Seshat: Global History Databank

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✓ collects what is currently known about the social and political organization of human societies over time
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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

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

Kingdom of Nyinginya (in: East Africa) 1650 CE 1897 CE

Eastern Han Empire (in: North China) 25 CE 220 CE

Early Cholas (in: Southern India) 300 BCE 300 CE

Uruk (in: Mesopotamia) 4000 BCE 2900 BCE

People's Republic of China (in: North China) 1950 CE 2024 CE

Kansai - Yayoi Period (in: Northeast Asia) 300 BCE 250 CE

Russian Principate (in: Eastern Europe) 1133 CE 1240 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

Second Turk Khaganate: Present 684 CE 744 CE

Rattanakosin: Present 1782 CE 1873 CE

Ottoman Emirate: Absent 1393 CE 1402 CE

Erligang: Present 1650 BCE 1251 BCE

Konya Plain - Early Neolithic: Absent 7100 BCE 7001 BCE

Kachi Plain - Post-Urban Period: Unknown 1800 BCE 1301 BCE

New Palace Crete: Absent 1700 BCE 1451 BCE

Buyid Confederation: Absent 947 CE 1055 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 
1560 CE 1567 CE (Kingdom of Saloum)
Mbagne Diogop Ndiaye Mbodj Sandéné Kodou Bigué Ndao
530 CE (Hephthalite Empire)
Mihirakula (?) Pravarasena
1816 CE 1817 CE (Imamate of Futa Toro)
Sire Amadu Ly Yusuf
1453 CE 1454 CE (Sind - Samma Dynasty)
Jam Sikander II Jam Sanjar
Intra-Elite
1303 CE 1325 CE (Grand Principality of Moscow, Mongolian period)
Yuriy Danilovich Ivan I Danilovich Kalita
145 CE 152 CE (Satavahana Empire)
Siva Skanda Satakarni Yajna Sri Satakarni
756 CE 774 CE (Rashtrakuta Empire)
Krishna I Govinda II
1865 CE 1869 CE (Us Reconstruction-Progressive)
Andrew Johnson Ulysses S. Grant

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 
190 CE 250 CE (Xianbei Confederation)
Decline of Xianbei Confederation
Elite Downward Mobility Fragmentation Ruler Assassination
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
700 BCE 500 BCE (Oaxaca - Rosario)
Increased violent conflict and social differentiation during Rosario phase
Population Decline Fragmentation
671 BCE 656 BCE (Egypt - Kushite Period)
Fall of Kushite Kingdom
Fragmentation External Conquest Ruler Depose
538 CE 668 CE (Asuka)
Reform Period
Uprising Constitution Change
1644 CE 1683 CE (Great Ming)
Fall of the Ming Dynasty
Population Decline Epidemic Uprising Revolution Civil War Capital Loss External Conquest Ruler Depose
627 BCE 608 BCE (Neo-Assyrian Empire)
Fall of the Neo-Assyrian Empire
Elite Downward Mobility Elite Extermination Civil War Fragmentation External Conquest Ruler Depose
1070 CE 1150 CE (Toltecs)
Decline of Tollan
Fragmentation Capital Loss External Conquest

and 161 more ... coded for 153 Polities

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

Aug. 1, 1875 Riot (race) in Mississippi (MS), Macon: 12 were killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

Sept. 1, 2005 Riot (race) in Louisiana (LA), New Orleans: 3 were killed.   The Nation

May 1, 1980 Riot (race) in Florida (FL), Miami: 14 were killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

Nov. 5, 2017 Terrorism in Texas (TX), Sutherland Springs: 25 were killed.   TVPDB: The Violence Project database of mass shootings in the United States (Version 7)

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

Nov. 1, 1870 Riot (political) in Louisiana (LA), Baton Rouge: 2 were killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

Jan. 1, 1850 Riot (ethnic) in New York (NY), Poughkeepsie: 1 was killed.   Hartford Daily Courant Or The Hartford Courant

Aug. 1, 1898 Lynching (race) in Georgia (GA): 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

and 1941 more ...