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

Ọ̀ràézè Ǹrì (in: West Africa) 1043 CE 1911 CE

Kachi Plain - Aceramic Neolithic (in: Pakistan) 7500 BCE 5500 BCE

Kara-Khanids (in: Turkestan) 950 CE 1212 CE

Kingdom of Portugal (in: Southern Europe) 1139 CE 1494 CE

Emirate of Harar (in: East Africa) 1650 CE 1875 CE

Cuzco - Late Formative (in: Andes) 500 BCE 200 CE

Amorite Babylonia (in: Mesopotamia) 2000 BCE 1600 BCE

Principality of Moldavia II (in: Eastern Europe) 1504 CE 1710 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 26069 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 17537 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 377 Polities

Human Sacrifice
357 records

Chalukyas of Badami: Absent 543 CE 753 CE

Late Shang: Present 1250 BCE 1123 BCE

The Emirate of Crete: Absent 824 CE 960 CE

Spanish Empire I: Absent 1516 CE 1700 CE

Khmer Kingdom: Absent 1432 CE 1593 CE

French Kingdom - Early Valois: Absent 1328 CE 1449 CE

Kadamba Empire: Absent 451 CE 540 CE

Late Mongols: Absent 1581 CE 1689 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 
1647 CE 1664 CE (Kingdom of Cayor)
Dyor Birayma Yaasin Bubu
- (Cwezi Dynasty)
Nyarwa I Omuzarra Kyaro Chwa I Ente Nkole Rumoma Mahanga Mbogo Etahurra Bigwara
Overturn Intra-Elite Predecessor Assassination
1775 CE 1799 CE (Papal States - Early Modern Period II)
Pius IV (Giovanni Angelo Braschi) Pius VII (Barnaba Chiaramonti)
Overturn External Invasion
1454 CE 1461 CE (Sind - Samma Dynasty)
Jam Sanjar Jam Nizam al-Din II
106 CE 125 CE (Eastern Han Empire)
Andi Shundi
1042 CE 1106 CE (Classic Tana)
‘Alī b. Dāwūd al-Ḥasan b. Dāwūd
1872 CE 1876 CE (Early United Mexican States)
Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada Porfirio Díaz
Overturn Intra-Elite Military Revolt
990 CE 1016 CE (Medang Kingdom)
Dharmavarnsa Tguh Anantavikrama end of polity

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 
1140 CE 1190 CE (Seljuk Sultanate)
Decline of Seljuq Empire
Uprising Fragmentation External Conquest Ruler Depose
1910 CE 1920 CE (Early United Mexican States)
Mexican Revolution
Uprising Revolution Successful Revolution Civil War Ruler Assassination Ruler Depose Constitution Change
2200 BCE 2113 BCE (Akkadian Empire)
Collapse of Akkadian Empire
Population Decline Uprising Civil War External Conquest
1598 CE 1613 CE (Grand Principality of Moscow, Rurikid Dynasty)
Time of Troubles
Population Decline Epidemic Uprising Civil War External Conquest Ruler Assassination Ruler Depose
1261 CE 1262 CE (Icelandic Commonwealth)
Norweigan Conquest of Iceland and the end of the Commonwealth
Elite Downward Mobility External Conquest Constitution Change
20 BCE 6 CE (Armenian Kingdom)
Civil War and collapse
Uprising Civil War External Conquest Ruler Assassination
990 CE 1019 CE (Medang Kingdom)
Unrest and Collapse of Medang
Elite Downward Mobility Elite Extermination Uprising Fragmentation Ruler Assassination
1075 BCE 1045 BCE (Late Shang)
Decline of Shang - foundation of Zhou Dynasty
Uprising 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)

Feb. 1, 1870 Lynching (race) in Kentucky (KY), Lexington: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

June 1, 1918 Lynching (extralegal) in Arkansas (AR), Earle: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

July 1, 1968 Riot (race) in Ohio (OH), Cleveland: 10 were killed.   Hartford Daily Courant Or The Hartford Courant

Feb. 1, 1904 Riot (extralegal, race) in Mississippi (MS), Doddsville: 5 were killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

Oct. 1, 1919 Riot (labor) in Indiana (IN), Gary: 3 were killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

April 1, 1959 Riot (prison) in Montana (MT), Montana State Prison: 6 were killed. -

Aug. 1, 1970 Riot (race) in Florida (FL), Fort Lauderdale: 1 was killed.   The New York Times

July 1, 1932 Riot (political) in Washington (WA), Washington, D.C., District of Columbia: 1 was killed.   Historynet.Com, Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

and 1941 more ...