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.

863

Polities

Holy Roman Empire - Hohenstaufen and Welf Dynasties (in: Central Europe) 1126 CE 1254 CE

Maratha Empire (in: Central India) 1674 CE 1818 CE

Carnatic Sultanate (in: Southern South Asia) 1710 CE 1801 CE

Danish Empire (in: Northern Europe) 1815 CE 1940 CE

Early Mongols (in: Mongolia) 1000 CE 1206 CE

Great Moravia (in: Central Europe) 820 CE 907 CE

Chuuk - Early Truk (in: Polynesia) 1775 CE 1886 CE

Papal States - Early Modern Period II (in: Southern Europe) 1648 CE 1809 CE

and 855 more ... in 47 Seshat Regions.

Seshat

General Variables
26 variables 8878 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 26113 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 377 Polities

Human Sacrifice
357 records

Rasulid Dynasty: Absent 1229 CE 1453 CE

Naqada I: Absent 3800 BCE 3551 BCE

Hallstatt B2-3: Absent 900 BCE 701 BCE

Konya Plain - Ceramic Neolithic: Absent 7000 BCE 6601 BCE

Egypt - Dynasty 0: Present 3300 BCE 3101 BCE

Elam - Early Sukkalmah: Absent 1900 BCE 1701 BCE

Erligang: Present 1650 BCE 1251 BCE

Jenne-jeno II: Unknown 50 CE 399 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 
54 CE 68 CE (Roman Empire - Principate)
Nero Galba
Overturn Intra-Elite Military Revolt Predecessor Assassination
210 BCE 207 BCE (Qin Empire)
Second Emperor Qin Er Shi (Êrh Shih Huang Ti, Ying Huhai) Ziying, King of Qin (Ch'in Wang, Shang of Qin)
Overturn Intra-Elite Popular Uprising Predecessor Assassination
530 CE (Northern Wei)
Yuan Ye, Prince of Changguang (Hsiao Chuang Ti) Jiemin of Northern Wei (Yuan Gong, Chieh Min ti)
Overturn Intra-Elite Predecessor Assassination
1310 CE 1346 CE (Kingdom of Bohemia - Luxembourgian and Jagiellonian Dynasty)
John the Blind (Jan Lucemburský) Charles IV (Karel I.)
741 CE (Byzantine Empire I)
Constantine V Artavasdus
Overturn Intra-Elite Military Revolt
511 CE 558 CE (Early Merovingian)
Childebert I Chlothar I
1314 CE 1348 CE (Holy Roman Empire - Fragmented Period)
Louis IV of Bavaria Charles IV of Luxembourg
Intra-Elite
1864 CE 1866 CE (Futa Jallon)
Umaru Sori Ibrahima Sori II

and 3439 more ... coded for 263 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 
190 CE 250 CE (Xianbei Confederation)
Decline of Xianbei Confederation
Elite Downward Mobility Fragmentation Ruler Assassination
1000 CE 1056 CE (Icelandic Commonwealth)
Conversion to Christianity
Constitution Change Religion Change
1454 CE 1455 CE (Oirats)
Death of Esen Taishi and internal unrest
Uprising Civil War Ruler Assassination
1562 CE 1598 CE (French Kingdom - Late Valois)
French Wars of Religion
Population Decline Epidemic Elite Downward Mobility Elite Extermination Uprising Civil War Capital Loss Ruler Assassination
1598 CE 1603 CE (Japan - Azuchi-Momoyama)
Foundation of Tokugawa Shogunate
Elite Downward Mobility Elite Extermination Uprising Ruler Depose
877 CE 888 CE (Carolingian Empire II)
Fragmentation of Carlingian Rule
Uprising Civil War Fragmentation Constitution Change
1200 CE (Khwarezmid Empire)
Tekish dies
Elite Extermination Uprising
585 CE 590 CE (Lombard Kingdom)
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)

April 1, 1904 Riot (military) in Florida (FL), Pensacola: 1 was killed.   Hartford Daily Courant Or The Hartford Courant

Aug. 1, 1855 Riot (ethnic) in Maryland (MD), Baltimore: 2 were killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

July 1, 1978 Insurrection (political, race) in Pennsylvania (PA), Philadelphia: 1 was killed.   Wikipedia

July 1, 1879 Lynching (religion) in Georgia (GA), Whitfield: 1 was killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

July 1, 1868 Riot (race) in Texas (TX): 5 were killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

March 1, 1887 Riot in Mississippi (MS), Christian: 5 were killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

Jan. 1, 1896 Lynching (extralegal) in Louisiana (LA), Hahnville: 3 were killed.   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States

Sept. 1, 1878 Lynching (race) in Ohio (OH), Sandusky: 1 was killed.   The New York Times

and 1938 more ...