Palaces

The topic I am interested in is Royal Palaces of Eastern Empires. Interestingly, these palaces depict an architecture that is unique and different from the Ancient Kingdoms of Greece the Romans, or the English. What I am curious about is whether or not they served a different function, or if the community look at them or used them differently from other political kingdoms. Perhaps there use was different because people may have had a different expectation of their political figures. This topic is of interest because of different attributes the palaces might represent, such as political power of a monarch, or political figure in charge; or the power of the government, or political entity.