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

Kingdom of Saba and Dhu Raydan (in: Arabia) 110 BCE 149 CE

Republic of South Africa (in: Southern Africa) 1920 CE 2020 CE

Elam - Early Sukkalmah (in: Iran) 1900 BCE 1701 BCE

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

Qasimid Dynasty XXXXXXX (in: Arabia) 1637 CE 1805 CE

Neolithic Yemen (in: Arabia) 3500 BCE 1201 BCE

Swiss Confederation - Napoleonic period (in: Central Europe) 1799 CE 1848 CE

Sabaean Commonwealth (in: Arabia) 800 BCE 451 BCE

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

Delhi Sultanate: Absent 1207 CE 1339 CE

Funan II: Unknown 540 CE 639 CE

Abbasid Caliphate II: Absent 1191 CE 1207 CE

Qatabanian Commonwealth: Absent 450 BCE 111 BCE

Kansai - Kofun Period: Absent 250 CE 537 CE

Egypt - Thebes-Libyan Period: Absent 1069 BCE 761 BCE

Yemen - Era of Warlords: Absent 1038 CE 1174 CE

Kampili Kingdom: Absent 1280 CE 1310 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 
632 CE 634 CE (Yemen Hijaz)
Abu Bakr Umar
1304 CE 1316 CE (Ilkhanate)
Oljeitu Abu Said
1080 CE 1100 CE (Ghur Principality)
Malik Qutb al-D¯ın Hasan Malik c Izz al-D¯ın Husayn
1885 CE 1889 CE (Us Reconstruction-Progressive)
Grover Cleveland Benjamin Harrison
847 CE 855 CE (Medang Kingdom)
Pikatan Kayuwangi
1560 CE 1580 CE (Allada)
Agbande Kin-Ha
54 CE 86 CE (Satavahana Empire)
Nahapana Gautimaputra Satkarni
1831 CE 1832 CE (Imamate of Futa Toro)
Interregnum Yusuf

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 
1325 CE 1361 CE (Chagatai Khanate)
Fragmentation of Chagatai Khanate
Uprising Fragmentation External Conquest Ruler Assassination Ruler Depose
950 BCE 900 BCE (Neo-Hittite Kingdoms)
Decline of Neo-Hittites
Fragmentation External Conquest Constitution Change
2150 BCE (Egypt - Late Old Kingdom)
Collapse of Old Kingdom state
Population Decline Elite Downward Mobility Revolution Successful Revolution Civil War Fragmentation Constitution Change
1809 CE 1831 CE (Shuar - Colonial)
Uprising and Rebellion against the Spaniards
Uprising Revolution Constitution Change
640 CE 660 CE (Wari Empire)
Wari Crisis in the Seventh Century
Population Decline Population Collapse Epidemic Uprising Civil War
1140 CE 1300 CE (Chaco Canyon - Late Bonito phase)
Site abandonment, internal conflict, increasing inequality
Population Decline Lasted > a Century
523 CE 535 CE (Northern Wei)
Rebellions and Civil War
Uprising Civil War Fragmentation Ruler Assassination Ruler Depose
772 CE 778 CE (Medang Kingdom)
Hindu-Buddhist Struggles
Religion Change

and 161 more ... coded for 153 Polities

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

Nov. 1, 1980 Terrorism (work) in Nevada (NV), Reno: 5 were killed.   The New York Times

Feb. 1, 2001 Terrorism (work) in Illinois (IL), Melrose Park: 6 were killed.   MJ: Mother Jones

May 1, 1861 Riot (section) in Missouri (MO), St. Louis: 2 were killed.   Hartford Daily Courant Or The Hartford Courant

May 1, 1919 Riot (race) in Georgia (GA), Milan: 2 were killed. -

July 1, 1967 Riot (race) in North Carolina (NC), Wadesboro: 1 was killed.   Hartford Daily Courant Or The Hartford Courant

May 1, 1918 Lynching (race) in Tennessee (TN), Erwin: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

April 1, 2013 Terrorism in Massachusetts (MA), Boston: 5 were killed.   Boston Globe

July 1, 1964 Riot (race) in New York (NY), Harlem, New York City: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

and 1941 more ...