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

Early Illinois Confederation (in: Mississippi Basin) 1640 CE 1717 CE

Portuguese Empire - Renaissance Period (in: Southern Europe) 1495 CE 1579 CE

Jin (in: North China) 780 BCE 404 BCE

Mossi (in: West Africa) 1100 CE 1897 CE

Emirate of Córdoba (in: Southern Europe) 756 CE 928 CE

Egypt - Late Old Kingdom (in: Northeast Africa) 2350 BCE 2150 BCE

Kingdom of Saloum (in: West Africa) 1490 CE 1863 CE

Mali Empire (in: West Africa) 1230 CE 1410 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

Konya Plain - Early Bronze Age: Unknown 2900 BCE 2001 BCE

Cahokia - Early Woodland: Absent 600 BCE 151 BCE

Early Mongols: Present 1126 CE 1205 CE

Susiana B: Unknown 5700 BCE 5101 BCE

Cuzco - Late Intermediate I: Absent 1000 CE 1249 CE

Yisrael: Present 1030 BCE 722 BCE

Yehuda: Absent 141 BCE 63 BCE

Susa I: Unknown 4300 BCE 3801 BCE

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 
565 CE 572 CE (Lombard Kingdom)
Alboin Cleph
Overturn Intra-Elite Predecessor Assassination
1066 CE (Anglo-Saxon England II)
Harold II William I ('the Conqueror')
Overturn Intra-Elite Popular Uprising External Invasion Predecessor Assassination
1329 CE 1332 CE (Great Yuan)
Wenzong of Yuan (Wen Tsung, Tugh Temür, Jayaatu Khan) Ningzong of Yuan (Ning Tsung, Rinchinbal)
Intra-Elite
590 CE 620 CE (Pandya Dynasty)
Kandugon Marvarman Avanishulmani
1734 CE 1753 CE (Kingdom of Saloum)
Ndéné Ndiaye Bigué Ndao Mbagne Diop
1272 BCE 1267 BCE (Hatti - New Kingdom)
Murshili III Hattusili III
Overturn Intra-Elite
712 CE (Lombard Kingdom)
Ansprand Liutprand
743 CE 751 CE (Proto-Carolingian)
Childeric III Pepin the Short
Overturn Intra-Elite External Inteference

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 
1140 BCE 1030 BCE (Phoenician Empire)
Phoenecian Cities Conflicts
Civil War
1725 CE 1873 CE (Hmong - Late Qing)
Hmong uprisings against Qing state
Population Decline Uprising Civil War Lasted > a Century External Conquest
1718 CE 1778 CE (Late Illinois Confederation)
French-British colonization, attacks by Haudenosaunee, internal conflict
Population Decline Population Collapse Epidemic Elite Downward Mobility Uprising Civil War Fragmentation External Conquest
706 CE 725 CE (Chenla)
Chenla Dynastic Conflict
Fragmentation
950 BCE 900 BCE (Neo-Hittite Kingdoms)
Decline of Neo-Hittites
Fragmentation External Conquest Constitution Change
1866 CE 1868 CE (Tokugawa Shogunate)
Meiji Restoration
Population Decline Epidemic Elite Downward Mobility Uprising Revolution Successful Revolution Civil War Ruler Depose Constitution Change
30 BCE (Ptolemaic Kingdom II)
Roman conquest of Egypt
Elite Downward Mobility Civil War External Conquest Ruler Assassination Ruler Depose
1454 CE 1455 CE (Oirats)
Death of Esen Taishi and internal unrest
Uprising Civil War Ruler Assassination

and 161 more ... coded for 153 Polities

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

Sept. 1, 1885 Lynching (extralegal) in Idaho (ID), Lewiston: 5 were killed.   The New York Times

Jan. 1, 1925 Lynching (race) in Tennessee (TN), Dover: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

July 1, 1930 Lynching (political) in Georgia (GA), Ailey: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

Dec. 1, 1932 Riot (political) in Alabama (AL), Tallassee: 3 were killed.   The New York Times

May 1, 1913 Riot (labor) in New York (NY), New York City: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

Jan. 1, 1980 Riot (race) in Oklahoma (OK), Idabel: 2 were killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

Jan. 1, 1906 Lynching (race) in North Carolina (NC), Salisbury, Rowan: 3 were killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

Oct. 11, 1983 Terrorism in Texas (TX), College Station: 6 were killed.   TVPDB: The Violence Project database of mass shootings in the United States (Version 7)

and 1941 more ...