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
41	(Sasanid Empire I)	Full Year Range of Sasanid Empire I is assumed. [205, 487]	present	None
42	(Sasanid Empire II)	Full Year Range of Sasanid Empire II is assumed. [488, 642]	present	None
43	(Icelandic Commonwealth)	Full Year Range of Icelandic Commonwealth is assumed. [930, 1262]	absent	None
44	(Qajar Dynasty)	Full Year Range of Qajar Dynasty is assumed. [1794, 1925]	present	None
45	(Ostrogothic Kingdom)	Full Year Range of Ostrogothic Kingdom is assumed. [489, 554]	present	None
46	(Shiwei)	Full Year Range of Shiwei is assumed. [600, 1000]	absent	None
47	(Early Mongols)	Full Year Range of Early Mongols is assumed. [1000, 1206]	absent	None
48	(Monte Alban II)	Full Year Range of Monte Alban II is assumed. [-100, 200]	present	None
49	(Lombard Kingdom)	Full Year Range of Lombard Kingdom is assumed. [568, 774]	unknown	None
50	(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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