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

Southern Qi State (in: South China) 479 CE 502 CE

Kannauj - Varman Dynasty (in: North India) 650 CE 780 CE

Novgorod Republic (in: Eastern Europe) 1135 CE 1478 CE

Early Sultanate of Aussa (in: East Africa) 1734 CE 1895 CE

Egypt - Mamluk Sultanate I (in: Northeast Africa) 1260 CE 1348 CE

Ptolemaic Kingdom II (in: Northeast Africa) 217 BCE 30 BCE

Holy Roman Empire - Minor Imperial States II (in: Central Europe) 1649 CE 1806 CE

Latium - Bronze Age (in: Southern Europe) 1800 BCE 900 BCE

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

Elymais II: Absent 25 CE 215 CE

Tocharians: Absent 129 BCE 29 CE

Hoysala Kingdom: Absent 1192 CE 1253 CE

Yemen Ziyadid Dynasty: Absent 822 CE 1037 CE

Safavid Empire: Absent 1505 CE 1722 CE

Mongol Empire: Present 1206 CE 1367 CE

Yemen - Late Bronze Age: Absent 1200 BCE 801 BCE

Mahajanapada era: Absent 600 BCE 325 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 
1849 CE 1850 CE (Imamate of Futa Toro)
Mamadu Biran Interregnum
Overturn Intra-Elite
1865 CE 1869 CE (Us Reconstruction-Progressive)
Andrew Johnson Ulysses S. Grant
1936 CE 1940 CE (United States of America - Contemporary)
Franklin D. Roosevelt Franklin D. Roosevelt
743 CE 751 CE (Proto-Carolingian)
Childeric III Pepin the Short
Overturn Intra-Elite External Inteference
2321 BCE 2287 BCE (Egypt - Late Old Kingdom)
Pepi I / Meryre Merenre / Nemtyemsaf
141 BCE 131 BCE (Magadha - Sunga Empire)
Vasujyeshtha Vasumitra
1504 CE 1526 CE (Kanem-Borno)
Idris Katarkamabi Muhammad V Aminami
1835 CE 1837 CE (Majeerteen Sultanate)
Yusuuf Ismaan Nur-bin-'Ismaan
Intra-Elite Separatist Rebellion Predecessor Assassination

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 
744 CE 750 CE (Umayyad Caliphate)
Third Fitna and fall of Umayyad Caliphate
Epidemic Uprising Revolution Successful Revolution Civil War Ruler Assassination Ruler Depose
1598 CE 1603 CE (Japan - Azuchi-Momoyama)
Foundation of Tokugawa Shogunate
Elite Downward Mobility Elite Extermination Uprising Ruler Depose
538 CE 668 CE (Asuka)
Reform Period
Uprising Constitution Change
1060 CE 1085 CE (Northern Song)
Government conflict and Wang An-shi reforms
Public Goods Change
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
1568 CE 1609 CE (Spanish Empire I)
Eighty Years' War and plague in Habsburg Spain
Population Decline Epidemic Constitution Change
1054 CE 1072 CE (Byzantine Empire II)
Eleventh-century crisis in Byzantine Empire
Civil War External Conquest Ruler Assassination Ruler Depose
523 CE 535 CE (Northern Wei)
Rebellions and Civil War
Uprising Civil War Fragmentation Ruler Assassination Ruler Depose

and 161 more ... coded for 153 Polities

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

June 1, 1918 Lynching (extralegal) in Arkansas (AR), Earle: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

Dec. 1, 1863 Lynching (extralegal) in California (CA), Los Angeles: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

Nov. 1, 1898 Riot (race) in North Carolina (NC), Wilmington: 100 were killed. -

Jan. 1, 1905 Assassination (political) in Idaho (ID): 1 was killed. -

April 15, 2023 Terrorism in Alabama (AL), Dadeville: 4 were killed.   MKADB: (Mass Killings in America 2006 - present) Data from the AP-USA

May 1, 1921 Riot (labor) in West Virginia (WV), Merrimac: 20 were killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

Sept. 23, 1970 Terrorism in New York (NY), Albany: 4 were killed.   TVPDB: The Violence Project database of mass shootings in the United States (Version 7)

July 1, 1894 Riot (labor) in Illinois (IL), Spring Valley: 2 were killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

and 1941 more ...