Section: Social Complexity
Subsection: Bureaucracy characteristics

Full Time Bureaucrat

Talking about bureaucracy characteristics, full-time bureaucrats refer to full-time administrative specialists. code this absent if administrative duties are performed by generalists such as chiefs and subchiefs. also code it absent if state officials perform multiple functions, e.g. combining administrative tasks with military duties. note that this variable shouldn't be coded 'present' only on the basis of the presence of specialized government buildings; there must be some additional evidence of functional specialization in government.   (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]
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Variable Definition
full_time_bureaucrat The absence or presence of full time bureaucrat for a polity.

# Polity Year(s) Full Time Bureaucrat Description   Edit
1
(Naqada II)
3550 BCE 3401 BCE
absent
None
2
(Naqada II)
3400 BCE 3300 BCE
present
None
3
(Naqada II)
3400 BCE 3300 BCE
absent
None
4
(Umayyad Caliphate)
661 CE 685 CE
absent
None
5
(Umayyad Caliphate)
685 CE 750 CE
present
None
6
(Ghur Principality)
1200 CE
present
None
7
(Ottoman Emirate)
1299 CE 1388 CE
absent
None
8
(Ak Koyunlu)
1339 CE 1397 CE
absent
None
9
(Ottoman Emirate)
1389 CE 1402 CE
present
None
10
(Ak Koyunlu)
1398 CE 1501 CE
present
None
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