Section: Social Complexity

Subsection: Bureaucracy characteristics

Examination System

Talking about bureaucracy characteristics, the paradigmatic example of an examination system is the chinese imperial system. (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
examination_system	The absence or presence of examination system for a polity.

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#	Polity	Year(s)	Examination System	Description	Edit
101	(Satavahana Empire)	Full Year Range of Satavahana Empire is assumed. [-100, 200]	unknown	None
102	(Vijayanagara Empire)	Full Year Range of Vijayanagara Empire is assumed. [1336, 1646]	unknown	None
103	(Bazi Dynasty)	Full Year Range of Bazi Dynasty is assumed. [-1005, -986]	absent	None
104	(Abbasid Caliphate II)	Full Year Range of Abbasid Caliphate II is assumed. [1191, 1258]	unknown	None
105	(Dynasty of E)	Full Year Range of Dynasty of E is assumed. [-979, -732]	absent	None
106	(Early Dynastic)	Full Year Range of Early Dynastic is assumed. [-2900, -2500]	unknown	None
107	(Achaemenid Empire)	Full Year Range of Achaemenid Empire is assumed. [-550, -331]	present	None
108	(Elam - Crisis Period)	Full Year Range of Elam - Crisis Period is assumed. [-1100, -900]	absent	None
109	(Neo-Assyrian Empire)	Full Year Range of Neo-Assyrian Empire is assumed. [-911, -612]	absent	None
110	(Tocharians)	Full Year Range of Tocharians is assumed. [-129, 29]	unknown	None

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