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

Yemen - Ottoman period (in: Anatolia-Caucasus) 1873 CE 1920 CE

Egypt - Dynasty II (in: Northeast Africa) 2900 BCE 2687 BCE

Nkore (in: East Africa) 1750 CE 1901 CE

Empire of Japan (in: Northeast Asia) 1869 CE 1945 CE

Habr Yunis (in: East Africa) 1300 CE 1886 CE

Late Qing (in: North China) 1796 CE 1912 CE

Inca Empire (in: Andes) 1375 CE 1532 CE

Beaker Culture (in: Western Europe) 3200 BCE 2000 BCE

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 26062 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

Kushan Empire: Absent 35 CE 230 CE

La Tene C2-D: Present 174 BCE 27 BCE

Cuzco - Early Intermediate II: Absent 500 CE 649 CE

Chalukyas of Badami: Absent 543 CE 753 CE

Khmer Kingdom: Absent 1432 CE 1593 CE

Ptolemaic Kingdom I: Absent 305 BCE 218 BCE

Elam - Crisis Period: Absent 1100 BCE 901 BCE

Chenla: Absent 550 CE 825 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 
1961 CE 1966 CE (Republic of Turkey)
Cemal Gürsel Cevdet Sunay
Military Revolt
1519 CE 1556 CE (Spanish Empire I)
Charles I Philip II
External Inteference
1165 CE 1200 CE (Pala Empire)
Govindapala Palapala
1400 CE 1411 CE (Holy Roman Empire - Fragmented Period)
Rupert of the Palatinate Sigismund of Luxembourg
Overturn Intra-Elite Military Revolt
1226 CE 1242 CE (Abbasid Caliphate II)
Al-Mustansir Al-Mustasim
1067 CE 1068 CE (Pala Empire)
Vigrahapala III Mahipala II
1498 CE 1515 CE (French Kingdom - Late Valois)
Louis XII Francis I
1296 CE 1316 CE (Delhi Sultanate)
Aluaddin Khalji Omar

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 
1650 CE (Sakha - Late)
Smallpox Epidemic
Population Decline Epidemic
1419 CE 1434 CE (Kingdom of Bohemia - Luxembourgian and Jagiellonian Dynasty)
Hussite Wars
Population Decline Uprising Revolution Civil War Ruler Depose Religion Change
1359 CE 1381 CE (Golden Horde)
Great Troubles
Uprising Civil War Fragmentation Capital Loss Ruler Assassination
1884 CE 1942 CE (Orokaiva - Colonial)
Colonial occupation of Orokaiva lands
Fragmentation External Conquest Constitution Change
877 CE 888 CE (Carolingian Empire II)
Fragmentation of Carolingian Rule
Uprising Civil War Fragmentation Constitution Change
523 CE 535 CE (Northern Wei)
Rebellions and Civil War
Uprising Civil War Fragmentation Ruler Assassination Ruler Depose
1867 CE 1872 CE (Late A'chik)
Colonial supression and control of the A'chik
Uprising Capital Loss External Conquest
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)

Jan. 1, 1933 Assassination (political) in Florida (FL), Miami: 1 was killed. -

June 1, 1943 Riot (race) in Texas (TX), Beaumont: 4 were killed.   Hartford Daily Courant Or The Hartford Courant

Aug. 1, 1869 Riot (race) in Georgia (GA), Green: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

April 1, 1896 Riot (race) in Louisiana (LA), St. Landry: 2 were killed.   Hartford Daily Courant Or The Hartford Courant

June 1, 1841 Lynching (extralegal) in Illinois (IL), Ogle: 2 were killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

April 1, 1968 Assassination (political) in Tennessee (TN), Memphis: 1 was killed.   King Institute At Stanford University

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

July 1, 1857 Riot (ethnic) in New York (NY), New York City: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

and 1941 more ...