Seshat: Global History Databank

✓ the most current and comprehensive body of knowledge about human history
✓ collects what is currently known about the social and political organization of human societies over time
✓ offers the means to study the past through well-established scientific techniques
✓ founded in 2011 and thriving ever since

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

Ethiopia Kingdom III (in: East Africa) 1769 CE 1854 CE

Pala Empire (in: Eastern South Asia) 750 CE 1174 CE

Ramadanid Emirate (in: Anatolia-Caucasus) 1397 CE 1517 CE

Kingdom of Bohemia - Přemyslid Dynasty (in: Central Europe) 1198 CE 1309 CE

Us Reconstruction-Progressive (in: East Coast) 1866 CE 1933 CE

Hawaii I (in: Polynesia) 1000 CE 1200 CE

Pre-Ceramic Period (in: Iran) 7800 BCE 7200 BCE

Interwar Austria (in: Central Europe) 1918 CE 1938 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

Naqada II: Present 3550 BCE 3301 BCE

Monopalatial Crete: Present 1450 BCE 1301 BCE

Susiana - Muhammad Jaffar: Unknown 7000 BCE 6001 BCE

Sakha - Late: Absent 1643 CE 1900 CE

Funan II: Unknown 540 CE 639 CE

Macedonian Empire: Absent -

British East India Company: Absent 1757 CE 1858 CE

Koktepe I: Unknown 1400 BCE 1000 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 
1710 CE 1732 CE (Carnatic Sultanate)
Saadatullah Khan I Dost Ali Khan
External Invasion External Inteference
471 CE 499 CE (Northern Wei)
Xiaowen of Northern Wei (Tuoba Hong, Hsiao Wen Ti) Xuanwu of Northern Wei (Yuan Ke, Hsuan Wu Ti)
242 CE 243 CE (Anurādhapura II)
Vijaya Kumara Samghatissa
Overturn Intra-Elite Predecessor Assassination
1854 CE 1855 CE (Kingdom of Saloum)
Socé Bigué Ndiaye Koumba Ndama Mbodj
- (Akan - Pre-Ashanti)
Annin Panyin Ahi and Aha
1830 CE 1832 CE (Kingdom of Waalo)
Kheerfi Xari Daaro Fara Penda Sal
Overturn Intra-Elite
337 BCE 336 BCE (Achaemenid Empire)
Artaxerxes IV Darius III
Overturn Intra-Elite Predecessor Assassination
1770 CE 1789 CE (Ilú-ọba Ọ̀yọ́)
Abiodun Aole
Intra-Elite

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 
1640 CE 1656 CE (Ottoman Empire II)
Seventeenth Century Crisis
Population Decline Epidemic Ruler Assassination Ruler Depose
30 BCE (Ptolemaic Kingdom II)
Roman conquest of Egypt
Elite Downward Mobility Civil War External Conquest Ruler Assassination Ruler Depose
1568 CE 1609 CE (Spanish Empire I)
Eighty Years' War and plague in Habsburg Spain
Population Decline Epidemic Constitution Change
111 BCE 102 BCE (Western Han Empire)
Series of Uprising, Revolts and Invasions
Uprising
1642 CE 1651 CE (England Tudor-Stuart)
English Civil War
Population Decline Elite Downward Mobility Uprising Revolution Civil War Ruler Assassination Constitution Change
570 BCE 525 BCE (Egypt - Saite Period)
Fall of Twenty-sixth Dynasty
Uprising External Conquest Ruler Assassination Ruler Depose
1198 CE 1215 CE (Holy Roman Empire - Hohenstaufen and Welf Dynasties)
German throne dispute
Elite Downward Mobility Uprising Civil War Fragmentation Ruler Assassination Ruler Depose
232 BCE 187 BCE (Magadha - Maurya Empire)
Fall of Mauryan Empire
Fragmentation External Conquest Ruler Assassination

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, 1870 Lynching (race) in Alabama (AL), Fayette: 6 were killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

Feb. 1, 1997 Terrorism (ethnic) in New York (NY), New York City: 2 were killed.   The New York Times

Sept. 1, 1925 Riot (race) in Michigan (MI), Detroit: 1 was killed.   Hartford Daily Courant Or The Hartford Courant

Oct. 1, 1961 Terrorism (work) in Indiana (IN), Gary: 5 were killed.   The New York Times

Oct. 1, 1838 Riot (ethnic) in Maryland (MD), Baltimore: 2 were killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

Oct. 1, 1872 Riot (political, race) in Georgia (GA), Macon: 5 were killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

Feb. 1, 2002 Terrorism in New York (NY), New York City: 2 were killed.   The New York Times

Jan. 1, 1857 Assassination (political) in California (CA): 1 was killed. -

and 1941 more ...