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
171
(Hephthalites)
Full Year Range of Hephthalites is assumed.
[408, 561]
absent
None
172
(Kidarite Kingdom)
Full Year Range of Kidarite Kingdom is assumed.
[388, 477]
present
None
173
(Kushan Empire)
Full Year Range of Kushan Empire is assumed.
[35, 319]
present
None
174
(Western Jin)
Full Year Range of Western Jin is assumed.
[265, 317]
present
None
175
(Proto-Carolingian)
Full Year Range of Proto-Carolingian is assumed.
[687, 751]
absent
None
176
(Achaemenid Empire)
Full Year Range of Achaemenid Empire is assumed.
[-550, -331]
present
None
177
(Timurid Empire)
Full Year Range of Timurid Empire is assumed.
[1370, 1526]
present
None
178
(Himyar I)
Full Year Range of Himyar I is assumed.
[270, 340]
present
None
179
(Himyar II)
Full Year Range of Himyar II is assumed.
[378, 525]
present
None
180
(Neo-Assyrian Empire)
Full Year Range of Neo-Assyrian Empire is assumed.
[-911, -612]
present
None
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