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

Kingdom of Denmark - Medieval (in: Northern Europe) 958 CE 1396 CE

Konya Plain - Early Bronze Age (in: Anatolia-Caucasus) 3000 BCE 2000 BCE

Ak Koyunlu (in: Iran) 1339 CE 1501 CE

Pre-Maravi (in: Southern Africa) 1151 CE 1399 CE

Late Formative Titicaca Basin (in: Andes) 100 CE 499 CE

Iran Pahlavi Dynasty (in: Iran) 1926 CE 1979 CE

Isin-Larsa (in: Mesopotamia) 2004 BCE 1763 BCE

Yemen - Late Bronze Age (in: Arabia) 1200 BCE 801 BCE

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

Kediri Kingdom: Absent 1049 CE 1222 CE

La Tene B2-C1: Present 324 BCE 175 BCE

Late Shang: Present 1250 BCE 1123 BCE

Elam - Late Sukkalmah: Absent 1700 BCE 1501 BCE

Late Mongols: Absent 1581 CE 1689 CE

Medang Kingdom: Present 732 CE 1019 CE

Late Qing: Absent 1796 CE 1912 CE

Kansai - Yayoi Period: Present 300 BCE 249 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 
- (Kwararafa)
Dawi Agigbi
1295 BCE 1294 BCE (Egypt - New Kingdom Ramesside Period)
Rameses I / Menpehtyra Sety I / Menmaatra
1577 CE 1587 CE (Safavid Empire)
Mohammed Khodabanda Abbas I
Overturn Intra-Elite External Inteference
784 CE 803 CE (Medang Kingdom)
Pannunggalan / Panaraban Warak
1236 CE 1238 CE (Kievan Rus)
Yaroslav III Michael II
Overturn External Invasion Predecessor Assassination
- (Western Han Empire)
Shaodi Hong Wendi
Overturn Intra-Elite Predecessor Assassination
1000 CE 1038 CE (Hungary Kingdom - Árpád Dynasty)
Stephen I Peter
1697 CE 1719 CE (Kingdom of Cayor)
Lat Sukaabe Isa-Tende

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 
1905 CE 1911 CE (Qajar Dynasty)
Persian Constitutional Revolution
Elite Downward Mobility Uprising Revolution Successful Revolution Ruler Depose Constitution Change
1899 CE 1914 CE (Chuuk - Late Truk)
European Proxy Conflicts
Capital Loss External Conquest Constitution Change
1890 CE 1935 CE (Us Reconstruction-Progressive)
Progressive Era
Labor Change Suffrage Public Goods Change
627 BCE 608 BCE (Neo-Assyrian Empire)
Fall of the Neo-Assyrian Empire
Elite Downward Mobility Elite Extermination Civil War Fragmentation External Conquest Ruler Depose
1140 CE 1300 CE (Chaco Regional System - Late)
Site abandonment, internal conflict, increasing inequality
Population Decline Lasted > a Century
1728 CE 1805 CE (Yemen - Qasimid Dynasty)
Fragmentation of Qasimid state
Uprising Fragmentation External Conquest
1140 CE 1190 CE (Seljuk Sultanate)
Decline of Seljuq Empire
Uprising Fragmentation External Conquest Ruler Depose
1867 CE 1872 CE (Late A'chik)
Colonial supression and control of the A'chik
Uprising Capital Loss External Conquest

and 161 more ... coded for 153 Polities

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

Oct. 1, 1908 Riot (race) in Kentucky (KY), Hickman: 5 were killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States, Vanderwood

Jan. 1, 1894 Riot (labor) in Idaho (ID), Coeur d'Alene: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

April 1, 1788 Riot in New York (NY), New York City: 3 were killed. -

Jan. 1, 1870 Riot (race) in Kentucky (KY): 3 were killed.   The New York Times

March 1, 1904 Lynching (race) in Ohio (OH), Springfield: 1 was killed. -

May 1, 1964 Terrorism in California (CA): 44 were killed.   Wikipedia

March 1, 1875 Riot (labor) in Pennsylvania (PA), Hazelton: 1 was killed.   Hartford Daily Courant Or The Hartford Courant

July 1, 1849 Riot (unknown (?)) in Illinois (IL), Massac: 3 were killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

and 1941 more ...