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

Grand Principality of Moscow, Mongolian period (in: Eastern Europe) 1240 CE 1479 CE

Ayyubid Sultanate (in: Northeast Africa) 1171 CE 1250 CE

Mane (in: West Africa) 1550 CE 1650 CE

Classic Maya (in: Mexico) 550 CE 950 CE

Chuuk - Early Truk (in: Polynesia) 1775 CE 1886 CE

Kingdom of Waalo (in: West Africa) 1287 CE 1855 CE

Polish Kingdom - Piast Dynasty (in: Central Europe) 963 CE 1138 CE

Volga Kingdom (in: Southeastern Europe) 965 CE 1236 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

New Palace Crete: Present 1700 BCE 1451 BCE

Ak Koyunlu: Absent 1339 CE 1501 CE

Oaxaca - Tierras Largas: Absent 1400 BCE 1151 BCE

Elam - Awan Dynasty I: Absent 2675 BCE 2251 BCE

Konya Plain - Early Chalcolithic: Unknown 6000 BCE 5501 BCE

Khmer Kingdom: Absent 1432 CE 1593 CE

Jin: Present 780 BCE 489 BCE

Safavid Empire: Absent 1505 CE 1722 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 
1613 CE 1645 CE (Russian Empire, Romanov Dynasty I)
Michael Alexis the Quietest
External Inteference
189 CE 209 CE (Anurādhapura II)
Sirinaga Voharika Tissa
145 CE 146 CE (Eastern Han Empire)
Zhidi Huandi
Overturn Predecessor Assassination
1861 CE 1876 CE (Ottoman Empire IV)
Abdulaziz Murad V
Overturn Intra-Elite
1738 CE 1739 CE (Thanjavur Maratha Kingdom)
Katturaja / Shahuji II Pratapsingh Bhonsle
External Inteference
833 CE 850 CE (Heian)
Ninmyō Montoku
1352 CE 1382 CE (State of the Teutonic Order)
Winrich von Kniprode Konrad Zöllner von Rotenstein
1519 CE 1520 CE (Adal Sultanate)
Usurper 4 Usurper 5
Overturn Intra-Elite Predecessor Assassination

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 
1789 CE 1799 CE (French Kingdom - Late Bourbon)
French Revolution
Population Decline Epidemic Elite Downward Mobility Elite Extermination Uprising Revolution Successful Revolution Civil War Capital Loss Ruler Assassination Constitution Change Suffrage
500 CE 600 CE (Classic Basin of Mexico)
Crisis at Teotihuacan
Population Decline Civil War Lasted > a Century
1351 CE 1368 CE (Great Yuan)
Fall of the Yuan Dynasty
Elite Downward Mobility Uprising Revolution Successful Revolution Civil War External Conquest
1590 CE 1610 CE (Ottoman Empire II)
First Jelali rebellion
Population Decline Epidemic Uprising Ruler Depose
453 CE 469 CE (Kingdom of the Huns)
Internal Power Struggles and end of the Hun Empire
Fragmentation Ruler Assassination
291 CE 306 CE (Western Jin)
Revolts of the Imperial Princes
Uprising Civil War External Conquest Ruler Assassination Ruler Depose
1568 CE 1609 CE (Spanish Empire I)
Eighty Years' War and plague in Habsburg Spain
Population Decline Epidemic Constitution Change
1550 CE 1590 CE (Hawaii II)
Dynastic Crisis
Elite Downward Mobility Uprising 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)

July 17, 2016 Terrorism in Louisiana (LA), Baton Rouge: 3 were killed.  

Aug. 1, 1850 Riot (economic) in California (CA), Sacramento, Sacramento: 5 were killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

March 1, 1870 Assassination (political, race) in Alabama (AL), Eaton, Green: 2 were killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

Jan. 1, 1912 Riot (labor) in New Jersey (NJ), Edgewater: 2 were killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

June 21, 1972 Terrorism in New Jersey (NJ), Cherry Hill: 6 were killed.   TVPDB: The Violence Project database of mass shootings in the United States (Version 7)

May 21, 2006 Terrorism in Louisiana (LA), Baton Rouge: 5 were killed.   TVPDB: The Violence Project database of mass shootings in the United States (Version 7)

Oct. 15, 1992 Terrorism in New York (NY), Watkins Glen: 4 were killed.   TVPDB: The Violence Project database of mass shootings in the United States (Version 7)

Sept. 1, 1919 Riot (race) in Arkansas (AR), Philips: 30 were killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

and 1941 more ...