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

Harla Kingdom (in: East Africa) 10000 BCE 2000 CE

Tairona (in: Caribbean) 1050 CE 1524 CE

Great Zimbabwe (in: Southern Africa) 1270 CE 1550 CE

Early East Africa Iron Age (in: East Africa) 200 CE 499 CE

Kingdom of the Burgundians (in: Western Europe) 411 CE 534 CE

Yadava-Varman Dynasty (in: Eastern India) 1080 CE 1150 CE

Erligang (in: North China) 1650 BCE 1250 BCE

Elam - Early Sukkalmah (in: Iran) 1900 BCE 1701 BCE

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

Ur - Dynasty III: Present 2112 BCE 2029 BCE

Egypt - Saite Period: Absent 664 BCE 526 BCE

Papal States - High Medieval Period: Absent 1198 CE 1308 CE

Kushan Empire: Absent 35 CE 230 CE

Mali Empire: Present 1235 CE 1410 CE

Andronovo: Absent 1800 BCE 1401 BCE

Early Mongols: Present 1126 CE 1205 CE

Sind - Samma Dynasty: Absent 1340 CE 1519 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 
1696 CE 1725 CE (Russian Empire, Romanov Dynasty I)
Peter I Catherine I
Predecessor Assassination
1444 CE 1447 CE (Poland-Lithuania Kingdom)
Interregnum Casimir IV Jagiellon
145 CE 152 CE (Satavahana Empire)
Siva Skanda Satakarni Yajna Sri Satakarni
1580 CE 1603 CE (Kanem-Borno)
Idris Alooma Muhammad Bukalmarami
1360 CE 1363 CE (Ifat Sultanate)
Harbi Ar'ed Haqq ad-Din II
Overturn Intra-Elite Military Revolt
700 CE (Lombard Kingdom)
Liutpert Raginpert
Overturn Intra-Elite
858 CE 876 CE (Heian)
Seiwa Yōzei
1835 CE 1836 CE (Imamate of Futa Toro)
Biran Babaly Ly

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 
1823 CE 1895 CE (Ashanti Empire)
Series of Wars against the British (Anglo-Ashanti Wars)
Elite Downward Mobility Elite Extermination Uprising Revolution Civil War Capital Loss External Conquest Ruler Depose Constitution Change
1618 CE 1648 CE (Austria - Habsburg Dynasty I)
Seventeenth Century Crisis, Thirty Years' War
Population Decline Epidemic Elite Downward Mobility Elite Extermination Civil War Religion Change
800 CE 900 CE (Classic Maya)
Classic Maya collapse
Population Decline Population Collapse Epidemic Lasted > a Century Fragmentation Capital Loss
1070 CE 1150 CE (Toltecs)
Decline of Tollan
Fragmentation Capital Loss External Conquest
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
1914 CE 1922 CE (Ottoman Empire Late Period)
First World War and fall of the Ottoman Empire
Population Decline Epidemic Elite Downward Mobility Uprising Civil War Fragmentation Ruler Depose
339 BCE 200 BCE (Third Scythian Kingdom)
Downfall of the Scythians
Population Decline Fragmentation External Conquest
67 BCE 63 BCE (Yehuda)
Hasmonean Civil Wars
Elite Downward Mobility Uprising Civil War 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)

Dec. 1, 1989 Riot (prison) in New Jersey (NJ): 1 was killed.   The New York Times

March 1, 2005 Terrorism (education) in Minnesota (MN), Red Lake High School: 10 were killed.   The New York Times

May 1, 1980 Riot (race) in Florida (FL), Miami: 17 were killed.   Hartford Daily Courant Or The Hartford Courant

April 1, 1916 Riot (labor) in Pennsylvania (PA), Pittsburgh: 1 was killed.   Hartford Daily Courant Or The Hartford Courant

Jan. 1, 1994 Terrorism (political) in New Jersey (NJ), North Caldwell: 1 was killed.   Wikipedia

Jan. 1, 1872 Riot (race) in New York (NY), Rochester: 4 were killed.   The New York Times

April 1, 2008 Terrorism in New Jersey (NJ), Irvington: 1 was killed.   The New York Times

May 1, 2013 Terrorism (religious) in Florida (FL), Orlando: 1 was killed.   Reuters

and 1895 more ...