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

Early Nyoro (in: Central Africa) 900 CE 1449 CE

Mane (in: West Africa) 1550 CE 1650 CE

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

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

Nkore (in: East Africa) 1450 CE 1749 CE

Principality of Moldavia II (in: Eastern Europe) 1504 CE 1710 CE

Maratha Empire (in: Southern India) 1674 CE 1818 CE

Mongol Empire (in: Mongolia) 1206 CE 1270 CE

and 854 more ... in 47 Seshat Regions.

Seshat

General Variables
26 variables 8891 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

Sasanid Empire II: Absent 499 CE 642 CE

Vijayanagara Empire: Absent 1337 CE 1646 CE

Xiongnu Imperial Confederation: Present 209 BCE 60 BCE

Fatimid Caliphate: Absent 909 CE 1170 CE

Bamana kingdom: Present 1712 CE 1818 CE

Middle Merovingian: Absent 543 CE 686 CE

Monte Alban II: Present 100 BCE 199 CE

Icelandic Commonwealth: Absent 1001 CE 1262 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 
1106 CE 1129 CE (Classic Tana)
al-Ḥasan b. Dāwūd Sulaymān
- (Akan - Pre-Ashanti)
Ahi and Aha Mumunumfi
652 CE 653 CE (Exarchate of Ravenna)
Olympius Theodore I Calliopas
- (Allada)
gBagwe unknown
862 CE 880 CE (Pandya Dynasty)
Vargun II Parnatak Veernarayan
Overturn Military Revolt Popular Uprising Separatist Rebellion External Invasion External Inteference
1660 CE 1670 CE (Hausa bakwai)
Bawa Dadi
1663 CE 1692 CE (Mutapa)
Kamharapasu Mukombwe Nyakambira
585 CE 589 CE (Exarchate of Ravenna)
Smaragdus Romanus
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 
1359 CE 1381 CE (Golden Horde)
Great Troubles
Uprising Civil War Fragmentation Capital Loss Ruler Assassination
585 CE 590 CE (Lombard Kingdom)
Civil War
44 BCE 31 BCE (Late Roman Republic)
Rome's transition from republic to empire
Population Decline Elite Downward Mobility Elite Extermination Civil War Ruler Assassination Ruler Depose Constitution Change
74 BCE 63 BCE (Hellenistic Crete)
Mithridatic Wars
External Conquest
1270 CE 1275 CE (Mali Empire)
Palace Intrigue
Ruler Assassination Ruler Depose
540 CE 554 CE (East Roman Empire)
Sixth Century Crisis & Justinian Plague
Epidemic Capital Loss
1905 CE 1911 CE (Qajar Dynasty)
Persian Constitutional Revolution
Elite Downward Mobility Uprising Revolution Successful Revolution Ruler Depose Constitution Change
1519 CE 1521 CE (Aztec Empire)
Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire
Population Decline Epidemic Elite Downward Mobility Uprising Civil War 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)

April 1, 1894 Riot (labor) in Colorado (CO), Cripple Creek: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States, Radlowski

Jan. 1, 1865 Riot (race) in Georgia (GA), Augusta: 6 were killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

July 1, 1975 Riot (race) in Michigan (MI), Detroit: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

Oct. 1, 1981 Riot (political) in New York (NY), Nanuet: 4 were killed.   Wikipedia

Jan. 1, 1868 Lynching (section) in Texas (TX), Columbus: 2 were killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

Nov. 1, 2013 Terrorism in Texas (TX), Austin: 1 was killed.   Reuters

July 1, 2008 Assassination (ethnic) in Pennsylvania (PA), Shenandoah: 1 was killed.   The New York Times

Nov. 1, 1874 Riot (race) in Alabama (AL), Mobile: 3 were killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

and 1941 more ...