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
21	(Konya Plain - Early Neolithic)	Full Year Range of Konya Plain - Early Neolithic is assumed. [-9600, -7000]	absent	None
22	(Jin)	Full Year Range of Jin is assumed. [-780, -404]	present	None
23	(Peiligang)	Full Year Range of Peiligang is assumed. [-7000, -5001]	absent	None
24	(Late Shang)	Full Year Range of Late Shang is assumed. [-1250, -1045]	present	None
25	(Ayyubid Sultanate)	Full Year Range of Ayyubid Sultanate is assumed. [1171, 1250]	present	None
26	(Egypt - Dynasty II)	Full Year Range of Egypt - Dynasty II is assumed. [-2900, -2687]	absent	None
27	(Egypt - Mamluk Sultanate III)	Full Year Range of Egypt - Mamluk Sultanate III is assumed. [1412, 1517]	present	None
28	(Yemen - Era of Warlords)	Full Year Range of Yemen - Era of Warlords is assumed. [1038, 1174]	present	None
29	(Vijayanagara Empire)	Full Year Range of Vijayanagara Empire is assumed. [1336, 1646]	present	None
30	(Himyar I)	Full Year Range of Himyar I is assumed. [270, 340]	present	None

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