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

Principality of Transylvania (in: Eastern Europe) 1570 CE 1711 CE

Goryeo Kingdom (in: Northeast Asia) 936 CE 1258 CE

Mossi (in: West Africa) 1100 CE 1897 CE

Late Pallava Empire (in: Southern India) 300 CE 890 CE

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

Konya Plain - Late Chalcolithic (in: Anatolia-Caucasus) 5500 BCE 3000 BCE

Carolingian Empire I (in: Western Europe) 752 CE 840 CE

Rum Sultanate (in: Anatolia-Caucasus) 1077 CE 1307 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 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

Eastern Han Empire: Transitional (Present -> Absent) 25 CE 219 CE

Samanid Empire: Absent 876 CE 990 CE

Ilkhanate: Present 1263 CE 1326 CE

Sasanid Empire I: Absent 205 CE 487 CE

Medang Kingdom: Absent 732 CE 1019 CE

Latium - Iron Age: Present 1000 BCE 717 BCE

Exarchate of Ravenna: Absent 568 CE 710 CE

Sogdiana - City-States Period: Absent 604 CE 711 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 
1853 CE 1858 CE (Tokugawa Shogunate)
Tokugawa Iesada Tokugawa Iemochi
Intra-Elite Military Revolt Popular Uprising
1425 CE 1460 CE (Kingdom of Kaffa)
Girra Addio
1926 CE 1929 CE (Interwar Austria)
Ignaz Seipel Johannes Schober
Overturn Intra-Elite Popular Uprising
757 CE 767 CE (Republic of St Peter I)
Paul I Stephen III
Overturn Intra-Elite External Invasion
1837 CE 1841 CE (Early United Mexican States)
Anastasio Bustamante Antonio López de Santa Anna
Overturn Intra-Elite Military Revolt
1532 CE 1538 CE (Bengal Sultanate)
Ghiyath al-din Mahmud Shah None
Overturn Predecessor Assassination
2287 BCE 2278 BCE (Egypt - Late Old Kingdom)
Merenre / Nemtyemsaf Pepi II / Neferkare
1743 CE 1753 CE (Hausa bakwai)
Alhaji Kabe Yaji

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 
1270 CE 1275 CE (Mali Empire)
Palace Intrigue
Ruler Assassination Ruler Depose
1700 BCE (Egypt - Middle Kingdom)
Collapse of Middle Kingdom state
Elite Downward Mobility Civil War Fragmentation Ruler Assassination
1917 CE 1923 CE (Russian Empire, Romanov Dynasty II)
Russian Revolution and Civil War
Population Decline Elite Downward Mobility Elite Extermination Uprising Revolution Successful Revolution Civil War Fragmentation Capital Loss Ruler Assassination Ruler Depose Constitution Change Religion Change
11 BCE 9 CE (Western Han Empire)
Rebellions and Wang Mang usurpation
Elite Downward Mobility Uprising Ruler Assassination
1454 CE 1455 CE (Oirats)
Death of Esen Taishi and internal unrest
Uprising Civil War Ruler Assassination
111 BCE 102 BCE (Western Han Empire)
Series of Uprising, Revolts and Invasions
Uprising
1899 CE 1914 CE (Chuuk - Late Truk)
European Proxy Conflicts
Capital Loss External Conquest Constitution Change
1200 BCE 1150 BCE (Phoenician Empire)
Late Bronze Age Collapse

and 161 more ... coded for 153 Polities

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

June 3, 2022 Assassination in Wisconsin (WI), New Lisbon, Juneau: 1 was killed.   ACLED: The Armed Conflict Location & Event Data

Nov. 1, 1917 Terrorism (political) in Wisconsin (WI), Milwaukee: 10 were killed.   Wikipedia

July 1, 1894 Riot (labor) in California (CA), Sacramento: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

Dec. 1, 1857 Lynching (extralegal) in Iowa (IA), Jones: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

March 18, 2008 Terrorism in California (CA), Santa Maria: 4 were killed.   TVPDB: The Violence Project database of mass shootings in the United States (Version 7)

Nov. 1, 2008 Riot (ethnic) in New York (NY), Patchogue: 1 was killed.   The New York Times

Jan. 1, 1850 Riot (ethnic) in New York (NY), Poughkeepsie: 1 was killed.   Hartford Daily Courant Or The Hartford Courant

July 1, 1888 Lynching (extralegal) in North Dakota (ND), Wahpeton: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

and 1941 more ...