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

Xixia (in: Mongolia) 1032 CE 1227 CE

Early Postclassic Tikal (in: Mexico) 951 CE 1250 CE

Kingdom of Ayodhya (in: North India) 64 BCE 34 CE

Satavahana Empire (in: Southern India) 100 BCE 200 CE

Kingdom of Norway - Modern (in: Northern Europe) 1905 CE 1940 CE

Bengal Sultanate (in: Eastern South Asia) 1338 CE 1538 CE

Japan - Late Jomon (in: Northeast Asia) 2500 BCE 1200 BCE

Imamate of Oman and Muscat (in: Arabia) 1749 CE 1895 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

Vijayanagara Empire: Absent 1337 CE 1646 CE

The Emirate of Crete: Absent 824 CE 960 CE

Kachi Plain - Urban Period I: Absent 2500 BCE 2101 BCE

Hatti - New Kingdom: Present 1344 BCE 1181 BCE

Abbasid Caliphate II: Absent 1191 CE 1207 CE

Parthian Empire I: Absent 143 BCE 24 CE

Western Zhou: Present 1122 BCE 795 BCE

Mataram Sultanate: Absent 1568 CE 1703 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 
- (Magadha - Sunga Empire)
Anumitra Bhanumitra
1307 CE 1310 CE (Kingdom of Bohemia - Přemyslid Dynasty)
Henry the Carinthian John the Blind (Jan Lucemburský)
Overturn Military Revolt External Invasion
1421 CE 1434 CE (Delhi Sultanate)
Mubarak II Muhammad IV
Overturn Intra-Elite Predecessor Assassination
1241 CE 1246 CE (Mongol Empire)
Interregnum Güyük Khan (Ting Tsung, Guyuk)
1296 CE 1299 CE (Egypt - Mamluk Sultanate I)
Al-Mansur Lajin Al-Nasir Muhammad I
Overturn Intra-Elite Military Revolt Predecessor Assassination
914 CE 928 CE (Rome - Republic of St Peter II)
John X Stephen VII
Military Revolt Predecessor Assassination
1479 CE 1485 CE (Classic Tana)
al-Ḥasan b. Sulaymān Sabḥat b. Muḥammad b. Sulaymān
Overturn Intra-Elite
768 CE 814 CE (Carolingian Empire I)
Charlemagne Louis I

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 
1516 CE 1517 CE (Egypt - Mamluk Sultanate III)
Fall of the Burji dynasty
Capital Loss External Conquest Ruler Assassination Ruler Depose Constitution Change
1884 CE 1942 CE (Orokaiva - Colonial)
Colonial occupation of Orokaiva lands
Fragmentation External Conquest Constitution Change
1528 CE 1570 CE (Inca Empire)
Inca decline and civil war
Population Decline Population Collapse Epidemic Elite Downward Mobility Civil War Capital Loss External Conquest Ruler Assassination Constitution Change
1830 CE 1848 CE (British Empire I)
Chartist Movement
Uprising Labor Change Suffrage Public Goods Change
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
354 BCE 341 BCE (Early Wei Dynasty)
Decine after losses against Qi
1470 CE 1500 CE (Inca Empire)
Inca succession crisis'
Uprising
1425 CE 1450 CE (Grand Principality of Moscow, Mongolian period)
Civil war
Civil War Capital Loss 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)

May 1, 1866 Riot (race) in Tennessee (TN), Memphis: 48 were killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

Jan. 1, 2009 Terrorism in Florida (FL), Miami: 2 were killed.   AP: The Associated Press

June 1, 1976 Riot (ethnic, political) in Illinois (IL), Chicago: 2 were killed.   Hartford Daily Courant Or The Hartford Courant

April 1, 1968 Assassination (political) in Tennessee (TN), Memphis: 1 was killed.   King Institute At Stanford University

April 1, 1898 Riot (labor) in Illinois (IL), Pana: 7 were killed. -

Aug. 1, 1897 Riot (race) in Arkansas (AR), Little Rock: 3 were killed.   The New York Times

Feb. 16, 1988 Terrorism in California (CA), Sunnyvale: 7 were killed.   TVPDB: The Violence Project database of mass shootings in the United States (Version 7)

June 12, 2016 Terrorism (political) in Florida (FL), Orlando: 49 were killed.   MKADB: (Mass Killings in America 2006 - present) Data from the AP-USA

and 1941 more ...