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
111	(La Tene B2-C1)	Full Year Range of La Tene B2-C1 is assumed. [-325, -175]	present	None
112	(Egypt - Tulunid-Ikhshidid Period)	Full Year Range of Egypt - Tulunid-Ikhshidid Period is assumed. [868, 969]	present	None
113	(Beaker Culture)	Full Year Range of Beaker Culture is assumed. [-3200, -2000]	unknown	None
114	(Proto-French Kingdom)	Full Year Range of Proto-French Kingdom is assumed. [987, 1150]	unknown	None
115	(Hallstatt A-B1)	Full Year Range of Hallstatt A-B1 is assumed. [-1000, -900]	unknown	None
116	(Hallstatt B2-3)	Full Year Range of Hallstatt B2-3 is assumed. [-900, -700]	unknown	None
117	(Hallstatt C)	Full Year Range of Hallstatt C is assumed. [-700, -600]	unknown	None
118	(Austria - Habsburg Dynasty I)	Full Year Range of Austria - Habsburg Dynasty I is assumed. [1454, 1648]	present	None
119	(Egypt - Saite Period)	Full Year Range of Egypt - Saite Period is assumed. [-664, -525]	present	None
120	(Shuar - Colonial)	Full Year Range of Shuar - Colonial is assumed. [1534, 1830]	absent	None

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