Mainland Southeast Asia) 662 CE 1292 CE

Novgorod Land (in: Eastern Europe) 880 CE 1240 CE

Seljuk Sultanate (in: Iran) 1037 CE 1157 CE

Habesha (in: East Africa) 801 CE 1136 CE

Roman Empire - Principate (in: Southern Europe) 31 BCE 284 CE

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

Hausa bakwai (in: West Africa) 900 CE 1808 CE

Axum II (in: East Africa) 350 CE 599 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

Kalingga Kingdom: Unknown 500 CE 731 CE

Shuar - Colonial: Absent 1534 CE 1830 CE

Konya Plain - Late Neolithic: Absent 6600 BCE 6001 BCE

Yemen - Late Bronze Age: Absent 1200 BCE 801 BCE

La Tene C2-D: Present 174 BCE 27 BCE

Sind - Samma Dynasty: Absent 1340 CE 1519 CE

Kediri Kingdom: Absent 1049 CE 1222 CE

Papal States - High Medieval Period: Absent 1198 CE 1308 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 
734 CE 766 CE (Late Classic Tikal)
Yik'in Chan K'awiil (Ruler B) Temple VI Ruler
1484 CE 1492 CE (Papal States - Renaissance Period)
Innocent VIII (Giambattistata Cibo) Alexander VI (Borgia)
Overturn Intra-Elite Predecessor Assassination
1342 CE 1345 CE (Egypt - Mamluk Sultanate I)
Al-Salih Ismail Al-Kamil Shaban I
223 BCE 187 BCE (Seleucid Empire)
Antiochus III Seleucus IV
External Invasion
1395 CE 1397 CE (Golden Horde)
Quyurchuq Tīmūr Qutluq
Overturn Military Revolt Predecessor Assassination
1756 CE 1764 CE (Kingdom of Jolof)
Lat Kodu Majigen Bakantam Buuri Nebu
- (Magadha - Sunga Empire)
Maurya dynasty Pushyamitra
Overturn Intra-Elite Military Revolt Predecessor Assassination
746 CE 784 CE (Medang Kingdom)
Panangkaran Pannunggalan / Panaraban

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 
585 CE 590 CE (Lombard Kingdom)
Civil War
1782 CE 1791 CE (Kingdom of Hawaii - Kamehameha Period)
Civil War
Uprising Civil War Fragmentation Ruler Assassination
1728 CE 1805 CE (Yemen - Qasimid Dynasty)
Fragmentation of Qasimid state
Uprising Fragmentation External Conquest
157 BCE 63 BCE (Seleucid Empire)
Seleucid Dynastic Wars
Uprising Civil War Fragmentation External Conquest Ruler Assassination Ruler Depose
1700 BCE (Egypt - Middle Kingdom)
Collapse of Middle Kingdom state
Elite Downward Mobility Civil War Fragmentation Ruler Assassination
1236 CE 1242 CE (Kievan Rus)
Disintegration of the Kievan Rus
Elite Downward Mobility Fragmentation External Conquest Ruler Depose
1351 CE 1368 CE (Great Yuan)
Fall of the Yuan Dynasty
Elite Downward Mobility Uprising Revolution Successful Revolution Civil War External Conquest
1140 CE 1300 CE (Chaco Canyon - Late Bonito phase)
Site abandonment, internal conflict, increasing inequality
Population Decline Lasted > a Century

and 161 more ... coded for 153 Polities

🇺🇸 US Political Violence Database
Date / Violence Type / Violence Subtype(s) / Location(s) / Fatalities / Narrative / Source(s)

Nov. 1, 2013 Terrorism (political) in California (CA), Los Angeles: 1 was killed.   Reuters

Jan. 1, 1910 Riot (race) in Louisiana (LA), Shreveport: 2 were killed. -

Aug. 1, 1898 Riot (race) in Georgia (GA), Darien, McIntosh: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

July 1, 1894 Riot (labor) in California (CA), Sacramento: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

Jan. 1, 1857 Assassination (political) in California (CA): 1 was killed. -

Oct. 25, 2023 Terrorism (mental) in Maine (ME), Lewiston, Androscoggin: 18 were killed.   MKADB: (Mass Killings in America 2006 - present) Data from the AP-USA

June 1, 1972 Terrorism (race) in New Jersey (NJ), Elizabeth: 1 was killed.   The New York Times

Jan. 1, 1962 Riot (race) in Mississippi (MS), Jackson: 1 was killed. -

and 1941 more ...