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

Nkore (in: East Africa) 1750 CE 1901 CE

Kingdom of the Suebi (in: Southern Europe) 409 CE 584 CE

Khitan I (in: Mongolia) 907 CE 1125 CE

Neolithic Crete (in: Southeastern Europe) 7000 BCE 3000 BCE

Benin Empire (in: West Africa) 1140 CE 1897 CE

Early East Africa Iron Age (in: East Africa) 200 CE 499 CE

Kingdom of Kaffa (in: East Africa) 1390 CE 1897 CE

Ashanti Empire (in: West Africa) 1701 CE 1895 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

Neolithic Yemen: Absent 3500 BCE 1201 BCE

Susiana - Muhammad Jaffar: Unknown 7000 BCE 6001 BCE

Early Mongols: Present 1126 CE 1205 CE

Roman Empire - Principate: Transitional (Present -> Absent) 31 BCE 199 CE

Icelandic Commonwealth: Present 930 CE 1000 CE

Cahokia - Lohman-Stirling: Present 1055 CE 1199 CE

Elam - Early Sukkalmah: Absent 1900 BCE 1701 BCE

Hawaii III: Present 1580 CE 1649 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 
986 CE 1011 CE (Heian)
Ichijō Sanjō
1390 CE 1410 CE (Benin Empire)
Orobiru Uwaifiokun
Intra-Elite
1769 CE 1774 CE (Papal States - Early Modern Period II)
Clement XIV (Lorenzo Ganganelli) Pius IV (Giovanni Angelo Braschi)
1364 CE 1367 CE (Golden Horde)
ʿAzīz Shaykh Muḥammad-Sulṭān
Overturn Intra-Elite Military Revolt Predecessor Assassination
1499 CE (Classic Tana)
Fuḍayl b. Sulaymān end of our polity dates
438 CE 457 CE (Sasanid Empire I)
Yazdgard II Hormizd III
Intra-Elite Military Revolt
1347 CE 1378 CE (Italian Republic Restoration Period)
Cola di Rienzo (Rector of Rome, Tribune) Urban VI (Bartolomeo Prignano)
Intra-Elite Popular Uprising
1501 CE 1528 CE (Buganda I)
Kiyimbo Kayima

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 
840 CE 843 CE (Carolingian Empire II)
Carolingian Civil War
Elite Downward Mobility Civil War Fragmentation Ruler Depose Constitution 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
1810 CE (Rattanakosin)
Coup
Uprising Capital Loss Ruler Assassination Ruler Depose
1750 CE 1767 CE (Ayutthaya)
Fall of Ayutthaya
Epidemic Elite Downward Mobility Elite Extermination Fragmentation External Conquest
772 CE 778 CE (Medang Kingdom)
Hindu-Buddhist Struggles
Religion Change
1727 CE 1757 CE (Alaouite Dynasty I)
Succession Crisis
Uprising Civil War Ruler Assassination Ruler Depose
1866 CE 1868 CE (Tokugawa Shogunate)
Meiji Restoration
Population Decline Epidemic Elite Downward Mobility Uprising Revolution Successful Revolution Civil War Ruler Depose Constitution Change
1060 CE 1085 CE (Northern Song)
Government conflict and Wang An-shi reforms
Public Goods Change

and 161 more ... coded for 153 Polities

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

March 1, 1895 Riot (labor) in Louisiana (LA), New Orleans: 4 were killed.   Hartford Daily Courant Or The Hartford Courant

March 22, 2002 Terrorism (work) in Indiana (IN), South Bend: 4 were killed.   TVPDB: The Violence Project database of mass shootings in the United States (Version 7)

Sept. 1, 1830 Riot (ethnic) in Pennsylvania (PA), Dunnstown: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

July 1, 1913 Riot (prison) in New York (NY), Sing Sing: 1 was killed. -

Oct. 1, 1875 Lynching (extralegal, race) in Louisiana (LA), East Feliciana: 2 were killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

May 1, 1945 Riot (prison) in Indiana (IN), Fort Benjamin Harrison: 2 were killed.   Hartford Daily Courant Or The Hartford Courant

July 1, 1835 Lynching (race) in Mississippi (MS), Hinds: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

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

and 1941 more ...