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

Sind - Abbasid-Fatimid Period (in: Pakistan) 854 CE 1193 CE

Futa Jallon (in: West Africa) 1725 CE 1896 CE

Tlemcen (in: Maghreb) 1235 CE 1554 CE

Neo-Hittite Kingdoms (in: Anatolia-Caucasus) 1180 BCE 900 BCE

Mossi (in: West Africa) 1100 CE 1897 CE

Early Dynastic (in: Mesopotamia) 2900 BCE 2500 BCE

Hallstatt C (in: Western Europe) 700 BCE 600 BCE

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

Early Angkor: Absent 802 CE 1100 CE

Ottoman Empire II: Absent 1517 CE 1682 CE

Tairona: Absent 1050 CE 1524 CE

Mongol Empire: Present 1206 CE 1367 CE

Middle Roman Republic: Present 264 BCE 134 BCE

Ostrogothic Kingdom: Absent 493 CE 554 CE

Sabaean Commonwealth: Absent 800 BCE 451 BCE

Elymais II: Absent 25 CE 215 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 
1229 CE 1249 CE (Republic of Venice III)
Jacopo Tiepolo Marino Morosini
1797 CE 1834 CE (Qajar Dynasty)
Fatḥ ‛Alī Muḥammad
Overturn Intra-Elite
88 BCE 81 BCE (Ptolemaic Kingdom II)
Ptolemy IX Soter II Ptolemy XI Alexander II
1572 CE 1585 CE (Papal States - Early Modern Period I)
Gregory XIII (Buoncompagni) Sixtus V (Peretti)
Intra-Elite Popular Uprising
653 CE 666 CE (Exarchate of Ravenna)
Theodore I Calliopas Gregory
1139 CE 1146 CE (Kievan Rus)
Vsevolod II Iziaslav II
Overturn External Invasion
2475 BCE 2455 BCE (Egypt - Classic Old Kingdom)
Neferirkare Kakai Shepseskare
1545 CE 1546 CE (Kanem-Borno)
Ali II Zainami Dunama V Ngumaramma

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 
1000 CE 1056 CE (Icelandic Commonwealth)
Conversion to Christianity
Constitution Change Religion Change
1870 CE 1871 CE (Napoleonic France)
Franco-Prussian War, collapse of Second French Empire, foundation of Third Republic
Elite Downward Mobility Uprising Revolution Successful Revolution Civil War Capital Loss Ruler Depose Constitution Change
1200 BCE 1180 BCE (Hatti - New Kingdom)
Bronze Age Collapse, Hatti
Elite Downward Mobility Capital Loss External Conquest
1270 CE 1275 CE (Mali Empire)
Palace Intrigue
Ruler Assassination Ruler Depose
1250 CE 1279 CE (Southern Song)
Fall of the Song Dynasty
Elite Downward Mobility Fragmentation Capital Loss External Conquest Ruler Depose
1335 CE 1339 CE (Ilkhanate)
Fall of the Ilkhanate
Population Decline Epidemic Elite Downward Mobility Elite Extermination Civil War Fragmentation Ruler Assassination Ruler Depose
983 CE 1062 CE (Buyid Confederation)
Decline of Buyid Dynasty
Elite Downward Mobility Civil War Fragmentation External Conquest Ruler Depose
157 BCE 63 BCE (Seleucid Empire)
Seleucid Dynastic Wars
Uprising Civil War Fragmentation External Conquest Ruler Assassination Ruler Depose

and 161 more ... coded for 153 Polities

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

Jan. 1, 1923 Riot (race) in Florida (FL), Rosewood: 4 were killed. -

Aug. 1, 1885 Riot (extralegal) in Georgia (GA), Dalton: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

Aug. 1, 1828 Riot (ethnic) in Pennsylvania (PA), Philadelphia: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

Aug. 1, 1931 Lynching (race) in Alabama (AL), Haynesville: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

April 1, 1899 Lynching (extralegal, race) in Georgia (GA), Palmetto: 1 was killed. -

June 1, 1918 Lynching (extralegal) in Louisiana (LA), Mangham: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

July 15, 2023 Terrorism in Georgia (GA), Hampton, Henry County: 4 were killed.   MKADB: (Mass Killings in America 2006 - present) Data from the AP-USA

May 1, 1918 Lynching (race) in Tennessee (TN), Erwin: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

and 1941 more ...