Section: Social Complexity

Subsection: Bureaucracy characteristics

Specialized Government Building

Talking about bureaucracy characteristics, these buildings are where administrative officials are located, and must be distinct from the ruler's palace. they may be used for document storage, registration offices, minting money, etc. defense structures also are not coded here (see military). state-owned/operated workshop should also not be coded here. (See here)

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Variable	Definition
Polity	The Seshat Polity ID
Year(s)	The years for which we have the data. [negative = BCE]
Tag	[Evidenced, Disputed, Suspected, Inferred, Unknown]
Verified	A Seshat Expert has approved this piece of data.

Variable	Definition
specialized_government_building	The absence or presence of specialized government building for a polity.

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#	Polity	Year(s)	Specialized Government Building	Description	Edit
91	(Oaxaca - San Jose)	Full Year Range of Oaxaca - San Jose is assumed. [-1150, -700]	absent	None
92	(Cuzco - Early Intermediate II)	Full Year Range of Cuzco - Early Intermediate II is assumed. [500, 649]	unknown	None
93	(Cuzco - Late Intermediate II)	Full Year Range of Cuzco - Late Intermediate II is assumed. [1250, 1400]	present	None
94	(Orokaiva - Pre-Colonial)	Full Year Range of Orokaiva - Pre-Colonial is assumed. [1734, 1883]	absent	None
95	(Ghur Principality)	Full Year Range of Ghur Principality is assumed. [1025, 1215]	present	None
96	(Orokaiva - Colonial)	Full Year Range of Orokaiva - Colonial is assumed. [1884, 1942]	present	None
97	(Kachi Plain - Urban Period II)	Full Year Range of Kachi Plain - Urban Period II is assumed. [-2100, 1800]	present	None
98	(Byzantine Empire I)	Full Year Range of Byzantine Empire I is assumed. [632, 866]	present	None
99	(Rum Sultanate)	Full Year Range of Rum Sultanate is assumed. [1077, 1307]	present	None
100	(Egypt - Saite Period)	Full Year Range of Egypt - Saite Period is assumed. [-664, -525]	present	None

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