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int64
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10 values
132
IqAbbs1
750
946
Abbasid Caliphate I
iq_abbasid_cal_1
LEGACY
In 750 CE, following a revolt, Abbasid rulers took power from the Umayyad Dynasty under Abu al-'Abbas al-Saffah. To secure his rule, Abu al-'Abbass al-Saffah sought to destroy the male line descending from Fatima and Ali, §REF§ (Zayzafoon 2005, 139) Lamia Ben Youssef Zayzafoon. 2005. <i>The Production of the Muslim Wom...
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null
null
null
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
8
Southern Mesopotamia
Levant-Mesopotamia
44.42
32.47
Babylon (Hillah)
IQ
Iraq
Southwest Asia
62
Mesopotamia
Iraq, Kuwait
{'id': 11, 'name': 'Southwest Asia'}
484
IqAbbs2
1,191
1,258
Abbasid Caliphate II
iq_abbasid_cal_2
LEGACY
The Second Abbasid Period (1191-1258 CE) was mostly remarkable for the city of Baghdad which is usually estimated to have had about 1 million inhabitants at the time of the Mongol sack in 1258 CE.<br>With the Mongol sack of Baghdad in 1258 CE "the culture, science and learning for which Baghdad had been known for centu...
null
null
null
null
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
8
Southern Mesopotamia
Levant-Mesopotamia
44.42
32.47
Babylon (Hillah)
IQ
Iraq
Southwest Asia
62
Mesopotamia
Iraq, Kuwait
{'id': 11, 'name': 'Southwest Asia'}
107
IrAchae
-550
-331
Achaemenid Empire
ir_achaemenid_emp
LEGACY
The Achaemenid Empire was established by Cyrus II 'the Great', who inherited the small kingdom of Persia (named after the capital city, Persis) in southwest Iran, a vassal territory of the larger Median Empire to the Northwest. From 553 to 550 BCE, Cyrus led his fellow Persians against Median hegemony (even though the ...
null
null
null
null
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
9
Susiana
Levant-Mesopotamia
48.235564
32.382851
Susa (Shush)
IR
Iran
Southwest Asia
45
Iran
Iran
{'id': 11, 'name': 'Southwest Asia'}
637
so_adal_sultanate
1,375
1,543
Adal Sultanate
so_adal_sultanate
POL_AFR_EAST
The Adal Sultanate was one of the earliest Islamic Sultanates in the Somali region. The Adal, which was part of the Walasma Dynasty, was originally established in the late 9th or early 10th centuries based at the costal port city of Zelia on the Gulf of Aden. §REF§ (Mukhtar 2016, Encyclopedia of Empire) Mukhtar, Mohame...
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null
null
null
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
2
East Africa
Tanzania, Burundi, Uganda, So Sudan, Somalia, Ethiopia, Eritrea
{'id': 2, 'name': 'Africa'}
872
tn_aghlabid_dyn
800
908
Aghlabid Dynasty
tn_aghlabid_dyn
OTHER_TAG
null
Aghlabid Dynasty
null
2024-04-30T13:35:38.451828Z
2024-04-30T13:35:38.451849Z
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
3
Maghreb
From Morocco to Libya
{'id': 2, 'name': 'Africa'}
879
in_ahmadnagar_sultanate
1,490
1,636
Ahmadnagar Sultanate
in_ahmadnagar_sultanate
OTHER_TAG
null
Ahmadnagar Sultanate
null
2024-05-06T10:03:30.630491Z
2024-05-06T10:03:30.630504Z
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
40
Southern India
Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
{'id': 9, 'name': 'South Asia'}
639
so_ajuran_sultanate
1,250
1,700
Ajuran Sultanate
so_ajuran_sultanate
POL_AFR_EAST
The Ajuran Sultanate originated in the mid-sixteenth century as a leading clan of confederated states which included the Muzzafar Dynasty of Mogadishu. The Ajuran Sultanate controlled the Shabelle valley in southern Somalia all the way to the Kenyan border. §REF§ (Mukhtar 2003, 35) Mukhtar, Mohamed H. 2003. Historical ...
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null
null
null
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
2
East Africa
Tanzania, Burundi, Uganda, So Sudan, Somalia, Ethiopia, Eritrea
{'id': 2, 'name': 'Africa'}
508
IrAkKoy
1,339
1,501
Ak Koyunlu
ir_ak_koyunlu
LEGACY
The Ak Koyunlu were a loose confederation of nomadic Turkman tribes that ruled in Iran between 1339-1501 CE. §REF§ (Quiring-Zoche 2011) R Quiring-Zoche. 2011. Aq Qoyunlu. <a class="external free" href="http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/aq-qoyunlu-confederation" rel="nofollow">http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/a...
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null
null
2024-11-20T13:24:55.592756Z
{'id': 137, 'text': 'a new_private_comment_text new approach for polity'}
9
Susiana
Levant-Mesopotamia
48.235564
32.382851
Susa (Shush)
IR
Iran
Southwest Asia
45
Iran
Iran
{'id': 11, 'name': 'Southwest Asia'}
113
GhAshnE
1,501
1,701
Akan - Pre-Ashanti
gh_akan
LEGACY
The gold-producing region between the Comoé and Volta rivers has been inhabited by Akan-speaking people since the 13th century CE. This region has seen the emergence of various autonomous states, including Bono, Djomo, Akwamu, Fante, and Asante. Later in its history, the founders of the Ga and Ewe states arrived from w...
null
null
null
null
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
7
Ghanaian Coast
West Africa
-0.21792
5.573135
Accra
GH
Ghana
Africa
7
West Africa
From Senegal to Gabon (Tropical)
{'id': 2, 'name': 'Africa'}
476
IqAkkad
-2,270
-2,083
Akkadian Empire
iq_akkad_emp
LEGACY
The polity at Akkad in Iraq is often thought to represent the "first world empire". §REF§ (Brisch 2013, 120) N Brisch. 2013. History and chronology. In: H. Crawford (ed.), <i>The Sumerian World.</i>London and New York: Routledge, 111-130. §REF§ §REF§ Liverani 1993 §REF§ Its name derives from city of Akkad (Agade, loc...
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null
null
null
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
8
Southern Mesopotamia
Levant-Mesopotamia
44.42
32.47
Babylon (Hillah)
IQ
Iraq
Southwest Asia
62
Mesopotamia
Iraq, Kuwait
{'id': 11, 'name': 'Southwest Asia'}
578
mo_alawi_dyn_1
1,631
1,727
Alaouite Dynasty I
mo_alawi_dyn_1
LEGACY
<br>“In 1666 Mawlay al-Rashid was proclaimed sultan in Fez as the first ruler of the new 'Alawi dynasty. In 1669 he conquered Marrakesh and two years later, in 1671, his envoy came to Timbuktu and 'the army pledged allegiance to Mawlay al-Rashid'.2 In other words, as soon as a new Sharifian dynasty assumed authority in...
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null
null
null
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
3
Maghreb
From Morocco to Libya
{'id': 2, 'name': 'Africa'}
585
mo_alawi_dyn_2
1,728
1,912
Alawi Dynasty
mo_alawi_dyn_2
LEGACY
null
null
JR: this seems to be missing from SeshatPolsVars. The polity dates were off, 10,000 BCE to 2000 CE, so have changed to 1728-1912 to follow on from mo_alawi_dyn_1. 1912 is when Morocco became a French Protectorate. Do we have any other data on this polity? If so, date range should be harmonized with it. MB: It is only ...
null
2024-04-15T14:47:23.856471Z
{'id': 19, 'text': 'a new_private_comment_text new approach for polity'}
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
3
Maghreb
From Morocco to Libya
{'id': 2, 'name': 'Africa'}
659
ni_allada_k
1,100
1,724
Allada
ni_allada_k
POL_AFR_WEST
null
null
null
null
null
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
7
West Africa
From Senegal to Gabon (Tropical)
{'id': 2, 'name': 'Africa'}
225
MaAlmoh
1,123
1,248
Almohad Empire
ma_almohad_emp
LEGACY
null
null
null
null
null
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
3
Maghreb
From Morocco to Libya
{'id': 2, 'name': 'Africa'}
223
MaAlmor
1,035
1,150
Almoravids
ma_almoravid_dyn
LEGACY
null
null
null
null
2023-11-07T13:28:52.474216Z
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
3
Maghreb
From Morocco to Libya
{'id': 2, 'name': 'Africa'}
214
SdAlodia
600
1,504
Alodia Kingdom
sd_alodia
LEGACY
null
null
null
null
null
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
4
Northeast Africa
Egypt and Sudan (the Nile Basin)
{'id': 2, 'name': 'Africa'}
479
IqBabAm
-2,000
-1,600
Amorite Babylonia
iq_babylonia_1
LEGACY
The Amorites were a tribal group from the Levant area of Semitic descent. They migrated towards Mesopotamia and Amorite names can be seen in Mesopotamian literature throughout the 3rd millennium BCE. By the 2nd millennium BCE a number of Amorites had managed to gain control of Mesopotamian city-states in the power vacu...
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null
null
null
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
8
Southern Mesopotamia
Levant-Mesopotamia
44.42
32.47
Babylon (Hillah)
IQ
Iraq
Southwest Asia
62
Mesopotamia
Iraq, Kuwait
{'id': 11, 'name': 'Southwest Asia'}
465
UzKhw01
-1,000
-521
Ancient Khwarazm
uz_khwarasm_1
LEGACY
"The most interesting Early Iron Age culture of ancient Khorezm was that of Amirabad in the tenth to eighth centuries b.c.2 Dozens more settlements were found in the lower reaches of the former channels of Akcha Darya, the ancient delta of the Amu Darya. The most interesting was Yakka-Parsan II, alongside which were fo...
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null
null
null
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
23
Sogdiana
Turkestan
66.93817
39.631284
Samarkand
UZ
Uzbekistan
Central Eurasia
13
Turkestan
Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakstan, Xinjiang
{'id': 3, 'name': 'Central and Northern Eurasia'}
463
KzAndro
-1,800
-1,200
Andronovo
kz_andronovo
LEGACY
The Andronovo culture, named for the village where the first archaeological remains identified as belonging to the culture were discovered, is a blanket term for the groups of people who inhabited the Kazakh steppe between 1800 and 1200 BCE. §REF§ (Cunliffe 2015, 142) Cunliffe, Barry. 2015. By Steppe, Desert, and Ocean...
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null
null
null
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
23
Sogdiana
Turkestan
66.93817
39.631284
Samarkand
UZ
Uzbekistan
Central Eurasia
13
Turkestan
Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakstan, Xinjiang
{'id': 3, 'name': 'Central and Northern Eurasia'}
574
gb_anglo_saxon
410
926
Anglo-Saxon England I
gb_anglo_saxon_1
LEGACY
<br>Anglo-Saxon England existed between the fall of Roman Britain in 410 CE and the quickly subsequent mass migration into the region of the Germanic speaking Angle, Saxon, and Jute tribes from western Europe, until the Norman invasion and conquest of 1066.<br>“The most developed vision of a ‘big’ sub-Roman Britain, wi...
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null
null
2024-11-18T10:50:32.224192Z
{'id': 122, 'text': 'a new_private_comment_text new approach for polity'}
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
20
Western Europe
British Isles, France, Low Countries
{'id': 5, 'name': 'Europe'}
606
gb_england_k
927
1,065
Anglo-Saxon England II
gb_anglo_saxon_2
LEGACY
<br>The Kingdom of England was formed in 927 CE when the independent kingdoms of Wessex, Northumbria, Mercia, East Anglia, Danelaw (the Danish occupied kingdom) and the minor kingdoms of Essex, Sussex, and Kent were finally unified as one country after under King Æthelstan, after a drawn-out process of conflict and con...
null
null
2023-07-10T15:44:50.145449Z
2024-05-16T13:37:00.545128Z
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
20
Western Europe
British Isles, France, Low Countries
{'id': 5, 'name': 'Europe'}
563
us_antebellum
1,776
1,865
Antebellum US
us_antebellum
LEGACY
<br>This polity period spans from American Independence in 1776 following the American Revolution, until 1865 with the end of the American Civil War.
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null
null
null
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
22
East Coast
East Coast of US
{'id': 7, 'name': 'North America'}
908
gr_antigonid_emp
-311
-168
Antigonid Dynasty
gr_antigonid_emp
OTHER_TAG
null
null
null
2024-10-16T10:07:56.530285Z
2024-10-16T10:07:56.530302Z
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
19
Southeastern Europe
Frm. Yugoslavia, Romania-Moldova, Bulgaria, Albania, Greece
{'id': 5, 'name': 'Europe'}
633
sl_anuradhapura_1
-300
70
Anurādhapura I
sl_anuradhapura_1
POL_SA_SI
“The city of Anuradhapura is located in the North-Central Province of Sri Lanka, a semi-arid zone situated in the island’s ‘Dry Zone’ characterized by low level plains, punctuated with low granitic outcrops. Human occupation in the region is almost entirely dependent upon large-scale irrigation works, first constructed...
null
null
null
2025-04-15T09:38:52.945098Z
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
63
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
{'id': 9, 'name': 'South Asia'}
635
sl_anuradhapura_2
70
428
Anurādhapura II
sl_anuradhapura_2
POL_SA_SI
“The dynasty of Devānampiya Tissa became extinct in the first century AD. We do not know how this happened. One significant feature of the subsequent political history of Sri Lanka was that the right to the throne appeared to lie with one of two powerful clans, the Lambakannas and the Moriyas. By the beginning of the f...
null
null
null
2025-04-15T09:39:37.015180Z
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
63
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
{'id': 9, 'name': 'South Asia'}
631
sl_anuradhapura_3
428
614
Anurādhapura III
sl_anuradhapura_3
POL_SA_SI
“In the fifth century, the Moriyas were able to ascend the throne after more than five centuries of Lambakanna dominance. Two hundred years of open conflict between the two clans followed, until the last Moriya king was overthrown in 614 and the dominance of the Lambakannas re-established. Later in that century, the re...
null
null
null
2025-04-15T09:39:54.138796Z
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
63
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
{'id': 9, 'name': 'South Asia'}
629
sl_anuradhapura_4
614
1,017
Anurādhapura IV
sl_anuradhapura_4
POL_SA_SI
“Indeed Dhātusena (455–73) had hardly consolidated his position when he was murdered by his son Kassapa who usurped the throne at Anurādhapura at the expense of Moggallāna I, Kassapa’s brother, whom Dhātusena had been grooming as his legitimate successor. There was, for a brief period under Upatissa II (517–18) and his...
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null
null
2025-04-15T09:40:11.090015Z
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
63
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
{'id': 9, 'name': 'South Asia'}
320
EsAragn
1,035
1,163
Aragon Kingdom
es_aragon_k
LEGACY
null
null
Changing the date range to 1035-1163 (formerly 1035-1479) -- subsequent period to be covered by a new polity, Crown of Aragon
null
2024-04-15T14:32:52.138025Z
{'id': 11, 'text': 'a new_private_comment_text new approach for polity'}
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
18
Southern Europe
Iberia, Italy
{'id': 5, 'name': 'Europe'}
6
MxArch*
-6,000
-2,001
Archaic Basin of Mexico
mx_basin_of_mexico_1
LEGACY
The Basin or Valley of Mexico is a highlands plateau in central Mexico roughly corresponding to modern-day Mexico City. Here, we are interested in the phase of its prehistory known as the Archaic or Pre-Ceramic period (c. 6000-2001 BCE). This period may be described as a long, gradual transition from a lifestyle centre...
null
null
null
2024-08-13T11:26:42.083068Z
{'id': 80, 'text': 'a new_private_comment_text new approach for polity'}
27
Basin of Mexico
Mexico
-99.13
19.43
Ciudad de Mexico
MX
Mexico
North America
23
Mexico
Mexico
{'id': 7, 'name': 'North America'}
67
GrCrArc
-710
-500
Archaic Crete
gr_crete_archaic
LEGACY
Crete is a large island in the Eastern Mediterranean. The Archaic Crete (7th-6th centuries) is divided in the following periods: Orientalizing or Daedalic or Early Archaic (710-600 BCE) and Archaic Archaic (600-500).<br>There was no capital city as Crete was divided into territorial entities, each one centered upon a c...
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null
null
null
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
4
Crete
Southeastern Europe
25.1442
35.3387
Heraklion
GR
Greece
Europe
19
Southeastern Europe
Frm. Yugoslavia, Romania-Moldova, Bulgaria, Albania, Greece
{'id': 5, 'name': 'Europe'}
726
ar_argentina_rep_1
1,816
1,983
Argentine Republic I
ar_argentina_rep_1
OTHER_TAG
null
null
null
null
null
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
33
Southern South America
Parguay, Uruguay, Argentina
{'id': 6, 'name': 'South America and Caribbean'}
351
AmArtax
-188
6
Armenian Kingdom
am_artaxiad_dyn
LEGACY
<br>The founder of the dynasty was Artaxias I who ascended as King of Greater Armenia in 188 BCE.§REF§Hovannisian 2004: 47. https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/8B4DBDFU§REF§<br>Although Armenia had a strong Iranian culture, particularly with religion, it was greatly influenced by Hellenistic Gre...
null
null
null
2023-11-10T15:00:02.602254Z
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
43
Anatolia-Caucasus
Turkey, Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan
{'id': 11, 'name': 'Southwest Asia'}
665
ni_aro
1,690
1,902
Aro
ni_aro
POL_AFR_WEST
null
null
null
null
null
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
7
West Africa
From Senegal to Gabon (Tropical)
{'id': 2, 'name': 'Africa'}
114
GhAshnL
1,701
1,895
Ashanti Empire
gh_ashanti_emp
LEGACY
The gold-producing region between the Comoé and Volta rivers has been inhabited by Akan-speaking people since the 13th century CE. This region has seen the emergence of various autonomous states, including Bono, Djomo, Akwamu, Fante, and Asante. Later in its history, the founders of the Ga and Ewe states arrived from w...
null
null
null
null
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
7
Ghanaian Coast
West Africa
-0.21792
5.573135
Accra
GH
Ghana
Africa
7
West Africa
From Senegal to Gabon (Tropical)
{'id': 2, 'name': 'Africa'}
149
JpAshik
1,336
1,467
Ashikaga Shogunate
jp_ashikaga
LEGACY
The period between 1336 and 1467 CE in Japan is known by several different names but is referred to here as 'Muromachi Ashikaga', a combination of two designations used in isolation in some sources. Muromachi, a district of Kyoto, was the base of the shogunate's power, while Ashikaga is the name of the family who serve...
null
null
null
null
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
21
Kansai
Northeast Asia
135.7622
35.02528
Kyoto
JP
Japan
East Asia
14
Northeast Asia
Korea, Japan, forest part of Manchuria, Russian Far East
{'id': 4, 'name': 'East Asia'}
373
RuAstrakh
1,466
1,556
Astrakhan Khanate
ru_astrakhan_khanate
LEGACY
null
null
null
null
null
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
10
Pontic-Caspian
The steppe belt of Ukraine and European Russia
{'id': 3, 'name': 'Central and Northern Eurasia'}
146
JpAsuka
538
710
Asuka
jp_asuka
LEGACY
The last segment of the Kofun period is often designated by historians as Asuka period on the basis of the intoduction of the Buddhism religion in 538 CE. §REF§ G. Barnes, 2007. State formation in Japan: Emergence of a 4th-century ruling elite. Routledge, 15. §REF§ §REF§ Brooks, T, 2013. "Early Japanese Urbanism: A St...
null
null
null
2023-12-19T08:45:11.147310Z
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
21
Kansai
Northeast Asia
135.7622
35.02528
Kyoto
JP
Japan
East Asia
14
Northeast Asia
Korea, Japan, forest part of Manchuria, Russian Far East
{'id': 4, 'name': 'East Asia'}
448
FrAtlBA
-2,200
-1,000
Atlantic Complex
fr_atlantic_complex
LEGACY
The Early Bronze Age on the Atlantic seaboard of Western Europe lasted from around 1800 to 1300 BCE. §REF§ (Peregrine 2001, 412) Peregrine, P. N. 2001. Western European Earlier Bronze Age. In Peregrine, P.N. and M. Ember (eds) <i>Encyclopedia of Prehistory. Volume 4: Europe</i>, pp.412-414. New York: Kluwer Academic/Pl...
null
null
null
null
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
2
Paris Basin
Western Europe
2.312458
48.866111
Paris
FR
France
Europe
20
Western Europe
British Isles, France, Low Countries
{'id': 5, 'name': 'Europe'}
347
IrAtrop
-323
200
Atropatene Kingdom
ir_atropatene_k
LEGACY
null
null
null
null
null
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
45
Iran
Iran
{'id': 11, 'name': 'Southwest Asia'}
759
as_australia_colonial
1,803
1,901
Australia Colonial Period
as_australia_colonial
OTHER_TAG
null
null
null
null
null
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
28
Australia
Australia
{'id': 8, 'name': 'Oceania-Australia'}
565
at_habsburg_1
1,454
1,648
Austria - Habsburg Dynasty I
at_habsburg_1
OTHER_TAG
Frederick III from the House of Habsburg was crowned Holy Roman Emperor in 1452, marking the beginning of an almost unbroken line of Habsburg Emperors.§REF§Heinig, Kaiser Friedrich III. (1440-1493).<a href="https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/LA5W94UA" target="_blank" class="fw-bolder"> <b> Zote...
null
null
null
2024-03-12T10:04:15.712719Z
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
15
Central Europe
Germany, Switzerland, Poland, Austria, Hungary, Czechia, Slovakia
{'id': 5, 'name': 'Europe'}
567
at_habsburg_2
1,649
1,918
Austria - Habsburg Dynasty II
at_habsburg_2
LEGACY
The Peace of Westphalia in 1648 ended the Thirty Years' War, the Habsburgs faced the task of consolidating their fragmented territories, this era was marked by a series of succession wars, reflecting the Habsburgs' quest for territorial expansion and dynastic security.§REF§Arndt, Der Dreißigjährige Krieg.<a href="https...
null
null
null
2024-03-12T09:42:59.315585Z
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
15
Central Europe
Germany, Switzerland, Poland, Austria, Hungary, Czechia, Slovakia
{'id': 5, 'name': 'Europe'}
572
at_austro_hungarian_emp
1,867
1,918
Austro-Hungarian Monarchy
at_austro_hungarian_emp
LEGACY
<br>“The Ausgleich (“compromise”) reached with Hungary in 1867 was a major concession for Franz Joseph, and it created the so-called dualist Austria-Hungary that existed until 1918… The arrangement was dualist because it was not federalist. Rather than parceling out the monarchy into a structure in which the Austro-Ger...
null
null
null
2024-03-12T11:15:02.803449Z
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
15
Central Europe
Germany, Switzerland, Poland, Austria, Hungary, Czechia, Slovakia
{'id': 5, 'name': 'Europe'}
382
MmAva
1,364
1,527
Ava Kingdom
mm_ava_k
LEGACY
null
null
null
null
null
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
41
Mainland Southeast Asia
Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, south Vietnam
{'id': 10, 'name': 'Southeast Asia'}
284
HuAvarK
586
822
Avar Khaganate
hu_avar_khaganate
LEGACY
null
null
Propose changing polID to hu_avar_khaganate
null
2024-03-13T11:07:57.528021Z
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
15
Central Europe
Germany, Switzerland, Poland, Austria, Hungary, Czechia, Slovakia
{'id': 5, 'name': 'Europe'}
208
EtAksm1
-149
349
Axum I
et_aksum_emp_1
LEGACY
An empire with Aksum as its capital dominated the northern highlands of Ethiopia from the first to the seventh century CE. ". §REF§ (Hatke 2013) George Hatke. 2013. Aksum and Nubia: Warfare, Commerce, and Political Fictions in Ancient Northeast Africa (Institute for the Study of the Ancient World). New York University ...
null
null
null
2023-10-31T10:41:53.708288Z
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
12
Yemeni Coastal Plain
Arabia
43.315739
14.850891
Sanaa
YE
Yemen
Southwest Asia
2
East Africa
Tanzania, Burundi, Uganda, So Sudan, Somalia, Ethiopia, Eritrea
{'id': 2, 'name': 'Africa'}
210
EtAksm2
350
599
Axum II
et_aksum_emp_2
LEGACY
null
null
null
null
2023-10-31T10:42:19.731432Z
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
2
East Africa
Tanzania, Burundi, Uganda, So Sudan, Somalia, Ethiopia, Eritrea
{'id': 2, 'name': 'Africa'}
213
EtAksm3
600
800
Axum III
et_aksum_emp_3
LEGACY
null
null
null
null
2023-10-31T10:42:38.095859Z
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
2
East Africa
Tanzania, Burundi, Uganda, So Sudan, Somalia, Ethiopia, Eritrea
{'id': 2, 'name': 'Africa'}
44
ThAyuth
1,593
1,767
Ayutthaya
th_ayutthaya
LEGACY
The city of Ayutthaya was founded in 1351 CE in the Chao Phraya Basin, in modern-day Thailand, and soon emerged as a dominant force in the region, turning neighbouring <i>mueang</i>, or city-states, into its tributaries. §REF§ (Baker and Phongpaichit 2009, xv, 7-13) Chris Baker and Pasuk Phongpaichit. 2009. <i>A Histor...
null
null
null
null
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
17
Cambodian Basin
Siam
103.8667
13.4125
Angkor Wat
KH
Cambodia
Southeast Asia
41
Mainland Southeast Asia
Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, south Vietnam
{'id': 10, 'name': 'Southeast Asia'}
367
EgAyyub
1,171
1,250
Ayyubid Sultanate
eg_ayyubid_sultanate
LEGACY
The Ayyubid Sultanate was established in Egypt by Saladin (Ṣalāḥ-al-dīn), a member of the Kurdish Ayyubid family who had risen to prominence in Syria in the service of a local ruling dynasty, the Zangids. §REF§ (Humphreys 1987) R. S. Humphreys. 1987. 'Ayyubids', <i>Encyclopӕdia Iranica</i> III/2, pp. 164-67; an updated...
null
null
null
null
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
5
Upper Egypt
Northeastern Africa
32.714706
25.725715
Luxor
EG
Egypt
Africa
4
Northeast Africa
Egypt and Sudan (the Nile Basin)
{'id': 2, 'name': 'Africa'}
16
MxAztec
1,427
1,526
Aztec Empire
mx_aztec_emp
LEGACY
The Basin or Valley of Mexico is a highlands plateau in central Mexico roughly corresponding to modern-day Mexico City. Here, we are interested in the phase of its prehistory known as the Late Postclassic period, when the Aztecs or Mexica rose to power (c. 1427-1526 CE). The Aztec Empire was born from the "Triple Allia...
null
null
null
null
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
27
Basin of Mexico
Mexico
-99.13
19.43
Ciudad de Mexico
MX
Mexico
North America
23
Mexico
Mexico
{'id': 7, 'name': 'North America'}
510
EgBadar
-4,400
-3,800
Badarian
eg_badarian
LEGACY
The Badarian, a Neolithic archaeological culture located in Upper Egypt and dating from c. 4400 to 3300 BCE, was first described in 1928 by archaeologists Guy Brunton and Gertrude Caton-Thompson, who excavated in the Badari district near Assyut. §REF§ (Hassan 1988, 138) F. A. Hassan. 1988. 'The Predynastic of Egypt'. <...
null
null
null
null
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
5
Upper Egypt
Northeastern Africa
32.714706
25.725715
Luxor
EG
Egypt
Africa
4
Northeast Africa
Egypt and Sudan (the Nile Basin)
{'id': 2, 'name': 'Africa'}
379
MmPagan
1,044
1,287
Bagan
mm_bagan
LEGACY
null
null
null
null
2023-11-14T13:55:38.367148Z
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
41
Mainland Southeast Asia
Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, south Vietnam
{'id': 10, 'name': 'Southeast Asia'}
411
InBahma
1,347
1,518
Bahmani Sultanate
in_bahmani_sultanate
LEGACY
null
null
null
null
2025-04-08T15:48:16.237373Z
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
40
Southern India
Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
{'id': 9, 'name': 'South Asia'}
262
KrBalha
698
926
Balhae Kingdom
kr_balhae_k
LEGACY
null
null
null
null
null
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
14
Northeast Asia
Korea, Japan, forest part of Manchuria, Russian Far East
{'id': 4, 'name': 'East Asia'}
434
MlBaman
1,712
1,861
Bamana kingdom
ml_bamana_k
LEGACY
The Bamana Kingdom was founded in 1712 by Biton Kulibali §REF§ (Brett-Smith 2002, 940) Sarah C. Brett-Smith. 2002. 'Bamana Identity, State Formation, and the Sources of Bamana Art'. <i>American Anthropologist</i> 104 (3): 939-52. §REF§ and became part of the Tukulor (or Toucouleur) empire in 1861, when El Hajj Umar Ta...
null
null
null
null
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
6
Niger Inland Delta
Sahel
-3.041703
16.717549
Timbuctu
ML
Mali
Africa
7
West Africa
From Senegal to Gabon (Tropical)
{'id': 2, 'name': 'Africa'}
828
ba_bosnia_banate
1,154
1,376
Banate of Bosnia
ba_bosnia_banate
OTHER_TAG
null
Banate of Bosnia
null
2024-04-09T14:06:42.415836Z
2024-04-09T14:06:42.415847Z
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
19
Southeastern Europe
Frm. Yugoslavia, Romania-Moldova, Bulgaria, Albania, Greece
{'id': 5, 'name': 'Europe'}
226
IbBnGhn
1,126
1,227
Banu Ghaniya
ib_banu_ghaniya
LEGACY
null
null
null
null
null
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
3
Maghreb
From Morocco to Libya
{'id': 2, 'name': 'Africa'}
481
IqBazi*
-1,005
-986
Bazi Dynasty
iq_bazi_dyn
LEGACY
This period begins with the ascension of the founder of the Bazi dynasty, Eulmash-shakin-shumi in 1005 BCE after a turbulent period of famine and invasions. §REF§ (Brinkman, 297) Brinkman, J.A. 1982. “Babylonia.” In <i>The Cambridge Ancient History, Vol. 3, Part 1: The Prehistory of the Balkans, the Middle East and the...
null
null
null
null
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
8
Southern Mesopotamia
Levant-Mesopotamia
44.42
32.47
Babylon (Hillah)
IQ
Iraq
Southwest Asia
62
Mesopotamia
Iraq, Kuwait
{'id': 11, 'name': 'Southwest Asia'}
447
FrBeakr
-3,200
-2,000
Beaker Culture
fr_beaker_eba
LEGACY
In the late 3rd millennium BCE, new forms of material culture spread across the former megalithic zone of Neolithic Europe. §REF§ (McIntosh 2006, 55) McIntosh, J. 2006. <i>Handbook to Life in Prehistoric Europe.</i> Oxford: Oxford University Press. Seshat URL: <a class="external free" href="https://www.zotero.org/group...
null
null
null
2024-04-15T15:39:50.374042Z
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
2
Paris Basin
Western Europe
2.312458
48.866111
Paris
FR
France
Europe
20
Western Europe
British Isles, France, Low Countries
{'id': 5, 'name': 'Europe'}
409
BdBengl
1,338
1,538
Bengal Sultanate
bd_bengal_sultanate
LEGACY
null
null
null
null
null
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
37
Eastern South Asia
Bangladesh + Indian states of West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura, and Sikkim
{'id': 9, 'name': 'South Asia'}
672
ni_benin_emp
1,140
1,897
Benin Empire
ni_benin_emp
POL_AFR_WEST
null
null
null
null
null
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
7
West Africa
From Senegal to Gabon (Tropical)
{'id': 2, 'name': 'Africa'}
861
tr_candar_bey
1,291
1,461
Beylik of Candar
tr_candar_bey
OTHER_TAG
null
Beylik of Isfendiyar
null
2024-04-10T10:22:18.974378Z
2024-04-10T10:22:18.974393Z
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
43
Anatolia-Caucasus
Turkey, Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan
{'id': 11, 'name': 'Southwest Asia'}
847
tr_karaman_bey
1,250
1,487
Beylik of Karaman
tr_karaman_bey
OTHER_TAG
null
Beylik of Karaman
null
2024-04-10T08:47:45.437183Z
2024-04-10T08:47:45.437197Z
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
43
Anatolia-Caucasus
Turkey, Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan
{'id': 11, 'name': 'Southwest Asia'}
413
InBijap
1,470
1,686
Bijapur Sultanate
in_bijapur_sultanate
LEGACY
null
null
null
null
2025-04-08T15:49:24.595109Z
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
40
Southern India
Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
{'id': 9, 'name': 'South Asia'}
535
UgBito
1,700
1,894
Bito Dynasty
ug_bunyoro_k_2
LEGACY
null
null
null
null
2023-10-30T17:40:10.647554Z
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
1
Central Africa
Angola and DRC
{'id': 2, 'name': 'Africa'}
904
bo_bolivia_rep
1,825
1,952
Bolivia - Independence and Republican Era
bo_bolivia_rep
OTHER_TAG
null
null
null
2024-10-16T09:33:47.632873Z
2024-10-16T09:33:47.632893Z
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
32
Andes
From Ecuador to Chile
{'id': 6, 'name': 'South America and Caribbean'}
905
bo_bolivia_modern
1,953
2,024
Bolivia - Modern Era
bo_bolivia_modern
OTHER_TAG
null
null
null
2024-10-16T09:35:44.049773Z
2024-10-16T09:35:44.049791Z
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
32
Andes
From Ecuador to Chile
{'id': 6, 'name': 'South America and Caribbean'}
802
de_brandenburg_2
1,618
1,870
Brandenburg-Prussia
de_hohenzollern_2
OTHER_TAG
This period marks the rise of Brandenburg-Prussia from a principality to a leading European power, culminating in the unification of Germany, laying the groundwork for the modern German state. It started with the personal union of Brandenburg and the Duchy of Prussia under John Sigismund of the Hohenzollern dynasty ...
null
null
2024-01-26T14:19:29.747465Z
2024-03-12T09:42:55.795821Z
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
15
Central Europe
Germany, Switzerland, Poland, Austria, Hungary, Czechia, Slovakia
{'id': 5, 'name': 'Europe'}
778
BdEastIndiaCompany
1,757
1,858
British East India Company
in_east_india_co
OTHER_TAG
null
null
null
null
2023-11-20T10:53:54.606866Z
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
37
Eastern South Asia
Bangladesh + Indian states of West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura, and Sikkim
{'id': 9, 'name': 'South Asia'}
587
gb_british_emp_1
1,690
1,849
British Empire I
gb_british_emp_1
LEGACY
<br>The British Empire consisted of the dominions, colonies, protectorates, mandates, and other territories ruled or administered by England (later as Britain after the Union Act of 1707).<br>The foundations of the Empire began in the early seventeenth century when England established overseas trading posts in North Am...
null
null
null
2023-11-20T11:00:44.261539Z
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
15
Deccan
Central India
76.625407
15.386856
Kampli
DEC
India
South Asia
20
Western Europe
British Isles, France, Low Countries
{'id': 5, 'name': 'Europe'}
786
gb_british_emp_2
1,850
1,968
British Empire II
gb_british_emp_2
OTHER_TAG
<br>The British Empire consisted of the dominions, colonies, protectorates, mandates, and other territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was a constitutional monarchy. Governors, Proconsuls, and Viceroys were tasked with translating directives from London ...
null
MB: gb_british_emp_222222 must be temporary.
2023-11-03T19:43:55.307566Z
2025-03-14T09:53:53.240837Z
{'id': 22, 'text': 'a new_private_comment_text new approach for polity'}
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
20
Western Europe
British Isles, France, Low Countries
{'id': 5, 'name': 'Europe'}
35
KhMekBA
-1,200
-501
Bronze Age Cambodia
kh_cambodia_ba
LEGACY
Provide a descriptive paragraph detailing the key features of the polity, which will help understanding the codes below.
null
null
null
null
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
17
Cambodian Basin
Siam
103.8667
13.4125
Angkor Wat
KH
Cambodia
Southeast Asia
41
Mainland Southeast Asia
Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, south Vietnam
{'id': 10, 'name': 'Southeast Asia'}
816
gb_brythonic_k
410
1,283
Brythonic Kingdoms
gb_brythonic_k
OTHER_TAG
This quasipolity refers to the Brythonic-speaking kingdoms that emerged in western Britain and Brittany after the withdrawal of the Roman Empire in the early fifth century. They persisted in some form until the final conquest of Wales by Edward I of England in 1283.
Brythons, Kingdom of Gwynedd, Kingdom of Powys, Kingdom of Brycheiniog, Kingdom of Gwent, Kingdom of Morgannwg, Kingdom of Rheged, Dumnonia, Strathclyde, Cornwall, Kingdom of Seisyllwg
null
2024-04-09T07:43:59.657759Z
2024-04-09T07:43:59.657772Z
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
20
Western Europe
British Isles, France, Low Countries
{'id': 5, 'name': 'Europe'}
683
Classical Buganda
1,700
1,894
Buganda
ug_buganda_k_2
POL_AFR_EAST
null
null
null
null
null
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
2
East Africa
Tanzania, Burundi, Uganda, So Sudan, Somalia, Ethiopia, Eritrea
{'id': 2, 'name': 'Africa'}
685
Early Buganda copy
1,450
1,699
Buganda
ug_buganda_k_1
POL_AFR_EAST
null
null
null
null
null
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
2
East Africa
Tanzania, Burundi, Uganda, So Sudan, Somalia, Ethiopia, Eritrea
{'id': 2, 'name': 'Africa'}
694
Bugesera
1,700
1,799
Bugesera
rw_bugesera_k
POL_AFR_EAST
null
null
null
null
null
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
2
East Africa
Tanzania, Burundi, Uganda, So Sudan, Somalia, Ethiopia, Eritrea
{'id': 2, 'name': 'Africa'}
696
Buhaya
1,700
1,890
Buhaya
tz_buhayo_k
POL_AFR_EAST
null
null
null
null
2024-10-16T08:57:51.040129Z
{'id': 82, 'text': 'a new_private_comment_text new approach for polity'}
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
2
East Africa
Tanzania, Burundi, Uganda, So Sudan, Somalia, Ethiopia, Eritrea
{'id': 2, 'name': 'Africa'}
308
BgErBlg
681
864
Bulgaria - Early
bg_bulgaria_early
LEGACY
null
null
null
null
null
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
19
Southeastern Europe
Frm. Yugoslavia, Romania-Moldova, Bulgaria, Albania, Greece
{'id': 5, 'name': 'Europe'}
312
BgMdBlg
865
1,018
Bulgaria - Middle
bg_bulgaria_medieval
LEGACY
null
null
null
null
null
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
19
Southeastern Europe
Frm. Yugoslavia, Romania-Moldova, Bulgaria, Albania, Greece
{'id': 5, 'name': 'Europe'}
690
Burundi
1,680
1,903
Burundi
bu_burundi_k
POL_AFR_EAST
null
null
null
null
null
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
2
East Africa
Tanzania, Burundi, Uganda, So Sudan, Somalia, Ethiopia, Eritrea
{'id': 2, 'name': 'Africa'}
362
IrBuyid
932
1,062
Buyid Confederation
ir_buyid_confederation
LEGACY
The Buyid dynasty originated from Shahrud Valley in northwestern Iran. Ali b. Buya, a soldier in the Abbasid state, began taking territory by forced after being removed from his position as administrator of Karaj. By 934 CE, he had reached Fars. §REF§ (Busse 1975, 253-254) H Busse. 1975. Iran under the Buyids. In Frye...
null
null
null
null
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
9
Susiana
Levant-Mesopotamia
48.235564
32.382851
Susa (Shush)
IR
Iran
Southwest Asia
45
Iran
Iran
{'id': 11, 'name': 'Southwest Asia'}
73
TrByzM1
632
866
Byzantine Empire I
tr_byzantine_emp_1
LEGACY
The first Byzantine period, which lasts from 632 CE in the reign of Heraclius (r.610-641 CE) to 866 CE at the end of the reign of Michael III (r.842-867 CE) §REF§ (Haussig 1971, Chronological Table) H W Haussig. J M Hussey, trans. 1971. History of Byzantine Civilization. Thames and Hudson. §REF§ was in many ways chara...
null
null
null
2024-05-07T17:04:48.385331Z
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11
Konya Plain
Anatolia-Caucasus
32.521164
37.877845
Konya
TR
Turkey
Southwest Asia
43
Anatolia-Caucasus
Turkey, Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan
{'id': 11, 'name': 'Southwest Asia'}
75
TrByzM2
867
1,072
Byzantine Empire II
tr_byzantine_emp_2
LEGACY
The phase of the Byzantine Empire from 867-1072 CE is commonly known as the Macedonian Dynasty (867-1056 CE), which the dates approximate. The Byzantine culture of the period was a military and aristocratic one with palaces serving "not only as imperial residences but also as administrative centres. They were placed pr...
null
null
null
2024-01-08T15:48:32.982101Z
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
11
Konya Plain
Anatolia-Caucasus
32.521164
37.877845
Konya
TR
Turkey
Southwest Asia
43
Anatolia-Caucasus
Turkey, Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan
{'id': 11, 'name': 'Southwest Asia'}
76
TrByzM3
1,073
1,204
Byzantine Empire III
tr_byzantine_emp_3
LEGACY
The Byzantine period (1073-1204 CE) began with Michael VII Ducas (r.1071-1078 CE §REF§ (Haussig 1971, Chronological Table) H W Haussig. J M Hussey, trans. 1971. History of Byzantine Civilization. Thames and Hudson. §REF§ and ended in disintegration with court in-fighting over the regency agenda for Manuel's heir Alexi...
null
null
null
null
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
4
Crete
Southeastern Europe
25.1442
35.3387
Heraklion
GR
Greece
Europe
43
Anatolia-Caucasus
Turkey, Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan
{'id': 11, 'name': 'Southwest Asia'}
22
USMisEW
-600
-150
Cahokia - Early Woodland
us_woodland_1
LEGACY
2000 BCE<div>Period of population growth begins §REF§ (Milner, Chaplin and Zavodny 2013) §REF§ </div><br>1 CE<br><div>c1 CE "large quantities of native cultigens began to be incorporated into midcontinental diets. §REF§ (Milner, Chaplin and Zavodny 2013) §REF§ </div><br>100 CE<div>Maize appears in the archaeological ...
null
null
null
null
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
28
Cahokia
Mississippi Basin
-90.062035
38.658938
St. Louis
USMO
United States
North America
24
Mississippi Basin
From the Great Lakes to Louisiana
{'id': 7, 'name': 'North America'}
27
USMisSp
750
900
Cahokia - Emergent Mississippian I
us_emergent_mississippian_1
LEGACY
The Sponemann-Collinsville-Loyd Period at Cahokia (750-900 CE) is significant for being a foundational period for later social developments at Cahokia. At this time appears the first signs of warfare, an increase in social complexity and more widespread consumption of farmed crops like maize.<br>The increase in social ...
null
null
null
null
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
28
Cahokia
Mississippi Basin
-90.062035
38.658938
St. Louis
USMO
United States
North America
24
Mississippi Basin
From the Great Lakes to Louisiana
{'id': 7, 'name': 'North America'}
34
USMisME
900
1,049
Cahokia - Emergent Mississippian II
us_emergent_mississippian_2
LEGACY
In the Emergent Mississippian Period (900-1050 CE) the Upper Mississippi region was populated by a number of small communities. The population of the largest settlement was probably in the region of 500 people - but a population is not thought to have been resident at the site that later became Cahokia until towards th...
null
null
null
null
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
28
Cahokia
Mississippi Basin
-90.062035
38.658938
St. Louis
USMO
United States
North America
24
Mississippi Basin
From the Great Lakes to Louisiana
{'id': 7, 'name': 'North America'}
24
USMisRo
300
450
Cahokia - Late Woodland I
us_woodland_3
LEGACY
2000 BCE<div>Period of population growth begins §REF§ (Milner, Chaplin and Zavodny 2013) §REF§ </div><br>1 CE<br><div>c1 CE "large quantities of native cultigens began to be incorporated into midcontinental diets. §REF§ (Milner, Chaplin and Zavodny 2013) §REF§ </div><br>100 CE<div>Maize appears in the archaeological ...
null
null
null
null
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
28
Cahokia
Mississippi Basin
-90.062035
38.658938
St. Louis
USMO
United States
North America
24
Mississippi Basin
From the Great Lakes to Louisiana
{'id': 7, 'name': 'North America'}
25
USMisMu
450
600
Cahokia - Late Woodland II
us_woodland_4
LEGACY
2000 BCE<div>Period of population growth begins §REF§ (Milner, Chaplin and Zavodny 2013) §REF§ </div><br>1 CE<br><div>c1 CE "large quantities of native cultigens began to be incorporated into midcontinental diets. §REF§ (Milner, Chaplin and Zavodny 2013) §REF§ </div><br>100 CE<div>Maize appears in the archaeological ...
null
null
null
null
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
28
Cahokia
Mississippi Basin
-90.062035
38.658938
St. Louis
USMO
United States
North America
24
Mississippi Basin
From the Great Lakes to Louisiana
{'id': 7, 'name': 'North America'}
26
USMisPa
600
750
Cahokia - Late Woodland III
us_woodland_5
LEGACY
2000 BCE<div>Period of population growth begins §REF§ (Milner, Chaplin and Zavodny 2013) §REF§ </div><br>1 CE<br><div>c1 CE "large quantities of native cultigens began to be incorporated into midcontinental diets. §REF§ (Milner, Chaplin and Zavodny 2013) §REF§ </div><br>100 CE<div>Maize appears in the archaeological ...
null
null
null
null
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
28
Cahokia
Mississippi Basin
-90.062035
38.658938
St. Louis
USMO
United States
North America
24
Mississippi Basin
From the Great Lakes to Louisiana
{'id': 7, 'name': 'North America'}
32
USCahoE
1,050
1,199
Cahokia - Lohman-Stirling
us_cahokia_1
LEGACY
Generations of archaeologists have been amazed that the geographical location of Cahokia had "almost no inhabitants' until 1000 CE. §REF§ (Peregrine/Trubitt 2014, 20) P Peregrine. S Ortman. E Rupley. 2014. Social Complexity at Cahokia. SFI WORKING PAPER: 2014-03-004. Sante Fe Institute. §REF§ Suddenly there was an inf...
null
null
null
2025-01-23T14:54:25.339592Z
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28
Cahokia
Mississippi Basin
-90.062035
38.658938
St. Louis
USMO
United States
North America
24
Mississippi Basin
From the Great Lakes to Louisiana
{'id': 7, 'name': 'North America'}
23
USMisMW
-150
300
Cahokia - Middle Woodland
us_woodland_2
LEGACY
2000 BCE<div>Period of population growth begins §REF§ (Milner, Chaplin and Zavodny 2013) §REF§ </div><br>1 CE<br><div>c1 CE "large quantities of native cultigens began to be incorporated into midcontinental diets. §REF§ (Milner, Chaplin and Zavodny 2013) §REF§ </div><br>100 CE<div>Maize appears in the archaeological ...
null
null
null
null
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
28
Cahokia
Mississippi Basin
-90.062035
38.658938
St. Louis
USMO
United States
North America
24
Mississippi Basin
From the Great Lakes to Louisiana
{'id': 7, 'name': 'North America'}
33
USCahoL
1,200
1,275
Cahokia - Moorehead
us_cahokia_2
LEGACY
Generations of archaeologists have been amazed that at the geographical location of Cahokia there were "almost no inhabitants' until 1000 CE. §REF§ (Peregrine/Trubitt 2014, 20) P Peregrine. S Ortman. E Rupley. 2014. Social Complexity at Cahokia. SFI WORKING PAPER: 2014-03-004. Sante Fe Institute. §REF§ Suddenly there ...
null
null
null
2024-11-21T16:31:51.153051Z
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
28
Cahokia
Mississippi Basin
-90.062035
38.658938
St. Louis
USMO
United States
North America
24
Mississippi Basin
From the Great Lakes to Louisiana
{'id': 7, 'name': 'North America'}
28
USMisSd
1,275
1,400
Cahokia - Sand Prairie
us_cahokia_3
LEGACY
The Sand Prairie phase is the name given by archaeologists to the period between around 1275 and 1400 CE in the American Bottom region, the portion of the floodplain of the Mississippi now located in southwestern Illinois. §REF§ (Kelly et al. 1984, 130) Kelly, John E., Steven J. Ozuk, Douglas K. Jackson, Dale L. McElra...
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null
null
null
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
28
Cahokia
Mississippi Basin
-90.062035
38.658938
St. Louis
USMO
United States
North America
24
Mississippi Basin
From the Great Lakes to Louisiana
{'id': 7, 'name': 'North America'}
103
IlCanaa
-2,000
-1,175
Canaan
il_canaan
LEGACY
_Short description_<br>Very little is known about the ancient Canaanites and what is known is often through references given by other cultures (such as the Egyptians). Even combined with what is known and not known from archaeological work the overall picture of Canannite society should be taken as a very provisional o...
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null
null
null
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
10
Galilee
Levant-Mesopotamia
35.3035
32.6996
Nazareth
IL
Israel
Southwest Asia
61
Levant
Israel/Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria
{'id': 11, 'name': 'Southwest Asia'}
701
in_carnatic_sul
1,710
1,801
Carnatic Sultanate
in_carnatic_sul
POL_SA_SI
The Carnatic Sultanate originated as a vassal state of the Mughal Empire. In 1710 CE The Navaiyat dynasty under Saadutullah Khan became the first nawab of the Carnatic. The Carnatic Sultanate had its capital at Arcot. The Carnatic nawabs practiced Sufi Islam and their court language was Persian. §REF§ (Bugge, 2020) Bug...
null
null
null
null
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
40
Southern India
Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
{'id': 9, 'name': 'South Asia'}
309
FrCarlE
752
840
Carolingian Empire I
fr_carolingian_emp_1
LEGACY
Members of the Carolingian Dynasty had served as mayors of the palace under the Merovingian kings from the late 7th century CE onwards, wielding substantial power behind the throne. In 752 CE, however, Childeric III (last of the Merovingian rulers) was deposed and they seized outright control of the Frankish realm. §RE...
null
null
null
null
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
2
Paris Basin
Western Europe
2.312458
48.866111
Paris
FR
France
Europe
20
Western Europe
British Isles, France, Low Countries
{'id': 5, 'name': 'Europe'}
311
FrCarlL
840
987
Carolingian Empire II
fr_carolingian_emp_2
LEGACY
Members of the Carolingian Dynasty had served as mayors of the palace under the Merovingian kings from the late 7th century CE onwards, wielding substantial power behind the throne. In 752 CE, however, Childeric III (last of the Merovingian rulers) was deposed and they seized outright control of the Frankish realm. §RE...
null
null
null
null
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
2
Paris Basin
Western Europe
2.312458
48.866111
Paris
FR
France
Europe
20
Western Europe
British Isles, France, Low Countries
{'id': 5, 'name': 'Europe'}
201
TnCarth
-814
-146
Carthage Empire
tn_carthage_emp
LEGACY
null
null
null
null
null
{'id': 1, 'text': 'NO_PRIVATE_COMMENTS'}
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
3
Maghreb
From Morocco to Libya
{'id': 2, 'name': 'Africa'}