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

Susiana B (in: Iran) 5700 BCE 5100 BCE

Republic of Egypt (in: Northeast Africa) 1959 CE 2024 CE

Early Wei Dynasty (in: North China) 445 BCE 225 BCE

Abbasid Caliphate I (in: Mesopotamia) 750 CE 946 CE

Middle Wagadu Empire (in: West Africa) 700 CE 1077 CE

La Tene C2-D (in: Western Europe) 175 BCE 27 BCE

Japan - Final Jomon (in: Northeast Asia) 1200 BCE 300 BCE

Kingdom of Italy (in: Southern Europe) 1861 CE 1946 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

Cuzco - Late Intermediate I: Absent 1000 CE 1249 CE

Neolithic Yemen: Absent 3500 BCE 1201 BCE

Middle Roman Republic: Present 264 BCE 134 BCE

Sarazm: Unknown 3500 BCE 2001 BCE

Longshan: Present 3000 BCE 1900 BCE

Greco-Bactrian Kingdom: Absent 248 BCE 130 BCE

Xiongnu Imperial Confederation: Present 209 BCE 60 BCE

Late Xiongnu: Present 59 BCE 99 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 
1155 CE 1170 CE (Gahadavala Dynasty)
Vijayachandra Jayachandra
636 CE 652 CE (Lombard Kingdom)
Rothari Radoald
1909 CE 1913 CE (Us Reconstruction-Progressive)
William H. Taft Woodrow Wilson
1817 CE 1848 CE (Benin Empire)
Osemwede Adolo
Intra-Elite
1623 CE 1640 CE (Ottoman Empire II)
Murad IV Ibrahim
- (Ak Koyunlu)
Jahangir Aq Qoyunlu Uzun Hasan
Overturn Intra-Elite
- (Papal States - High Medieval Period)
Gregory X (Tedaldo Visconti) Nicholas III (Giovanni Gaetano Orsini)
634 CE 644 CE (Yemen Hijaz)
Umar Uthman
Overturn Intra-Elite Military Revolt Predecessor Assassination

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 
1193 CE 1260 CE (Ayyubid Sultanate)
Decline and fall of Ayyubid dynasty
Population Decline Uprising Fragmentation External Conquest Ruler Depose
772 CE 778 CE (Medang Kingdom)
Hindu-Buddhist Struggles
Religion Change
1644 CE 1683 CE (Great Ming)
Fall of the Ming Dynasty
Population Decline Epidemic Uprising Revolution Civil War Capital Loss External Conquest Ruler Depose
1640 CE 1656 CE (Ottoman Empire II)
Seventeenth Century Crisis
Population Decline Epidemic Ruler Assassination Ruler Depose
1528 CE 1570 CE (Inca Empire)
Inca decline and civil war
Population Decline Population Collapse Epidemic Elite Downward Mobility Civil War Capital Loss External Conquest Ruler Assassination Constitution Change
1335 CE 1339 CE (Ilkhanate)
Fall of the Ilkhanate
Population Decline Epidemic Elite Downward Mobility Elite Extermination Civil War Fragmentation Ruler Assassination Ruler Depose
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
157 BCE 63 BCE (Seleucid Empire)
Seleucid Dynastic Wars
Uprising Civil War Fragmentation 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 1, 2007 Terrorism (work) in New York (NY), New York City: 4 were killed.   The New York Times

Oct. 14, 1993 Terrorism in California (CA), El Cajon: 4 were killed.   TVPDB: The Violence Project database of mass shootings in the United States (Version 7)

Dec. 1, 1869 Lynching (race) in North Carolina (NC), Alamance: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

Sept. 1, 1870 Lynching (political, race) in Alabama (AL), Greene: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

Jan. 1, 1868 Lynching (section) in Texas (TX), Columbus: 2 were killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

May 1, 1992 Riot (race) in Nevada (NV), Las Vegas: 1 was killed.   The New York Times

Feb. 1, 1874 Riot (labor) in Kentucky (KY), Newport: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

Jan. 1, 1868 Riot (race) in Virginia (VA), Giles, Pulaski: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

and 1941 more ...