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

Rattanakosin (in: Mainland Southeast Asia) 1782 CE 1873 CE

Mossi (in: West Africa) 1100 CE 1897 CE

Kachi Plain - Proto-Historic Period (in: Pakistan) 1300 BCE 500 BCE

Kingdom of Waalo (in: West Africa) 1287 CE 1855 CE

Archaic Crete (in: Southeastern Europe) 710 BCE 500 BCE

Tabal Kingdoms (in: Anatolia-Caucasus) 900 BCE 730 BCE

Sena Dynasty (in: Eastern South Asia) 1095 CE 1245 CE

Kingdom of Cayor (in: West Africa) 1549 CE 1864 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

Himyar II: Absent 378 CE 525 CE

Yemen - Era of Warlords: Absent 1038 CE 1174 CE

Jenne-jeno IV: Unknown 900 CE 999 CE

Ur - Dynasty III: Present 2112 BCE 2029 BCE

Post-Mauryan Kingdoms: Absent 205 BCE 101 BCE

Kingdom of Norway II: Absent 1263 CE 1380 CE

Timurid Empire: Absent 1370 CE 1526 CE

Ashanti Empire: Present 1702 CE 1895 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 
1280 CE 1295 CE (Benin Empire)
Oguola Edoni
1042 CE 1055 CE (Byzantine Empire II)
Constantine IX Monomachus Theodora (queen)
1411 CE 1437 CE (Holy Roman Empire - Fragmented Period)
Sigismund of Luxembourg Albert II of Habsburg
1041 CE 1067 CE (Pala Empire)
Nayapala Vigrahapala III
69 CE (Roman Empire - Principate)
Otho Vitellius
Overturn Military Revolt Separatist Rebellion Predecessor Assassination
730 CE 765 CE (Pandya Dynasty)
Marvarman Rajsimha I Vargun I
Popular Uprising Separatist Rebellion External Invasion
1328 CE 1350 CE (Majapahit Kingdom)
Tribhuwana Wijayatunggadewi Hayam Wuruk
External Invasion External Inteference
1845 CE 1850 CE (Ethiopia Kingdom III)
Sahle Dengel Yohannes III
Intra-Elite

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 
585 CE 590 CE (Lombard Kingdom)
Civil War
1618 CE 1648 CE (Austria - Habsburg Dynasty I)
Seventeenth Century Crisis, Thirty Years' War
Population Decline Epidemic Elite Downward Mobility Elite Extermination Civil War Religion Change
1060 CE 1085 CE (Northern Song)
Government conflict and Wang An-shi reforms
Public Goods Change
1419 CE 1434 CE (Kingdom of Bohemia - Luxembourgian and Jagiellonian Dynasty)
Hussite Wars
Population Decline Uprising Revolution Civil War Ruler Depose Religion Change
1568 CE 1609 CE (Spanish Empire I)
Eighty Years' War and plague in Habsburg Spain
Population Decline Epidemic Constitution Change
1500 BCE 1430 BCE (Hatti - Old Kingdom)
Fall of Old Kingdom of Hatti
Population Decline Elite Downward Mobility External Conquest
67 BCE 63 BCE (Yehuda)
Hasmonean Civil Wars
Elite Downward Mobility Uprising Civil War External Conquest Ruler Depose Constitution Change
1890 CE 1935 CE (Us Reconstruction-Progressive)
Progressive Era
Labor Change Suffrage Public Goods Change

and 161 more ... coded for 153 Polities

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

Aug. 1, 1854 Riot (ethnic) in New York (NY), White's Corners: 3 were killed.   Hartford Daily Courant Or The Hartford Courant

July 1, 1996 Terrorism (political) in Georgia (GA), Atlanta: 2 were killed.   SPLC: Southern Poverty Law Center

Jan. 1, 1925 Lynching (race) in Tennessee (TN), Dover: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

May 1, 1894 Riot (labor) in Pennsylvania (PA), Connellsville: 4 were killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

July 1, 1919 Riot (race) in Virginia (VA), Norfolk: 6 were killed.   The New York Times

Aug. 1, 1862 Riot (military) in New York (NY), New York City: 1 was killed.   Hartford Daily Courant Or The Hartford Courant

Nov. 1, 2017 Terrorism in Colorado (CO), Thornton: 3 were killed.  

June 1, 1863 Lynching (race) in New York (NY), Newburgh: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

and 1941 more ...