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

Lohara Dynasty (in: North India) 1003 CE 1255 CE

Lakhmid Kigdom (in: Arabia) 400 CE 611 CE

Nayaks of Madurai (in: Southern India) 1529 CE 1736 CE

Egypt - Mamluk Sultanate III (in: Northeast Africa) 1412 CE 1517 CE

Latin Empire (in: Anatolia-Caucasus) 1204 CE 1261 CE

Western Satraps (in: Pakistan) 35 CE 405 CE

Tairona (in: Caribbean) 1050 CE 1524 CE

Visigothic Kingdom (in: Southern Europe) 418 CE 711 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

Hephthalite Empire: Absent 426 CE 561 CE

Yemen - Tahirid Dynasty: Absent 1454 CE 1517 CE

Byzantine Empire II: Absent 867 CE 1072 CE

Cuzco - Late Formative: Absent 1 CE 199 CE

French Kingdom - Early Bourbon: Absent 1589 CE 1659 CE

Yemen Ziyadid Dynasty: Absent 822 CE 1037 CE

Great Ming: Transitional (Present -> Absent) 1368 CE 1463 CE

Sind - Abbasid-Fatimid Period: Absent 862 CE 1192 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 
1725 CE 1727 CE (Russian Empire, Romanov Dynasty I)
Catherine I Peter II
1860 CE 1863 CE (Kingdom of Saloum)
Fakha Fall Maba Jakhu Ba
Popular Uprising
645 CE (Early Classic Tikal)
24th Ruler Nuun Ujol Chaak ("Shield Skull")
1154 CE 1155 CE (Kievan Rus)
Rostislav I Yuri I the Long Hands
External Invasion
1849 CE 1850 CE (Antebellum US)
Zachary Taylor Millard Fillmore
641 CE 668 CE (Byzantine Empire I)
Constans II, Pogonatus (or Heraclius) Constantine IV
Overturn Intra-Elite Military Revolt Predecessor Assassination
1210 CE 1211 CE (Polonnaruwa)
Lokissara Lilavati
Overturn Military Revolt
1206 CE 1215 CE (Ghur Principality)
Moʿezz-al-Dīn Tāj-al-Dīn Yïldïz (Īldūz)

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 
1337 CE 1453 CE (French Kingdom - Early Valois)
Hundred Years' War
Population Decline Population Collapse Epidemic Elite Downward Mobility Elite Extermination Uprising Civil War Lasted > a Century Fragmentation Capital Loss External Conquest Ruler Depose Constitution Change
671 BCE 656 BCE (Egypt - Kushite Period)
Fall of Kushite Kingdom
Fragmentation External Conquest Ruler Depose
1193 CE 1260 CE (Ayyubid Sultanate)
Decline and fall of Ayyubid dynasty
Population Decline Uprising Fragmentation External Conquest 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
1516 CE 1517 CE (Egypt - Mamluk Sultanate III)
Fall of the Burji dynasty
Capital Loss External Conquest Ruler Assassination Ruler Depose Constitution Change
900 CE 1000 CE (Monte Alban V Early Postclassic)
Fragmentation of Monte Albán state
Lasted > a Century Fragmentation
180 CE 189 CE (Kansai - Yayoi Period)
Civil War of Wa
Elite Downward Mobility Civil War
640 CE 660 CE (Wari Empire)
Wari Crisis in the Seventh Century
Population Decline Population Collapse Epidemic Uprising Civil War

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, 1886 Lynching (race) in Virginia (VA), Prince Edward: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

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

Oct. 24, 2003 Terrorism in Idaho (ID), Oldtown: 4 were killed.   TVPDB: The Violence Project database of mass shootings in the United States (Version 7)

June 3, 1999 Terrorism in Nevada (NV), Las Vegas: 4 were killed.   TVPDB: The Violence Project database of mass shootings in the United States (Version 7)

Sept. 1, 1930 Lynching (race) in Georgia (GA), Thomasville: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

Feb. 1, 1934 Riot (labor) in Alabama (AL), Jefferson: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

July 1, 2003 Terrorism (work) in Mississippi (MS), Meridian: 7 were killed.   Wikipedia

June 1, 1921 Riot (race) in Oklahoma (OK), Tulsa: 250 were killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

and 1941 more ...