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

Egypt - Dynasty I (in: Northeast Africa) 3100 BCE 2900 BCE

Late Formative Basin of Mexico (in: Mexico) 400 BCE 101 BCE

Carnatic Sultanate (in: Southern South Asia) 1710 CE 1801 CE

Bulgaria - Early (in: Southeastern Europe) 681 CE 864 CE

Vijayanagara Empire (in: Central India) 1336 CE 1646 CE

Kachi Plain - Ceramic Neolithic (in: Pakistan) 5500 BCE 4000 BCE

Foys (in: West Africa) 1600 CE 1892 CE

Duchy of Milan II (in: Southern Europe) 1499 CE 1796 CE

and 855 more ... in 47 Seshat Regions.

Seshat

General Variables
26 variables 8880 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 534 Polities

Social Complexity Variables
77 variables 25075 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 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

Late Qing: Absent 1796 CE 1912 CE

Hawaii I: Absent 1000 CE 1199 CE

East Roman Empire: Absent 395 CE 631 CE

New Palace Crete: Absent 1700 BCE 1451 BCE

Yemen Hijaz: Absent 632 CE 661 CE

Hawaii III: Present 1580 CE 1649 CE

Western Turk Khaganate: Present 582 CE 603 CE

Inca Empire: Present 1400 CE 1531 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 
1632 CE 1667 CE (Ethiopia Kingdom II)
Fasiladas Yohannes I
1929 CE 1933 CE (Us Reconstruction-Progressive)
Herbert Hoover Franklin D. Roosevelt
705 CE 710 CE (Tang Dynasty I)
Zhongzong of Tang (Liu Xiu) Ruizong of Tang (Li Dan, Jui Tsung)
Overturn Predecessor Assassination
1520 CE 1566 CE (Ottoman Empire II)
Suleyman I, the Magnificent Selim II, the Sot
1660 CE (Allada)
Lamadje Pokonu Tezifon
1041 CE 1067 CE (Pala Empire)
Nayapala Vigrahapala III
534 CE 535 CE (Ostrogothic Kingdom)
Amalasuintha Theodahad
Overturn Intra-Elite External Invasion Predecessor Assassination
1881 CE 1885 CE (Us Reconstruction-Progressive)
Chester A. Arthur Grover Cleveland

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 
1221 CE 1232 CE (Kamakura Shogunate)
Jōkyū Civil War
Elite Downward Mobility Elite Extermination Civil War
585 CE 590 CE (Lombard Kingdom)
Civil War
1590 CE 1610 CE (Ottoman Empire II)
First Jelali rebellion
Population Decline Epidemic Uprising Ruler Depose
983 CE 1062 CE (Buyid Confederation)
Decline of Buyid Dynasty
Elite Downward Mobility Civil War Fragmentation External Conquest Ruler Depose
1000 CE 1150 CE (Late Tiwanaku)
Collapse of Tiwanaku Empire
Population Decline Population Collapse Capital Loss
331 BCE 275 BCE (Achaemenid Empire)
Fall of the Achaemenid Empire, Wars of the Diadochi
Elite Downward Mobility Civil War Fragmentation External Conquest Ruler Assassination
1200 BCE 1150 BCE (Phoenician Empire)
Late Bronze Age Collapse
1432 CE (Late Angkor)
Collapse of Angkor
Population Decline Epidemic Elite Downward Mobility Fragmentation External Conquest 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)

Dec. 1, 1917 Lynching (race) in Georgia (GA), Metter: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

July 1, 1942 Lynching (race) in Texas (TX), Texarkana: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

June 1, 1841 Lynching (extralegal) in Illinois (IL), Ogle: 2 were killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

Oct. 1, 1967 Terrorism (work) in Pennsylvania (PA), Loganton: 7 were killed.   The New York Times

Nov. 1, 1854 Riot (political) in New York (NY), New York City: 1 was killed.   Hartford Daily Courant Or The Hartford Courant

July 1, 1794 Riot (political) in Pennsylvania (PA), Bower Hill: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

Feb. 1, 2013 Terrorism (political) in California (CA), Los Angeles: 5 were killed.   Reuters

Oct. 1, 1882 Lynching (race) in South Dakota (SD), Grand Forks: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

and 1895 more ...