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]
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Variable Definition
examination_system The absence or presence of examination system for a polity.

# Polity Year(s) Examination System Description   Edit
111
(Uruk)
Full Year Range of Uruk is assumed.
[-4000, -2900]
unknown
None
112
(Susiana - Late Ubaid)
Full Year Range of Susiana - Late Ubaid is assumed.
[-4700, -4300]
absent
None
113
(Parthian Empire II)
Full Year Range of Parthian Empire II is assumed.
[41, 226]
absent
None
114
(Sasanid Empire I)
Full Year Range of Sasanid Empire I is assumed.
[205, 487]
absent
None
115
(Latium - Bronze Age)
Full Year Range of Latium - Bronze Age is assumed.
[-1800, -900]
absent
None
116
(Latium - Copper Age)
Full Year Range of Latium - Copper Age is assumed.
[-3600, -1800]
absent
None
117
(Ayutthaya)
Full Year Range of Ayutthaya is assumed.
[1593, 1767]
absent
None
118
(Early Merovingian)
Full Year Range of Early Merovingian is assumed.
[481, 543]
unknown
None
119
(Latium - Iron Age)
Full Year Range of Latium - Iron Age is assumed.
[-1000, -580]
absent
None
120
(Tocharians)
Full Year Range of Tocharians is assumed.
[-129, 29]
unknown
None
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