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

Late Formative Yoruba (in: West Africa) 650 CE 1049 CE

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

West Burkina Faso Red I (in: West Africa) 701 CE 1100 CE

Nazi Germany (in: Central Europe) 1933 CE 1945 CE

Yemen Ziyad Dynasty (in: Arabia) 822 CE 1037 CE

Egypt - Inter-Occupation Period (in: Northeast Africa) 404 BCE 342 BCE

Anurādhapura IV (in: Southern South Asia) 614 CE 1017 CE

Electorate of Brandenburg (in: Central Europe) 1415 CE 1618 CE

and 854 more ... in 47 Seshat Regions.

Seshat

General Variables
26 variables 8877 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 26087 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 618 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

Early Monte Alban I: Present 500 BCE 301 BCE

Rasulid Dynasty: Absent 1229 CE 1453 CE

Kachi Plain - Post-Urban Period: Unknown 1800 BCE 1301 BCE

Kushan Empire: Absent 35 CE 230 CE

Old Palace Crete: Present 1900 BCE 1701 BCE

Republic of Venice III: Absent 1205 CE 1563 CE

Egypt - Dynasty 0: Absent 3300 BCE 3101 BCE

Ayyubid Sultanate: Absent 1171 CE 1250 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 
1204 CE 1206 CE (Kievan Rus)
Rostislav II and Vsevolod IV the Red Vsevolod IV the Red
Overturn External Invasion
1470 CE 1483 CE (Plantagenet England)
Edward IV Edward V
Intra-Elite
1223 CE 1226 CE (French Kingdom - Late Capetian)
Louis VIII, the Lion St Louis IX
226 CE 239 CE (Wei Kingdom)
Ming Ti Fei Ti
Intra-Elite
1309 CE 1310 CE (Egypt - Mamluk Sultanate I)
Al-Muzaffar Baybars II Al-Nasir Muhammad I
Overturn Intra-Elite Predecessor Assassination
1527 CE 1543 CE (Jolof Empire)
Birayma Dyeme-Kumba Leele Fuli Fak
612 CE 613 CE (Anurādhapura III)
Aggabodhi III Jetthatissa
Overturn Intra-Elite
1711 CE 1747 CE (Khanate of Bukhara)
Abū’l Fayz Muhammad Rahīm Manghīt
Overturn External Invasion

and 3439 more ... coded for 263 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
306 CE 324 CE (Roman Empire - Dominate)
Civil Wars of Tetrarchy
Uprising Civil War Constitution Change
1870 CE 1871 CE (Napoleonic France)
Franco-Prussian War, collapse of Second French Empire, foundation of Third Republic
Elite Downward Mobility Uprising Revolution Successful Revolution Civil War Capital Loss Ruler Depose Constitution Change
1200 CE 1250 CE (Cahokia - Moorehead)
Abandoment of Cahokia Mounds
Population Decline Population Collapse
900 CE 1000 CE (Monte Alban V Early Postclassic)
Fragmentation of Monte Albán state
Lasted > a Century Fragmentation
640 CE 660 CE (Wari Empire)
Wari Crisis in the Seventh Century
Population Decline Population Collapse Epidemic Uprising Civil War
30 BCE (Ptolemaic Kingdom II)
Roman conquest of Egypt
Elite Downward Mobility Civil War External Conquest Ruler Assassination Ruler Depose
210 BCE 207 BCE (Qin Empire)
Civil unrest and the collapse of the Empire
Elite Downward Mobility Uprising Revolution Successful Revolution Civil War Capital Loss External Conquest Ruler Assassination 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)

March 2, 1975 Terrorism in California (CA), Smith River: 5 were killed.   TVPDB: The Violence Project database of mass shootings in the United States (Version 7)

April 1, 2009 Terrorism (work) in California (CA), Temecula: 1 was killed.   Los Angeles Times

March 1, 1910 Riot (extralegal) in Alabama (AL), Mobile: 3 were killed.   Hartford Daily Courant Or The Hartford Courant

Jan. 1, 1857 Riot (ethnic) in New York (NY), Albion: 2 were killed.   Hartford Daily Courant Or The Hartford Courant

Sept. 1, 1856 Riot (section) in Kansas (KS): 3 were killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

Aug. 1, 1968 Riot (race) in Florida (FL), Miami: 3 were killed.   Hartford Daily Courant Or The Hartford Courant

Sept. 1, 1851 Riot (race) in Pennsylvania (PA), Christiana: 1 was killed.   Hartford Daily Courant Or The Hartford Courant

Jan. 1, 1920 Lynching (race) in Mississippi (MS), Tylertown: 2 were killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

and 1938 more ...