Section: Social Complexity

Subsection: Bureaucracy characteristics

Specialized Government Building

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
31	(Kamarupa Kingdom)	Full Year Range of Kamarupa Kingdom is assumed. [350, 1130]	present	"The record office in the city was called as Adhikarana." [Baruah 1985, p. 144]
32	(Southern Qi State)	Full Year Range of Southern Qi State is assumed. [479, 502]	present	EMPTY_COMMENT
33	(Crimean Khanate)	Full Year Range of Crimean Khanate is assumed. [1440, 1783]	present	None
34	(Early East Africa Iron Age)	Full Year Range of Early East Africa Iron Age is assumed. [200, 499]	absent	EMPTY_COMMENT
35	(Songhai Empire)	Full Year Range of Songhai Empire is assumed. [1376, 1493]	unknown	EMPTY_COMMENT
36	(Tuyuhun)	Full Year Range of Tuyuhun is assumed. [300, 663]	present	None
37	(Xixia)	Full Year Range of Xixia is assumed. [1032, 1227]	present	None
38	(French Kingdom - Late Valois)	Full Year Range of French Kingdom - Late Valois is assumed. [1450, 1589]	present	None
39	(Hawaii I)	Full Year Range of Hawaii I is assumed. [1000, 1200]	absent	None
40	(East Francia)	Full Year Range of East Francia is assumed. [842, 919]	absent	The governance of East Francia relied heavily on a feudal and decentralized administrative system, with no evidence of specialized government buildings distinct from other types of structures. [Reuter 1991]

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