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
161	(Late Angkor)	Full Year Range of Late Angkor is assumed. [1220, 1432]	unknown	None
162	(Khmer Kingdom)	Full Year Range of Khmer Kingdom is assumed. [1432, 1594]	unknown	None
163	(Phoenician Empire)	Full Year Range of Phoenician Empire is assumed. [-1200, -332]	unknown	None
164	(Western Roman Empire - Late Antiquity)	Full Year Range of Western Roman Empire - Late Antiquity is assumed. [395, 476]	present	None
165	(Saadi Sultanate)	Full Year Range of Saadi Sultanate is assumed. [1554, 1659]	present	None
166	(Mali Empire)	Full Year Range of Mali Empire is assumed. [1230, 1410]	present	None
167	(Songhai Empire - Askiya Dynasty)	Full Year Range of Songhai Empire - Askiya Dynasty is assumed. [1493, 1591]	present	None
168	(Japan - Azuchi-Momoyama)	Full Year Range of Japan - Azuchi-Momoyama is assumed. [1568, 1603]	present	None
169	(Chenla)	Full Year Range of Chenla is assumed. [550, 825]	unknown	None
170	(Vakataka Kingdom)	Full Year Range of Vakataka Kingdom is assumed. [255, 550]	present	None

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