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

Ottoman Empire I (in: Anatolia-Caucasus) 1402 CE 1517 CE

Alodia Kingdom (in: Northeast Africa) 600 CE 1504 CE

Chauhana Dynasty (in: North India) 973 CE 1192 CE

The Emirate of Crete (in: Southeastern Europe) 824 CE 961 CE

Viking settlements (in: Northern Europe) 793 CE 1000 CE

United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway (in: Northern Europe) 1816 CE 1905 CE

Monte Alban IIIB and IV (in: Mexico) 500 CE 900 CE

Buhaya (in: East Africa) 1700 CE 1890 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

Early Mongols: Present 1126 CE 1205 CE

Yemen - Era of Warlords: Absent 1038 CE 1174 CE

Carolingian Empire II: Absent 840 CE 986 CE

Songhai Empire - Askiya Dynasty: Present 1493 CE 1590 CE

Prepalatial Crete: Unknown 3000 BCE 1901 BCE

Satavahana Empire: Absent 100 BCE 203 CE

Oneota: Absent 1400 CE 1639 CE

Egypt - Dynasty I: Present 3100 BCE 2901 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 
247 BCE 217 BCE (Parthian Empire I)
Arsaces I Arsaces II
717 CE 741 CE (Byzantine Empire I)
Leo III, the Syrian Constantine V
1748 CE 1749 CE (Kingdom of Cayor)
Isa Bige N'Gone M'Bathio Samb
Intra-Elite External Inteference
1788 CE 1806 CE (Mughal Empire)
Alam II Akbar II
715 CE 717 CE (Umayyad Caliphate)
Sulayman Umar II
937 CE 942 CE (Five Dynasties Period)
Gaozu of Later Jin (Shi Kingtang, Kao Tsu, Shih Ching-t’ang) Chu of Later Jin (Shao of Later Jin, Shi Chonggui, Ch’u Ti)
Intra-Elite Military Revolt
1675 CE 1684 CE (Benin Empire)
Ahenkpaye Akenbedo
Intra-Elite
1705 CE 1719 CE (Mataram Sultanate)
Susuhunan Pakubuwono I Susuhunan Amangkurat IV
External Invasion

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 
900 CE 1100 CE (Wari Empire)
End of Wari Settlements
Population Decline Population Collapse
509 BCE (Roman Kingdom)
Foundation of the Roman Republic
Population Decline Elite Downward Mobility Revolution Successful Revolution Civil War Constitution Change
1718 CE 1778 CE (Late Illinois Confederation)
French-British colonization, attacks by Haudenosaunee, internal conflict
Population Decline Population Collapse Epidemic Elite Downward Mobility Uprising Civil War Fragmentation External Conquest
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
30 BCE (Ptolemaic Kingdom II)
Roman conquest of Egypt
Elite Downward Mobility Civil War External Conquest Ruler Assassination Ruler Depose
1524 CE 1589 CE (Safavid Empire)
Sixteenth-century crisis in the Safavid Empire
Elite Extermination Civil War Fragmentation External Conquest Ruler Depose
455 CE 476 CE (Western Roman Empire - Late Antiquity)
Collapse of Western Empire
Elite Downward Mobility Fragmentation External Conquest Ruler Assassination Ruler Depose Constitution Change
1866 CE 1868 CE (Tokugawa Shogunate)
Meiji Restoration
Population Decline Epidemic Elite Downward Mobility Uprising Revolution Successful Revolution Civil War Ruler Depose Constitution Change

and 161 more ... coded for 153 Polities

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

July 1, 1910 Riot (race) in Texas (TX), Palestine: 18 were killed. -

April 1, 2019 Terrorism (work) in North Dakota (ND), Mandan: 4 were killed.   MKADB: (Mass Killings in America 2006 - present) Data from the AP-USA

Oct. 1, 1882 Riot (political) in Louisiana (LA), Shreveport: 1 was killed.   Hartford Daily Courant Or The Hartford Courant

March 1, 1934 Riot (political) in Kansas (KS), Kansas City: 4 were killed.   Hartford Daily Courant Or The Hartford Courant

Sept. 1, 1906 Riot (race) in Georgia (GA), Atlanta: 12 were killed. -

Dec. 1, 1917 Lynching (race) in Wyoming (WY), Rock Spring: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

Aug. 1, 1918 Lynching (race) in Louisiana (LA), Bastrop: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

Oct. 1, 1913 Riot (labor) in Colorado (CO), Walsenburg: 4 were killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

and 1941 more ...