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
11	(Hawaii III)	Full Year Range of Hawaii III is assumed. [1580, 1778]	absent	None
12	(Ostrogothic Kingdom)	Full Year Range of Ostrogothic Kingdom is assumed. [489, 554]	present	None
13	(Xianbei Confederation)	Full Year Range of Xianbei Confederation is assumed. [100, 250]	absent	None
14	(Later Wagadu Empire)	Full Year Range of Later Wagadu Empire is assumed. [1078, 1203]	present	None
15	(French Kingdom - Late Valois)	Full Year Range of French Kingdom - Late Valois is assumed. [1450, 1589]	present	None
16	(Icelandic Commonwealth)	Full Year Range of Icelandic Commonwealth is assumed. [930, 1262]	absent	None
17	(Himyar II)	Full Year Range of Himyar II is assumed. [378, 525]	present	None
18	(Sasanid Empire II)	Full Year Range of Sasanid Empire II is assumed. [488, 642]	present	None
19	(Hawaii I)	Full Year Range of Hawaii I is assumed. [1000, 1200]	absent	None
20	(Himyar I)	Full Year Range of Himyar I is assumed. [270, 340]	present	None

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