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

Mane (in: West Africa) 1550 CE 1650 CE

Kingdom of Georgia II (in: Anatolia-Caucasus) 975 CE 1243 CE

Banu Ghaniya (in: Maghreb) 1126 CE 1227 CE

Kachi Plain - Chalcolithic (in: Pakistan) 4000 BCE 3200 BCE

Mutapa (in: Southern Africa) 1450 CE 1880 CE

United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway (in: Northern Europe) 1816 CE 1905 CE

Gupta Empire (in: North India) 320 CE 550 CE

Ghassanid Kingdom (in: Levant) 500 CE 636 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

Byzantine Empire III: Absent 1073 CE 1203 CE

Middle Bronze Age in Central Anatolia: Unknown 2000 BCE 1701 BCE

Zungharian Empire: Absent 1695 CE 1745 CE

Kamakura Shogunate: Absent 1185 CE 1333 CE

Parthian Empire I: Absent 143 BCE 24 CE

Egypt - Kushite Period: Unknown 747 BCE 665 BCE

Kachi Plain - Urban Period II: Absent 2100 BCE 1801 BCE

Kingdom of Saba and Dhu Raydan: Absent 110 BCE 149 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 
942 CE 946 CE (Rome - Republic of St Peter II)
Marinus II Agapitus II
Intra-Elite
1684 CE 1689 CE (Benin Empire)
Akenbedo Oreoghene
37 CE 41 CE (Roman Empire - Principate)
Gaius / Caligula Claudius
Overturn Intra-Elite Predecessor Assassination
- (Japan)
Akihito Naruhito
1120 CE 1133 CE (Chola Empire)
Vikrama Chola Kulottunga II
Overturn External Invasion External Inteference
12 CE 38 CE (Parthian Empire I)
Artabanus II Vardanes I
Separatist Rebellion
1517 CE 1526 CE (Delhi Sultanate)
Ibrahim Lodi Babur
Overturn Intra-Elite External Invasion
1707 CE 1712 CE (Mughal Empire)
Bahadur Shah I Jahandar Shah
Intra-Elite Military Revolt

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 
30 BCE (Ptolemaic Kingdom II)
Roman conquest of Egypt
Elite Downward Mobility Civil War External Conquest Ruler Assassination Ruler Depose
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
1830 CE 1848 CE (British Empire I)
Chartist Movement
Uprising Labor Change Suffrage Public Goods Change
1562 CE 1598 CE (French Kingdom - Late Valois)
French Wars of Religion
Population Decline Epidemic Elite Downward Mobility Elite Extermination Uprising Civil War Capital Loss Ruler Assassination
1193 CE 1260 CE (Ayyubid Sultanate)
Decline and fall of Ayyubid dynasty
Population Decline Uprising Fragmentation External Conquest Ruler Depose
1140 CE 1190 CE (Seljuk Sultanate)
Decline of Seljuq Empire
Uprising Fragmentation External Conquest Ruler Depose
1550 CE 1590 CE (Hawaii II)
Dynastic Crisis
Elite Downward Mobility Uprising Ruler Assassination Ruler Depose
1060 CE 1072 CE (Fatimid Caliphate)
Fatimid Civil War
Uprising Civil War Capital Loss External Conquest 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)

Dec. 1, 1888 Riot (race) in Mississippi (MS), Wahalak: 8 were killed.   The New York Times

Nov. 1, 1991 Terrorism (education) in Iowa (IA), Iowa City: 5 were killed.   The New York Times

March 1, 1917 Riot (economic) in Pennsylvania (PA), Philadelphia: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

July 1, 1993 Terrorism (political) in California (CA), San Francisco: 8 were killed.   The New York Times

Dec. 1, 1993 Terrorism (work) in Colorado (CO), Aurora: 4 were killed.   The New York Times

Oct. 1, 1834 Riot (political) in Pennsylvania (PA), Philadelphia: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

June 1, 1930 Lynching (race) in South Carolina (SC), Union: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

April 3, 2010 Terrorism in California (CA), North Hollywood: 4 were killed.   TVPDB: The Violence Project database of mass shootings in the United States (Version 7)

and 1941 more ...