Section: Social Complexity
Subsection: Bureaucracy characteristics

Full Time Bureaucrat

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
371
(Parthian Empire I)
Full Year Range of Parthian Empire I is assumed.
[-247, 40]
present
None
372
(Pre-Ceramic Period)
Full Year Range of Pre-Ceramic Period is assumed.
[-7800, -7200]
absent
None
373
(Qajar Dynasty)
Full Year Range of Qajar Dynasty is assumed.
[1794, 1925]
present
None
374
(Sasanid Empire II)
Full Year Range of Sasanid Empire II is assumed.
[488, 642]
present
None
375
(Seleucid Empire)
Full Year Range of Seleucid Empire is assumed.
[-312, -63]
present
None
376
(Elam - Shimashki Period)
Full Year Range of Elam - Shimashki Period is assumed.
[-2028, -1940]
present
None
377
(Elam - Early Sukkalmah)
Full Year Range of Elam - Early Sukkalmah is assumed.
[-1900, -1701]
present
None
378
(Late Roman Republic)
Full Year Range of Late Roman Republic is assumed.
[-133, -31]
absent
None
379
(Elam - Late Sukkalmah)
Full Year Range of Elam - Late Sukkalmah is assumed.
[-1700, -1500]
present
None
380
(Susa I)
Full Year Range of Susa I is assumed.
[-4300, -3800]
unknown
None
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