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

Andronovo (in: Turkestan) 1800 BCE 1200 BCE

Magadha (in: North India) 450 CE 605 CE

Sabaean Commonwealth (in: Arabia) 800 BCE 451 BCE

Democratic Republic of the Congo (in: Central Africa) 1960 CE 2020 CE

Early Cheras (in: Southern India) 300 BCE 300 CE

Rashtrakuta Empire (in: Southern India) 753 CE 973 CE

Vandal Kingdom (in: Maghreb) 429 CE 534 CE

Kingdom of Bosnia (in: Southeastern Europe) 1377 CE 1463 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

Hephthalite Empire: Absent 426 CE 561 CE

Chenla: Absent 550 CE 825 CE

Yisrael: Present 1030 BCE 722 BCE

Rum Sultanate: Absent 1093 CE 1243 CE

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

Warring States Japan: Absent 1467 CE 1567 CE

French Kingdom - Late Capetian: Absent 1150 CE 1327 CE

Kingdom of Lydia: Unknown 670 BCE 547 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 
1680 CE (Burundi)
Ntare Rushatsi Mwezi
1000 CE 1020 CE (Chandra Dynasty)
Ladahacandra Govindacandra
138 BCE 128 BCE (Parthian Empire I)
Phraates II Artabanus I
External Invasion
163 BCE 161 BCE (Seleucid Empire)
Antiochus V Demetrius I
Overturn Intra-Elite Popular Uprising Predecessor Assassination
887 CE 894 CE (Medang Kingdom)
Interregnum Watuhumalang / Wungkal
1595 CE 1620 CE (Karagwe)
Ntare III Ruhinda IV
1413 CE 1430 CE (Ethiopia Kingdom)
Yishaq Indiryas
Separatist Rebellion External Invasion External Inteference
1501 CE 1528 CE (Buganda I)
Kiyimbo Kayima

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 
904 CE 1003 CE (Saffarid Caliphate)
Civil War and downfall of Saffarids
Uprising Civil War External Conquest Ruler Depose
1425 CE 1450 CE (Grand Principality of Moscow, Mongolian period)
Civil war
Civil War Capital Loss External Conquest Ruler Depose
306 CE 324 CE (Roman Empire - Dominate)
Civil Wars of Tetrarchy
Uprising Civil War Constitution Change
1280 CE 1322 CE (Egypt - Mamluk Sultanate I)
Mongol invasions and rebellions in Mamluk Egypt
Fragmentation External Conquest Ruler Assassination Ruler Depose
1350 CE 1450 CE (Hohokam Culture)
Hohokam collapse
Population Decline Population Collapse Fragmentation
1809 CE 1831 CE (Shuar - Colonial)
Uprising and Rebellion against the Spaniards
Uprising Revolution Constitution Change
453 CE 469 CE (Kingdom of the Huns)
Internal Power Struggles and end of the Hun Empire
Fragmentation Ruler Assassination
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)

Aug. 1, 1966 Terrorism (education) in Texas (TX), Austin: 16 were killed.   The New York Times

Oct. 1, 1898 Riot (labor) in Illinois (IL), Virden: 11 were killed.   Wikipedia

Nov. 1, 1874 Riot (political) in Alabama (AL), Eufaula: 3 were killed.   Hartford Daily Courant Or The Hartford Courant

March 1, 1838 Riot (labor) in Illinois (IL), Marseilles: 10 were killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

May 1, 1919 Lynching (extralegal) in Missouri (MO), Lamar: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

April 1, 1987 Terrorism in Florida (FL), Palm Bay: 6 were killed.   The New York Times

July 1, 1919 Riot (race) in Virginia (VA), Norfolk: 6 were killed.   The New York Times

Sept. 1, 2014 Terrorism (work) in Oklahoma (OK), Moore: 1 was killed.   MSNBC: Microsoft NBC

and 1941 more ...