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

Iban - Pre-Brooke (in: Maritime Southeast Asia) 1650 CE 1841 CE

Early Mongols (in: Mongolia) 1000 CE 1206 CE

Imamate of Oman and Muscat (in: Arabia) 1749 CE 1895 CE

Kalmar Union (in: Northern Europe) 1397 CE 1523 CE

Armenian Kingdom (in: Anatolia-Caucasus) 188 BCE 6 CE

Uigur Khaganate (in: Mongolia) 745 CE 840 CE

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

Kaabu (in: West Africa) 1500 CE 1867 CE

and 854 more ... in 47 Seshat Regions.

Seshat

General Variables
26 variables 8889 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 543 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

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

Early Monte Alban I: Present 500 BCE 301 BCE

Khmer Kingdom: Absent 1432 CE 1593 CE

Akkadian Empire: Absent 2250 BCE 2113 BCE

Late Roman Republic: Present 133 BCE 31 BCE

Sind - Samma Dynasty: Absent 1340 CE 1519 CE

Cahokia - Late Woodland III: Absent 600 CE 749 CE

Elam - Shutrukid Period: Absent 1199 BCE 1100 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 
1394 CE 1414 CE (Delhi Sultanate)
Nasir Shah Khizr Khan
Overturn External Invasion
1726 CE 1730 CE (Kingdom of Saloum)
Lathilor Ndong Amasiga Seck Ndiaye
- (Akan - Pre-Ashanti)
SU Nana Ayekra Adeboe
1187 CE 1196 CE (Polonnaruwa)
Nissanka Malla Virabahu I
734 CE 766 CE (Late Classic Tikal)
Yik'in Chan K'awiil (Ruler B) Temple VI Ruler
1191 CE 1198 CE (Rome - Republic of St Peter II)
Celestine III (Giacinto Boboni) Innocent III (Lotario di Segni)
1106 CE 1129 CE (Classic Tana)
al-Ḥasan b. Dāwūd Sulaymān
1751 CE 1760 CE (Gisaka)
Bazimya Kimenyi IV Getura

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 
1254 CE 1273 CE (Holy Roman Empire - Hohenstaufen and Welf Dynasties)
Great Interregnum
Elite Downward Mobility Uprising Civil War Fragmentation Constitution Change
983 CE 1062 CE (Buyid Confederation)
Decline of Buyid Dynasty
Elite Downward Mobility Civil War Fragmentation External Conquest Ruler Depose
225 CE 250 CE (Kushan Empire)
Disintegration of Kushan Empire
Fragmentation External Conquest
20 BCE 6 CE (Armenian Kingdom)
Civil War and collapse
Uprising Civil War External Conquest Ruler Assassination
1348 CE 1412 CE (Egypt - Mamluk Sultanate II)
Plague to Assassination of Sultan Faraj i
Population Decline Epidemic Uprising Civil War Ruler Assassination Ruler Depose
1644 CE 1683 CE (Great Ming)
Fall of the Ming Dynasty
Population Decline Epidemic Uprising Revolution Civil War Capital Loss External Conquest Ruler Depose
1060 CE 1072 CE (Fatimid Caliphate)
Fatimid Civil War
Uprising Civil War Capital Loss External Conquest Ruler Depose
585 CE 590 CE (Lombard Kingdom)
Civil War

and 161 more ... coded for 153 Polities

🇺🇸 US Political Violence Database
Date / Violence Type / Violence Subtype(s) / Location(s) / Fatalities / Narrative / Source(s)

Dec. 1, 1993 Terrorism (work) in Colorado (CO), Aurora: 4 were killed.   The New York Times

July 1, 1942 Lynching (race) in Texas (TX), Texarkana: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

Sept. 1, 1876 Riot (race) in Mississippi (MS), Chapel Hill: 2 were killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

Dec. 1, 1907 Riot (race) in Kentucky (KY), Hopkinsville: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

April 1, 1973 Terrorism in California (CA), Los Angeles: 7 were killed.   The New York Times

Nov. 13, 2022 Terrorism (education) in Idaho (ID), Moscow: 4 were killed.   MKADB: (Mass Killings in America 2006 - present) Data from the AP-USA

May 1, 1927 Riot (extralegal) in Florida (FL), Tampa: 5 were killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

July 1, 1906 Riot (labor) in New York (NY), New York City: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

and 1941 more ...