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

Czechoslovakia (in: Central Europe) 1919 CE 1992 CE

Early Nyoro (in: Central Africa) 900 CE 1449 CE

Castile Kingdom (in: Southern Europe) 1065 CE 1230 CE

Durrani Empire (in: Afghanistan) 1747 CE 1826 CE

Iban - Brooke Raj and Colonial (in: Maritime Southeast Asia) 1841 CE 1987 CE

Shaybanid Kingdom (in: Turkestan) 1500 CE 1598 CE

Geometric Crete (in: Southeastern Europe) 1000 BCE 710 BCE

Anglo-Saxon England I (in: Western Europe) 410 CE 926 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

Uigur Khaganate: Absent 745 CE 840 CE

Orokaiva - Colonial: Absent 1884 CE 1942 CE

The Emirate of Crete: Absent 824 CE 960 CE

Kachi Plain - Chalcolithic: Unknown 4000 BCE 3201 BCE

Hawaii III: Present 1580 CE 1649 CE

Medang Kingdom: Absent 732 CE 1019 CE

Ptolemaic Kingdom I: Absent 305 BCE 218 BCE

Susiana B: Unknown 5700 BCE 5101 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 
1465 CE 1466 CE (Late Mongols)
Mulan no one
Overturn Intra-Elite Predecessor Assassination
840 CE 877 CE (Carolingian Empire II)
Charles I, the Bald Louis II, the Stammerer
1790 CE 1792 CE (Austria - Habsburg Dynasty II)
Leopold II Francis II (later Francis I, Emperor of Austria)
1235 CE 1236 CE (Kievan Rus)
Iziaslav IV Yaroslav III
Overturn External Invasion
420 CE 438 CE (Sasanid Empire I)
Bahram V Yazdgard II
1237 BCE 1209 BCE (Hatti - New Kingdom)
Tudhaliya IV Arnuwanda III
1307 CE 1327 CE (Plantagenet England)
Edward II Edward III
Intra-Elite
1045 CE 1046 CE (Rome - Republic of St Peter II)
Gregory VI (John Gratian) Benedict IX (Theophylact III of Tusculum)
Overturn Intra-Elite Popular Uprising External Invasion

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 
1598 CE 1603 CE (Japan - Azuchi-Momoyama)
Foundation of Tokugawa Shogunate
Elite Downward Mobility Elite Extermination Uprising Ruler Depose
1519 CE 1521 CE (Aztec Empire)
Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire
Population Decline Epidemic Elite Downward Mobility Uprising Civil War Capital Loss External Conquest
1200 BCE 1180 BCE (Hatti - New Kingdom)
Bronze Age Collapse, Hatti
Elite Downward Mobility Capital Loss External Conquest
2200 BCE 2113 BCE (Akkadian Empire)
Collapse of Akkadian Empire
Population Decline Uprising Civil War External Conquest
331 BCE 275 BCE (Achaemenid Empire)
Fall of the Achaemenid Empire, Wars of the Diadochi
Elite Downward Mobility Civil War Fragmentation External Conquest Ruler Assassination
1911 CE 1912 CE (Late Qing)
Chinese Revolution
Population Decline Elite Downward Mobility Elite Extermination Uprising Revolution Successful Revolution Civil War Ruler Depose Constitution Change
225 CE (Satavahana Empire)
Fall of the Satavahana Empire
Fragmentation
983 CE 1062 CE (Buyid Confederation)
Decline of Buyid Dynasty
Elite Downward Mobility Civil War Fragmentation 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)

Aug. 1, 1874 Riot (political) in Tennessee (TN), Somerville: 4 were killed.   Hartford Daily Courant Or The Hartford Courant

July 7, 2016 Terrorism (race) in Texas (TX), Dallas: 5 were killed.   MKADB: (Mass Killings in America 2006 - present) Data from the AP-USA

May 1, 1918 Lynching (race) in Georgia (GA), Barnesville: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

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

June 25, 2008 Terrorism (work) in Kentucky (KY), Henderson: 6 were killed.   Wikipedia

Aug. 1, 1941 Riot (prison) in Kentucky (KY), Ft. Knox: 1 was killed.   Hartford Daily Courant Or The Hartford Courant

Aug. 1, 1841 Riot (race) in Ohio (OH), Cincinnati: 7 were killed.   Hartford Daily Courant Or The Hartford Courant

Oct. 1, 2015 Terrorism (education) in Oregon (OR), Roseburg: 9 were killed.   MKADB: (Mass Killings in America 2006 - present) Data from the AP-USA

and 1941 more ...