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
71	(Naqada I)	Full Year Range of Naqada I is assumed. [-3800, -3550]	absent	None
72	(Atlantic Complex)	Full Year Range of Atlantic Complex is assumed. [-2200, -1000]	unknown	None
73	(French Kingdom - Early Bourbon)	Full Year Range of French Kingdom - Early Bourbon is assumed. [1589, 1660]	present	None
74	(Hallstatt D)	Full Year Range of Hallstatt D is assumed. [-600, -475]	absent	None
75	(The Emirate of Crete)	Full Year Range of The Emirate of Crete is assumed. [824, 961]	unknown	None
76	(Japan - Initial Jomon)	Full Year Range of Japan - Initial Jomon is assumed. [-9200, -5300]	absent	None
77	(Japan - Early Jomon)	Full Year Range of Japan - Early Jomon is assumed. [-5300, -3500]	absent	None
78	(Japan - Late Jomon)	Full Year Range of Japan - Late Jomon is assumed. [-2500, -1200]	absent	None
79	(Uigur Khaganate)	Full Year Range of Uigur Khaganate is assumed. [745, 840]	unknown	None
80	(Egypt - Saite Period)	Full Year Range of Egypt - Saite Period is assumed. [-664, -525]	present	None

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