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

Republic of Genoa III (in: Southern Europe) 1529 CE 1797 CE

Kachi Plain - Ceramic Neolithic (in: Pakistan) 5500 BCE 4000 BCE

Egypt - Thebes-Hyksos Period (in: Northeast Africa) 1720 BCE 1567 BCE

Rouran Khaganate (in: Mongolia) 300 CE 555 CE

Tairona (in: Caribbean) 1050 CE 1524 CE

La Mula-Sarigua (in: Caribbean) 1300 BCE 200 CE

Susiana - Muhammad Jaffar (in: Iran) 7000 BCE 6000 BCE

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

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 26069 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 17537 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 377 Polities

Human Sacrifice
357 records

Elymais II: Absent 25 CE 215 CE

Susa I: Unknown 4300 BCE 3801 BCE

Western Jin: Absent 265 CE 317 CE

Kingdom of Lydia: Unknown 670 BCE 547 BCE

Kachi Plain - Chalcolithic: Unknown 4000 BCE 3201 BCE

Hallstatt B2-3: Present 900 BCE 701 BCE

Konya Plain - Early Chalcolithic: Unknown 6000 BCE 5501 BCE

Mali Empire: Present 1235 CE 1410 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 
1871 CE 1872 CE (Futa Jallon)
Umaru Sori Ibrahima Sori III
1171 CE 1173 CE (Kievan Rus)
Roman I Vsevolod III the Big Nest
Overturn Intra-Elite External Invasion External Inteference
76 BCE 67 BCE (Yehuda)
Alexandra (Salome) Aristobulus II
Overturn Intra-Elite Military Revolt
1095 CE 1116 CE (Hungary Kingdom - Árpád Dynasty)
Coloman Stephen II
1658 CE (Republic of Venice IV)
Francesco Cornaro Bertuccio Falier
883 BCE 859 BCE (Neo-Assyrian Empire)
Ashurnasirpal II Shalmaneser III
1060 CE 1080 CE (Ghur Principality)
Moḥammad b. ʿAbbās Malik Qutb al-D¯ın Hasan
1796 CE (Ilú-ọba Ọ̀yọ́)
Adebo Maku
Overturn Intra-Elite 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 
800 CE 900 CE (Classic Maya)
Classic Maya collapse
Population Decline Population Collapse Epidemic Lasted > a Century Fragmentation Capital Loss
1789 CE 1799 CE (French Kingdom - Late Bourbon)
French Revolution
Population Decline Epidemic Elite Downward Mobility Elite Extermination Uprising Revolution Successful Revolution Civil War Capital Loss Ruler Assassination Constitution Change Suffrage
1337 CE 1453 CE (French Kingdom - Early Valois)
Hundred Years' War
Population Decline Population Collapse Epidemic Elite Downward Mobility Elite Extermination Uprising Civil War Lasted > a Century Fragmentation Capital Loss External Conquest Ruler Depose Constitution Change
450 BCE 250 BCE (Classical Crete)
Elite Infighting & Polity Wars
Civil War Lasted > a Century Constitution Change
1500 BCE 1430 BCE (Hatti - Old Kingdom)
Fall of Old Kingdom of Hatti
Population Decline Elite Downward Mobility External Conquest
20 BCE 6 CE (Armenian Kingdom)
Civil War and collapse
Uprising Civil War External Conquest Ruler Assassination
1905 CE 1911 CE (Qajar Dynasty)
Persian Constitutional Revolution
Elite Downward Mobility Uprising Revolution Successful Revolution Ruler Depose Constitution Change
1910 CE 1920 CE (Early United Mexican States)
Mexican Revolution
Uprising Revolution Successful Revolution Civil War Ruler Assassination Ruler Depose Constitution Change

and 161 more ... coded for 153 Polities

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

July 1, 1966 Riot (race) in Illinois (IL), Chicago: 10 were killed.   Hartford Daily Courant Or The Hartford Courant

July 1, 1906 Lynching (race) in Georgia (GA), Atlanta: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

April 1, 1894 Lynching (race) in Georgia (GA), Greensboro, Greene: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

April 10, 2023 Terrorism (work) in Kentucky (KY), Louisville: 5 were killed.   MKADB: (Mass Killings in America 2006 - present) Data from the AP-USA

June 1, 1858 Riot (political) in Louisiana (LA), New Orleans: 11 were killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

Nov. 1, 1876 Riot (political) in South Carolina (SC), Charleston: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

March 1, 1934 Riot (political) in Kansas (KS), Kansas City: 4 were killed.   Hartford Daily Courant Or The Hartford Courant

March 1, 1889 Riot (political) in Kentucky (KY), Bell: 3 were killed.   The New York Times

and 1941 more ...