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

Himyar II (in: Arabia) 378 CE 525 CE

Duchy and Kingdom of Croatia (in: Southeastern Europe) 790 CE 1102 CE

Socialist Republic of Vietnam (in: Mainland) 1975 CE 2020 CE

Proto-French Kingdom (in: Western Europe) 987 CE 1150 CE

Ayyubid Sultanate (in: Northeast Africa) 1171 CE 1250 CE

Kingdom of Alba (in: Western Europe) 900 CE 1292 CE

Safavid Empire (in: Iran) 1501 CE 1722 CE

Zungharian Empire (in: Mongolia) 1670 CE 1757 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

Tokugawa Shogunate: Absent 1603 CE 1868 CE

Haudenosaunee Confederacy - Early: Present 1566 CE 1713 CE

Monte Alban IIIB and IV: Present 500 CE 899 CE

Elam - Awan Dynasty I: Absent 2675 BCE 2251 BCE

Ottoman Empire II: Absent 1517 CE 1682 CE

Hellenistic Crete: Absent 323 BCE 69 BCE

Xiongnu Imperial Confederation: Present 209 BCE 60 BCE

Jenne-jeno III: Unknown 400 CE 899 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 
1060 CE 1108 CE (Proto-French Kingdom)
Philip I Louis VI
Intra-Elite
- (Magadha - Nanda Dynasty)
Kaivarta Dhana
1021 CE 1036 CE (Fatimid Caliphate)
Al-Zahir Al-Mustansir
1881 CE 1891 CE (Sokoto Caliphate)
Umar Ali Bello Abu Bakr Atiku
1015 CE 1016 CE (Kievan Rus)
Sviatopolk I the Cursed Yaroslav I the Wise
1974 CE 1977 CE (United States of America - Contemporary)
Gerald R. Ford Jimmy Carter
1095 CE 1116 CE (Hungary Kingdom - Árpád Dynasty)
Coloman Stephen II
323 BCE 317 BCE (Macedonian Empire)
Philip III Alexander IV
Overturn Intra-Elite Military Revolt External Invasion Predecessor Assassination

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 
1700 BCE (Egypt - Middle Kingdom)
Collapse of Middle Kingdom state
Elite Downward Mobility Civil War Fragmentation Ruler Assassination
1432 CE (Late Angkor)
Collapse of Angkor
Population Decline Epidemic Elite Downward Mobility Fragmentation External Conquest Ruler Depose
1789 CE 1799 CE (French Kingdom - Late Bourbon)
French Revolution
Population Decline Epidemic Elite Downward Mobility Elite Extermination Uprising Revolution Successful Revolution Civil War Capital Loss Ruler Assassination Constitution Change Suffrage
1200 CE 1250 CE (Cahokia - Moorehead)
Abandoment of Cahokia Mounds
Population Decline Population Collapse
1819 CE 1820 CE (Kingdom of Hawaii - Kamehameha Period)
Contact Period
Population Decline Epidemic
1861 CE 1865 CE (Antebellum US)
American Civil War
Elite Downward Mobility Uprising Civil War Fragmentation Ruler Assassination Constitution Change Unfree Labor Change
865 CE 866 CE (Byzantine Empire I)
Rise of Macedonioan Emperors
Ruler Assassination
1911 CE 1912 CE (Late Qing)
Chinese Revolution
Population Decline Elite Downward Mobility Elite Extermination Uprising Revolution Successful Revolution Civil War 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)

Nov. 22, 2022 Terrorism (work) in Virginia (VA), Chesapeake: 6 were killed.   MKADB: (Mass Killings in America 2006 - present) Data from the AP-USA

Dec. 27, 2021 Terrorism in Colorado (CO), Denver: 5 were killed.   MKADB: (Mass Killings in America 2006 - present) Data from the AP-USA

Jan. 1, 1868 Lynching (extralegal) in Kentucky (KY), Nicholasville: 2 were killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

May 1, 1916 Riot (labor) in Pennsylvania (PA), Pittsburgh: 2 were killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

March 1, 1900 Riot (labor) in Illinois (IL): 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

May 1, 1919 Lynching (race) in Georgia (GA), Warrington: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

April 1, 1919 Riot (race) in Georgia (GA), Mullen: 7 were killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

Jan. 1, 1835 Riot (extralegal) in Vermont (VT), Vergennes: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

and 1938 more ...