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

Mossi (in: West Africa) 1100 CE 1897 CE

Kingdom of Naples (in: Southern Europe) 1282 CE 1442 CE

Kingdom of Asturias (in: Southern Europe) 718 CE 924 CE

Yadava Dynasty (in: North India) 1190 CE 1318 CE

Castile Kingdom (in: Southern Europe) 1065 CE 1230 CE

Susiana A (in: Iran) 6000 BCE 5700 BCE

Rum Sultanate (in: Anatolia-Caucasus) 1077 CE 1307 CE

Magadha (in: North India) 450 CE 605 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

Hallstatt D: Present 600 BCE 475 BCE

Konya Plain - Early Neolithic: Unknown 9600 BCE 7101 BCE

Egypt - Saite Period: Absent 664 BCE 526 BCE

Qajar Dynasty: Absent 1794 CE 1925 CE

Japan - Azuchi-Momoyama: Absent 1568 CE 1602 CE

Cahokia - Late Woodland II: Absent 450 CE 599 CE

Early Illinois Confederation: Absent 1640 CE 1717 CE

Hawaii II: Absent 1200 CE 1349 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 
1692 CE 1701 CE (Akan - Pre-Ashanti)
Ntim Gyakari end of our polity
Overturn Intra-Elite Separatist Rebellion External Invasion
358 BCE 338 BCE (Achaemenid Empire)
Artaxerxes III Artaxerxes IV
Overturn Intra-Elite Predecessor Assassination
159 BCE 123 BCE (Armenian Kingdom)
Artaxias I Tigranes I
External Invasion
1555 CE 1582 CE (Buganda I)
Nakibinge Mulundo; Jemba; Suna I
1658 CE 1707 CE (Mughal Empire)
Aurangzeb Azam Shah
Intra-Elite Military Revolt
1569 CE 1572 CE (Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth)
Sigismund II Augustus Henry of Valois
External Inteference
1807 CE 1813 CE (British East India Company)
The Lord Minto The Marquess of Hastings
1737 CE 1752 CE (Kanem-Borno)
Muhammad VII Erghamma Dunama VII Ghana

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 
1432 CE (Late Angkor)
Collapse of Angkor
Population Decline Epidemic Elite Downward Mobility Fragmentation External Conquest Ruler Depose
1331 CE 1333 CE (Kamakura Shogunate)
Genkō Civil War, fall of Kamakura
Elite Downward Mobility Elite Extermination Uprising Ruler Depose
1809 CE 1831 CE (Shuar - Colonial)
Uprising and Rebellion against the Spaniards
Uprising Revolution Constitution Change
1866 CE 1868 CE (Tokugawa Shogunate)
Meiji Restoration
Population Decline Epidemic Elite Downward Mobility Uprising Revolution Successful Revolution Civil War Ruler Depose Constitution Change
1740 CE 1780 CE (Austria - Habsburg Dynasty II)
Reforms of Marie Theresa
Public Goods Change
1000 CE 1056 CE (Icelandic Commonwealth)
Conversion to Christianity
Constitution Change Religion Change
1156 CE 1185 CE (Heian)
Rebellion and Civil War
Elite Downward Mobility Uprising Civil War Ruler Depose Constitution Change
67 BCE 63 BCE (Yehuda)
Hasmonean Civil Wars
Elite Downward Mobility Uprising Civil War External Conquest 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)

Jan. 1, 1974 Terrorism (race) in California (CA), San Francisco: 4 were killed.   The New York Times

May 1, 1925 Lynching (race) in Florida (FL), Longwood: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

Aug. 1, 1946 Lynching (race) in North Carolina (NC), Wilson: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

Nov. 1, 1863 Riot (political) in Pennsylvania (PA), Carbon: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

Aug. 1, 1901 Lynching (race) in Mississippi (MS), Carrollton: 3 were killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

July 1, 2006 Terrorism (ethnic) in Washington (WA), Seattle: 1 was killed.   The New York Times

July 1, 2014 Terrorism in California (CA), Pasadena: 3 were killed.   Reuters

March 1, 1920 Lynching (race) in Kentucky (KY), Paris: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

and 1941 more ...