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

Susa III (in: Iran) 3100 BCE 2675 BCE

Proto-Yoruba (in: West Africa) 301 CE 649 CE

West Burkina Faso Yellow I (in: West Africa) 100 CE 500 CE

Early Dynastic (in: Mesopotamia) 2900 BCE 2500 BCE

Monagrillo (in: Caribbean) 3000 BCE 1300 BCE

Kingdom of Sicily - Hohenstaufen and Angevin dynasties (in: Southern Europe) 1194 CE 1281 CE

Late Qing (in: North China) 1796 CE 1912 CE

Great Yuan (in: North China) 1271 CE 1368 CE

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

Chenla: Present 550 CE 825 CE

Funan I: Unknown 225 CE 539 CE

Late Mongols: Present 1368 CE 1580 CE

Konya Plain - Late Neolithic: Absent 6600 BCE 6001 BCE

Rashtrakuta Empire: Absent 757 CE 973 CE

French Kingdom - Late Valois: Absent 1450 CE 1588 CE

Atlantic Complex: Unknown 2200 BCE 1001 BCE

Elam - Shutrukid Period: Absent 1199 BCE 1100 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 
1598 CE 1621 CE (Spanish Empire I)
Philip III Philip IV
Separatist Rebellion External Invasion
1754 CE 1755 CE (Hawaii III)
Keawe-'ōpala Kalani'ōpu'u
Overturn Intra-Elite Popular Uprising
1720 CE 1750 CE (Aro)
Nachi Okenachi
876 CE 884 CE (Heian)
Yōzei Kōkō
14 CE 37 CE (Roman Empire - Principate)
Tiberius Gaius / Caligula
Overturn Intra-Elite Military Revolt Predecessor Assassination
1627 CE 1644 CE (Great Ming)
Chongzhen Emperor (Ch’ung Chen, Chuang-lieh Ti, Zhu Youjian) Shunzhi Emperor (Shun Chih, Shih Tsu) - END OF MING DYNASTY
Overturn Intra-Elite Military Revolt Popular Uprising Predecessor Assassination
1073 CE 1087 CE (Heian)
Shirakawa Horikawa
1036 CE 1094 CE (Fatimid Caliphate)
Al-Mustansir Al-Mustali
Intra-Elite Military Revolt 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 
1200 BCE 1180 BCE (Hatti - New Kingdom)
Bronze Age Collapse, Hatti
Elite Downward Mobility Capital Loss External Conquest
744 CE 750 CE (Umayyad Caliphate)
Third Fitna and fall of Umayyad Caliphate
Epidemic Uprising Revolution Successful Revolution Civil War Ruler Assassination Ruler Depose
1065 CE 1105 CE (Khitan I)
Natural Disasters
Population Decline Uprising Civil War
210 BCE 207 BCE (Qin Empire)
Civil unrest and the collapse of the Empire
Elite Downward Mobility Uprising Revolution Successful Revolution Civil War Capital Loss External Conquest Ruler Assassination Ruler Depose
1200 CE (Khwarezmid Empire)
Tekish dies
Elite Extermination Uprising
1200 CE 1250 CE (Cahokia - Moorehead)
Abandoment of Cahokia Mounds
Population Decline Population Collapse
1270 CE 1275 CE (Mali Empire)
Palace Intrigue
Ruler Assassination Ruler Depose
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

and 161 more ... coded for 153 Polities

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

Jan. 1, 1874 Lynching (extralegal) in Texas (TX), Denison: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

Oct. 1, 1919 Riot (labor) in Pennsylvania (PA), Donora: 2 were killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

Aug. 1, 1868 Riot (race) in Georgia (GA), Atlanta: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

Jan. 1, 1911 Lynching (race) in Kentucky (KY), Livermore: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

Oct. 1, 1917 Riot (other) in New Jersey (NJ), Jersey City: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

June 1, 1967 Riot (race) in Georgia (GA), Atlanta: 1 was killed. -

April 13, 2017 Riot (ethnic) in North Dakota (ND) / South Dakota (SD), Standing Rock Reservation: 1 was killed.   Inquisitr

July 1, 1870 Riot (race) in Alabama (AL), Cross Plains: 5 were killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

and 1941 more ...