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

Egypt - Period of the Regions (in: Northeast Africa) 2150 BCE 2016 BCE

Republic of Genoa I (in: Southern Europe) 1099 CE 1284 CE

Initial Formative Basin of Mexico (in: Mexico) 2000 BCE 1201 BCE

Tang Dynasty I (in: North China) 617 CE 763 CE

British Empire II (in: Western Europe) 1850 CE 1968 CE

Alawi Dynasty (in: Maghreb) 1728 CE 1912 CE

Electorate of Brandenburg (in: Central Europe) 1415 CE 1618 CE

Gauda Kingdom (in: Eastern South Asia) 600 CE 625 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 26068 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

Cahokia - Late Woodland I: Absent 300 CE 449 CE

Northern Song: Absent 960 CE 1126 CE

Kediri Kingdom: Absent 1049 CE 1222 CE

Geometric Crete: Present 1000 BCE 711 BCE

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

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

Elam III: Absent 612 BCE 540 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 
1252 CE 1266 CE (Kamakura Shogunate)
Prince Munetaka Prince Koreyasu
Overturn Intra-Elite
1599 CE 1605 CE (Khanate of Bukhara)
Bāqī Muhammad Sultān Walī Muhammad Khān
1325 CE 1329 CE (Chagatai Khanate)
Eljigidey Duwa Temür
Overturn Intra-Elite
243 CE 247 CE (Anurādhapura II)
Samghatissa Siri Sanghabodhi
Predecessor Assassination
1603 CE 1625 CE (England Tudor-Stuart)
James I Charles I
773 BCE 755 BCE (Neo-Assyrian Empire)
Ashur-dan III Ashur-nirari V
100 BCE 70 BCE (Satavahana Empire)
Kaṇha Sātakarni I
1471 CE 1472 CE (Adal Sultanate)
Ibrahim I Shah ud-Din

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 
901 CE 907 CE (Tang Dynasty II)
Fall of the Tang Dynasty
Elite Downward Mobility Elite Extermination Civil War Fragmentation Capital Loss Ruler Assassination Ruler Depose
1866 CE 1868 CE (Tokugawa Shogunate)
Meiji Restoration
Population Decline Epidemic Elite Downward Mobility Uprising Revolution Successful Revolution Civil War Ruler Depose Constitution Change
772 CE 778 CE (Medang Kingdom)
Hindu-Buddhist Struggles
Religion Change
1598 CE 1613 CE (Grand Principality of Moscow, Rurikid Dynasty)
Time of Troubles
Population Decline Epidemic Uprising Civil War External Conquest Ruler Assassination Ruler Depose
1050 CE 1203 CE (Later Wagadu Empire)
Decline of Wagadu
Elite Downward Mobility Lasted > a Century Capital Loss External Conquest Religion Change
1500 BCE 1430 BCE (Hatti - Old Kingdom)
Fall of Old Kingdom of Hatti
Population Decline Elite Downward Mobility External Conquest
1454 CE 1455 CE (Oirats)
Death of Esen Taishi and internal unrest
Uprising Civil War Ruler Assassination
1467 CE (Ashikaga Shogunate)
Transition to Sengoku period
Population Decline Epidemic Elite Downward Mobility Civil War Fragmentation Ruler Assassination Constitution Change

and 161 more ... coded for 153 Polities

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

Feb. 1, 2008 Terrorism (education) in Louisiana (LA), Baton Rouge: 3 were killed.   The New York Times

Jan. 1, 1787 Riot (political) in Massachusetts (MA), Berkshire: 2 were killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

Feb. 1, 1910 Riot (labor) in Pennsylvania (PA), Bethlehem: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

Nov. 1, 1874 Riot (ethnic) in Pennsylvania (PA), Pittsburgh: 4 were killed.   Hartford Daily Courant Or The Hartford Courant

Jan. 1, 1862 Riot (political) in North Carolina (NC), Madison: 4 were killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

Dec. 6, 2019 Terrorism in Florida (FL), Pensacola: 3 were killed.  

May 1, 1853 Lynching (extralegal) in Iowa (IA), Council Bluffs: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

July 1, 1877 Riot (labor) in Pennsylvania (PA), Pittsburgh: 40 were killed.   Encyclopaedia Britannica

and 1941 more ...