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

Monte Alban V (in: Mexico) 900 CE 1520 CE

Twelve Bhuyans (in: Eastern South Asia) 1538 CE 1612 CE

Neo-Hittite Kingdoms (in: Anatolia-Caucasus) 1180 BCE 900 BCE

Late Shang (in: North China) 1250 BCE 1045 BCE

Republic of Afghanistan (in: Afghanistan) 1974 CE 2020 CE

Holy Roman Empire - Minor Imperial States II (in: Central Europe) 1649 CE 1806 CE

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

Dali Kingdom (in: Mainland Southeast Asia) 937 CE 1253 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 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

Prepalatial Crete: Unknown 3000 BCE 1901 BCE

Konya Plain - Late Neolithic: Absent 6600 BCE 6001 BCE

Hmong - Late Qing: Absent 1701 CE 1895 CE

Khanate of Bukhara: Absent 1599 CE 1747 CE

Umayyad Caliphate: Absent 661 CE 750 CE

French Kingdom - Late Bourbon: Absent 1660 CE 1788 CE

Latium - Copper Age: Absent 3600 BCE 1801 BCE

Kansai - Yayoi Period: Present 300 BCE 249 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 
661 CE 680 CE (Umayyad Caliphate)
Muawiya I Yazid I
Intra-Elite Military Revolt
1802 CE 1830 CE (Ilú-ọba Ọ̀yọ́)
Majotu Amodo
Intra-Elite
1481 CE 1486 CE (Aztec Empire)
Tizoc Ahuitzotl
Predecessor Assassination
1490 CE 1493 CE (Ashikaga Shogunate)
Ashikaga Yoshitane Ashikaga Yoshizumi
Overturn
1355 CE 1356 CE (Republic of Venice III)
Giovanni Gradenigo Giovanni Dolfin
1483 CE 1485 CE (Plantagenet England)
Richard III Henry VII
Overturn Intra-Elite Predecessor Assassination
1764 CE 1765 CE (Mutapa)
Zindave Mutanika
898 CE 913 CE (Medang Kingdom)
Balitung / Watukura Daksha

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 
1823 CE 1895 CE (Ashanti Empire)
Series of Wars against the British (Anglo-Ashanti Wars)
Elite Downward Mobility Elite Extermination Uprising Revolution Civil War Capital Loss External Conquest Ruler Depose Constitution Change
74 BCE 63 BCE (Hellenistic Crete)
Mithridatic Wars
External Conquest
190 CE 250 CE (Xianbei Confederation)
Decline of Xianbei Confederation
Elite Downward Mobility Fragmentation Ruler Assassination
1500 BCE 1430 BCE (Hatti - Old Kingdom)
Fall of Old Kingdom of Hatti
Population Decline Elite Downward Mobility External Conquest
585 CE 590 CE (Lombard Kingdom)
Civil War
1870 CE 1871 CE (Napoleonic France)
Franco-Prussian War, collapse of Second French Empire, foundation of Third Republic
Elite Downward Mobility Uprising Revolution Successful Revolution Civil War Capital Loss Ruler Depose Constitution Change
1910 CE 1920 CE (Early United Mexican States)
Mexican Revolution
Uprising Revolution Successful Revolution Civil War Ruler Assassination Ruler Depose Constitution Change
1236 CE 1242 CE (Kievan Rus)
Disintegration of the Kievan Rus
Elite Downward Mobility Fragmentation External Conquest 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)

Jan. 1, 1911 Riot (labor) in Pennsylvania (PA), Westmoreland: 16 were killed.   Wikipedia

May 1, 1902 Lynching (race) in South Carolina (SC): 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

Jan. 1, 1895 Riot (labor) in New York (NY), Brooklyn: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

Jan. 1, 2002 Terrorism (education) in Virginia (VA), Grundy: 3 were killed.   The New York Times

Jan. 1, 1876 Riot (race) in Louisiana (LA), East Baton Rouge: 3 were killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

Jan. 21, 2023 Terrorism in California (CA), Monterey Park: 11 were killed.   MKADB: (Mass Killings in America 2006 - present) Data from the AP-USA

March 1, 1907 Riot (race) in Arkansas (AR), Stamps: 4 were killed.   The New York Times

May 1, 2014 Terrorism in Virginia (VA), Norfolk: 3 were killed.   Reuters

and 1941 more ...