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
51	(Jin Dynasty)	Full Year Range of Jin Dynasty is assumed. [1115, 1234]	present	None
52	(Egypt - Inter-Occupation Period)	Full Year Range of Egypt - Inter-Occupation Period is assumed. [-404, -342]	present	None
53	(Egypt - Mamluk Sultanate I)	Full Year Range of Egypt - Mamluk Sultanate I is assumed. [1260, 1348]	present	None
54	(Susiana - Muhammad Jaffar)	Full Year Range of Susiana - Muhammad Jaffar is assumed. [-7000, -6000]	absent	None
55	(Elymais II)	Full Year Range of Elymais II is assumed. [25, 215]	present	None
56	(Elam - Early Sukkalmah)	Full Year Range of Elam - Early Sukkalmah is assumed. [-1900, -1701]	present	None
57	(Elam - Late Sukkalmah)	Full Year Range of Elam - Late Sukkalmah is assumed. [-1700, -1500]	present	None
58	(Latium - Iron Age)	Full Year Range of Latium - Iron Age is assumed. [-1000, -580]	absent	None
59	(Egypt - New Kingdom Ramesside Period)	Full Year Range of Egypt - New Kingdom Ramesside Period is assumed. [-1293, -1070]	present	None
60	(French Kingdom - Early Valois)	Full Year Range of French Kingdom - Early Valois is assumed. [1328, 1450]	present	None

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