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

Susiana - Late Ubaid (in: Iran) 4700 BCE 4300 BCE

Middle and Late Nok (in: West Africa) 1500 BCE 901 BCE

Prepalatial Crete (in: Southeastern Europe) 3000 BCE 1900 BCE

Kingdom of Portugal (in: Southern Europe) 1139 CE 1494 CE

Kingdom of Naples (in: Southern Europe) 1282 CE 1442 CE

Mubari (in: East Africa) 1700 CE 1896 CE

Fipa (in: East Africa) 1600 CE 1890 CE

Western Zhou (in: North China) 1122 BCE 771 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 26068 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

Parthian Empire I: Absent 143 BCE 24 CE

Rum Sultanate: Absent 1093 CE 1243 CE

Haudenosaunee Confederacy - Early: Present 1566 CE 1713 CE

Egypt - New Kingdom Thutmosid Period: Absent 1550 BCE 1294 BCE

Satavahana Empire: Absent 100 BCE 203 CE

Republic of St Peter I: Absent -

Safavid Empire: Absent 1505 CE 1722 CE

Formative Period: Unknown 7200 BCE 7001 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 
1259 CE 1260 CE (Egypt - Mamluk Sultanate I)
Al-Muzzafar Qutuz Al-Zahir Baybars I
Overturn Intra-Elite Military Revolt Predecessor Assassination
1548 CE 1569 CE (Poland-Lithuania Kingdom)
Sigismund II Augustus end of polity
1469 CE 1481 CE (Aztec Empire)
Axayacatl Tizoc
1342 CE 1343 CE (Chagatai Khanate)
Muhammad I ibn Pulad Qazan Khan ibn Yasaur
1290 CE 1307 CE (Hausa bakwai)
Shekkarau Tsamia
829 CE 847 CE (Medang Kingdom)
Gurang Pikatan
910 CE 934 CE (Fatimid Caliphate)
Al-Mahdi Al-Qaim
1024 CE 1032 CE (Rome - Republic of St Peter II)
John XIX (Romanus of Tusculum) Benedict IX (Theophylact III of Tusculum)
Intra-Elite

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 
1618 CE 1648 CE (Austria - Habsburg Dynasty I)
Seventeenth Century Crisis, Thirty Years' War
Population Decline Epidemic Elite Downward Mobility Elite Extermination Civil War Religion Change
1890 CE 1935 CE (Us Reconstruction-Progressive)
Progressive Era
Labor Change Suffrage 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
1359 CE 1381 CE (Golden Horde)
Great Troubles
Uprising Civil War Fragmentation Capital Loss Ruler Assassination
700 BCE 500 BCE (Oaxaca - Rosario)
Increased violent conflict and social differentiation during Rosario phase
Population Decline Fragmentation
1153 CE 1214 CE (Jin Dynasty)
Unrest & flooding
Population Decline Elite Extermination Uprising Civil War External Conquest Ruler Assassination Ruler Depose
1325 CE 1361 CE (Chagatai Khanate)
Fragmentation of Chagatai Khanate
Uprising Fragmentation External Conquest Ruler Assassination Ruler Depose
583 CE 700 CE (Eastern Turk Khaganate)
Division of Turkic Khaganate into western and eastern halves
Population Decline Epidemic Elite Downward Mobility Civil War Fragmentation Ruler Assassination

and 161 more ... coded for 153 Polities

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

June 12, 2016 Terrorism (political) in Florida (FL), Orlando: 49 were killed.   MKADB: (Mass Killings in America 2006 - present) Data from the AP-USA

Sept. 1, 1876 Riot (race) in South Carolina (SC), Ellenton: 100 were killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

Oct. 1, 1929 Riot (prison) in Colorado (CO), Canon City: 13 were killed.   Hartford Daily Courant Or The Hartford Courant

Feb. 1, 2008 Terrorism (political) in Missouri (MO), Kirkwood: 6 were killed.   The New York Times

Dec. 1, 1885 Lynching (extralegal) in Tennessee (TN), Double Springs: 2 were killed.   The New York Times

Jan. 1, 1850 Lynching (race) in Virginia (VA), Culpeper, Culpeper: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

Nov. 1, 2014 Terrorism (anti-government) in Texas (TX), Austin: 1 was killed.   Austin Statesman

March 1, 1918 Riot (labor) in Illinois (IL), Hillsboro: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

and 1941 more ...