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

Volga Kingdom (in: Southeastern Europe) 965 CE 1236 CE

Hellenistic Crete (in: Southeastern Europe) 323 BCE 69 BCE

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

Egypt - Thebes-Hyksos Period (in: Northeast Africa) 1720 BCE 1567 BCE

Bijapur Sultanate (in: Southern India) 1470 CE 1686 CE

Khadga Dynasty (in: Eastern South Asia) 650 CE 700 CE

Seleucid Empire (in: Iran) 312 BCE 63 BCE

Abbasid Caliphate II (in: Mesopotamia) 1191 CE 1258 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

Kalingga Kingdom: Unknown 500 CE 731 CE

Xianbei Confederation: Absent 100 CE 250 CE

Cahokia - Late Woodland III: Absent 600 CE 749 CE

Sasanid Empire II: Absent 499 CE 642 CE

Mahajanapada era: Absent 600 BCE 325 BCE

Tocharians: Absent 129 BCE 29 CE

Beaker Culture: Unknown 3200 BCE 2301 BCE

Konya Plain - Late Chalcolithic: Unknown 5500 BCE 3001 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 
1382 CE 1389 CE (Egypt - Mamluk Sultanate II)
Al-Zahir Barquq Al-Muzaffar Hajji II
Overturn Intra-Elite Military Revolt
1175 CE 1177 CE (Kievan Rus)
Roman I Sviatoslav III
Overturn Intra-Elite External Invasion
129 BCE 126 BCE (Seleucid Empire)
Demetrius II Alexander II
Overturn Intra-Elite External Invasion
1803 CE 1804 CE (Ashanti Empire)
Opoku Fofie Osei Tutu Kwame Asiba
527 CE 565 CE (East Roman Empire)
Justinian I, the Great Justin II
Intra-Elite
151 BCE 143 BCE (Magadha - Sunga Empire)
Bhadraghosa / Agnimitra Suryamitra
1866 CE 1926 CE (Majeerteen Sultanate)
Ismaan II Ismaan end of polity
External Invasion External Inteference
935 CE 939 CE (Rashtrakuta Empire)
Amoghavarsha III Krishna III

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 
1200 CE 1250 CE (Cahokia - Moorehead)
Abandoment of Cahokia Mounds
Population Decline Population Collapse
639 CE 687 CE (Middle Merovingian)
Division of Merovingian kingdom (after Clovis I)
Civil War Fragmentation External Conquest Ruler Depose
700 BCE 500 BCE (Oaxaca - Rosario)
Increased violent conflict and social differentiation during Rosario phase
Population Decline Fragmentation
1789 CE 1799 CE (French Kingdom - Late Bourbon)
French Revolution
Population Decline Epidemic Elite Downward Mobility Elite Extermination Uprising Revolution Successful Revolution Civil War Capital Loss Ruler Assassination Constitution Change Suffrage
1000 BCE 961 BCE (Yisrael)
Civil War in Israel and Judah
Uprising Civil War Ruler Assassination Ruler Depose
1171 CE 1206 CE (Early Mongols)
Crisis in Mongolian Confederacy
Civil War Ruler Assassination
900 CE 1000 CE (Monte Alban V Early Postclassic)
Fragmentation of Monte Albán state
Lasted > a Century Fragmentation
1200 CE (Khwarezmid Empire)
Tekish dies
Elite Extermination Uprising

and 161 more ... coded for 153 Polities

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

May 1, 1925 Lynching (race) in Florida (FL), Longwood: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

Jan. 1, 1863 Riot (political) in North Carolina (NC), Madison: 4 were killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

Sept. 1, 1904 Lynching (extralegal) in Alabama (AL), Huntsville: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

Sept. 1, 1885 Lynching (extralegal) in North Dakota (ND), Olga: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

Aug. 1, 1850 Riot (labor) in New York (NY), New York City: 2 were killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

Nov. 1, 1898 Riot (race) in Alabama (AL), Anniston: 3 were killed.   Hartford Daily Courant Or The Hartford Courant

Sept. 15, 1999 Terrorism in Texas (TX), Fort Worth: 7 were killed.   TVPDB: The Violence Project database of mass shootings in the United States (Version 7)

April 1, 1905 Riot (political) in Texas (TX), Hempstead: 4 were killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

and 1941 more ...