Section: Specialized Buildings: polity owned
Variable: Special Purpose House (All coded records)
A normal house used in a distinctive or special manner. This code reflects differentiation between houses.  
Special Purpose House
#  Polity  Coded Value Tags Year(s) Edit Desc
1 Early Greater Coclé present Confident 550 CE 700 CE
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2 Antebellum US present Confident -
In the south of America, where there were sprawling plantations and few villages, there were few public houses available for travellers. Therefore, it was common for travellers to request lodging at a private home. Brothels and bordellos were common. [1]

[1]: Volo and Volo 2004: 13, 17. https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/SIB5XSW97.


3 Tudor and Early Stuart England present Confident -
“When not aiding their husbands and fathers in the fields, women cooked, sewed, and fetched water. Older children helped by looking after the family’s smaller children and animals. As we have seen, milk and wool could be sold for a little extra income. Another way to make extra money was to turn one’s dwelling into a “public house,” or “pub,” by brewing ale (traditionally a woman’s role).” [1] “The first plays in the English language were medieval mystery and mummers’ plays and pageants, mounted on religious feast days in communities large and small all over England and Wales. These were suppressed at the Reformation, but successive Protestant regimes sponsored anti-Catholic plays of their own. These and other short, secular interludes were performed in private houses by strolling bands of players. By the time of Elizabeth’s accession, fullfledged five-act plays were being mounted by young men at the universities and Inns of Court, especially during the Christmas holidays.” [2]

[1]: (Bucholz et al 2013: 21) Bucholz, Robert, Newton Key, and R.O. Bucholz. 2013. Early Modern England 1485-1714: A Narrative History. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons. http://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/uvic/detail.action?docID=1166775. https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/XQGJH96U

[2]: (Bucholz et al 2013: 208) Bucholz, Robert, Newton Key, and R.O. Bucholz. 2013. Early Modern England 1485-1714: A Narrative History. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons. http://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/uvic/detail.action?docID=1166775. https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/XQGJH96U


4 Hohokam Culture present Confident -
A village leader’s house was larger than others, owing to the fact that they were also used for food storage and potentially to house other members of the community when needed. [1]

[1]: McGuire 2018: 47. https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/C9FB2IXT


5 Napoleonic France present Confident -
Boarding houses were used by a family to offer lodging and food to travellers or short-term residents. [1]

[1]: Clapham 1955: 79. https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/2QKQJQM3.


6 Plantagenet England present Inferred -
It is likely there were special houses for activities like brewing, religious meetings etc, but the sources consulted have not mentioned this directly.
7 British Empire I present Inferred -
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8 Khwarezmid Empire unknown Suspected -
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9 Golden Horde unknown Suspected -
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10 Holy Roman Empire - Ottonian-Salian Dynasty unknown Suspected -
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11 Chandra Dynasty present Confident -
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12 Deva Dynasty present Confident -
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13 Nawabs of Bengal present Confident -
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14 Qin Empire present Confident -
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15 Macedonian Empire present Confident -
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16 Kievan Rus present Confident -
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17 Sena Dynasty present Confident -
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18 Almoravids present Confident -
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19 Avar Khaganate present Confident -
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20 Axum II present Confident -
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21 Axum III present Confident -
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22 Bagan present Confident -
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23 Banu Ghaniya present Confident -
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24 Bulgaria - Early present Confident -
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25 Bulgaria - Middle present Confident -
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26 Crimean Khanate present Confident -
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27 Ghaznavid Empire present Confident -
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28 Idrisids present Confident -
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29 Jayarid Khanate present Inferred -
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30 Kangju present Confident -
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31 Kazan Khanate present Confident -
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32 Kingdom of Congo present Confident -
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33 Kingdom of Georgia II present Confident -
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34 Lakhmid Kigdom present Confident -
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35 Late Greater Coclé present Confident -
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36 Later Qin Kingdom present Confident -
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37 Later Yan Kingdom present Confident -
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38 Makuria Kingdom I present Confident -
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39 Makuria Kingdom II present Confident -
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40 Makuria Kingdom III present Confident -
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41 Malacca Sultanate present Confident -
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42 Malacca Sultanate present Confident -
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43 Mauretania present Confident -
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44 Middle Greater Coclé present Confident -
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45 Monagrillo absent Inferred -
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46 Novgorod Land present Confident -
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47 Numidia present Confident -
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48 Ottoman Empire Late Period absent Confident -
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49 Songhai Empire present Confident -
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50 Southern Qi State present Confident -
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51 Sukhotai present Confident -
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52 Tahert present Confident -
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53 Third Scythian Kingdom present Confident -
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54 Tlemcen present Confident -
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55 Tuyuhun present Confident -
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56 Viet Baiyu Kingdom present Confident -
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57 Wattasid present Confident -
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58 Xixia present Confident -
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59 Zagwe present Confident -
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60 Zirids present Confident -
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61 Yadava-Varman Dynasty present Confident -
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62 Us Reconstruction-Progressive present Confident -
In the south of America, where there were sprawling plantations and few villages, there were few public houses available for travellers. Therefore, it was common for travellers to request lodging at a private home. Brothels and bordellos were common. [1]

[1]: Volo and Volo 2004: 13, 17. https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/SIB5XSW97.


63 * Egypt - Classic Old Kingdom present Inferred -
- "Palaces have not been recovered by archaeology" for the Old Kingdom, [Bard 2015, p. 135] but royal residences no doubt existed and would have been differentiated from the homes of the general population. The funerary enclosure in Djoser's Step Pyramid complex may have been a symbolic recreation of the royal palace. [Bard 2015, p. 145] EDIT