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

Sibir Khanate (in: Siberia) 1490 CE 1598 CE

Proto-Yoruba (in: West Africa) 301 CE 649 CE

Viking settlements (in: Northern Europe) 793 CE 1000 CE

Western Roman Empire - Late Antiquity (in: Southern Europe) 395 CE 476 CE

Early Maravi (in: Southern Africa) 1400 CE 1499 CE

Eastern Jin Dynasty (in: North China) 317 CE 420 CE

Chuuk - Early Truk (in: Polynesia) 1775 CE 1886 CE

Early Angkor (in: Mainland Southeast Asia) 802 CE 1100 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

Eastern Han Empire: Transitional (Present -> Absent) 25 CE 219 CE

Monte Alban Late I: Present 300 BCE 101 BCE

Ptolemaic Kingdom I: Absent 305 BCE 218 BCE

Koktepe II: Unknown 750 BCE 600 BCE

Konya Plain - Early Chalcolithic: Unknown 6000 BCE 5501 BCE

Egypt - Period of the Regions: Absent 2150 BCE 2017 BCE

Hawaii II: Absent 1200 CE 1349 CE

Susiana B: Unknown 5700 BCE 5101 BCE

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 
103 BCE 100 BCE (Anurādhapura I)
Pulahatta Bahiya
Overturn Intra-Elite Predecessor Assassination
1328 CE 1350 CE (French Kingdom - Early Valois)
Philip VI John II
999 CE 1003 CE (Rome - Republic of St Peter II)
Slyvester II (Gerbert of Aurillac) John XVIII (John Fasanus)
Intra-Elite
1719 CE 1749 CE (Kingdom of Baol)
Ma-Kodu Kumba Mawa
1966 CE 1973 CE (Republic of Turkey)
Cevdet Sunay Fahri Korutürk
1705 CE 1707 CE (Mutapa)
Mupunzagutu Gupo
Overturn Intra-Elite
1560 CE 1567 CE (Kingdom of Saloum)
Mbagne Diogop Ndiaye Mbodj Sandéné Kodou Bigué Ndao
1793 CE 1801 CE (Durrani Empire)
Zaman Shah Durrani Mahmud Shah
Intra-Elite Popular Uprising

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 
184 CE 220 CE (Eastern Han Empire)
Yellow Turban and Five Pecks of Rice rebellions
Population Decline Epidemic Elite Downward Mobility Elite Extermination Uprising Revolution Civil War Fragmentation
1638 CE 1684 CE (Haudenosaunee Confederacy - Early)
Beaver Wars
Population Decline Epidemic Civil War Fragmentation
291 CE 306 CE (Western Jin)
Revolts of the Imperial Princes
Uprising Civil War External Conquest Ruler Assassination Ruler Depose
509 BCE (Roman Kingdom)
Foundation of the Roman Republic
Population Decline Elite Downward Mobility Revolution Successful Revolution Civil War Constitution Change
990 CE 1019 CE (Medang Kingdom)
Unrest and Collapse of Medang
Elite Downward Mobility Elite Extermination Uprising Fragmentation Ruler Assassination
1782 CE 1791 CE (Kingdom of Hawaii - Kamehameha Period)
Civil War
Uprising Civil War Fragmentation Ruler Assassination
67 BCE 63 BCE (Yehuda)
Hasmonean Civil Wars
Elite Downward Mobility Uprising Civil War External Conquest Ruler Depose Constitution Change
339 BCE 200 BCE (Third Scythian Kingdom)
Downfall of the Scythians
Population Decline Fragmentation External Conquest

and 161 more ... coded for 153 Polities

🇺🇸 US Political Violence Database
Date / Violence Type / Violence Subtype(s) / Location(s) / Fatalities / Narrative / Source(s)

Nov. 1, 1837 Riot (extralegal) in Illinois (IL), Alton: 1 was killed.   Hartford Daily Courant Or The Hartford Courant

Nov. 1, 1856 Riot (political) in Maryland (MD), Baltimore: 17 were killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

April 1, 1931 Lynching (race) in Tennessee (TN), Union City: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

July 1, 2004 Terrorism (work) in Kansas (KS), Kansas City: 6 were killed.   The New York Times

Nov. 1, 2012 Terrorism (work) in California (CA), Fresno: 3 were killed.   AP: The Associated Press

Nov. 1, 1918 Riot (extralegal, race) in North Carolina (NC), Winston-Salem: 5 were killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

May 1, 1854 Riot (ethnic) in New York (NY), New York City, Kings: 2 were killed.   Hartford Daily Courant Or The Hartford Courant

May 1, 1867 Riot (section) in Alabama (AL), Mobile: 2 were killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

and 1941 more ...