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
21
(Kangju)
Full Year Range of Kangju is assumed.
[-150, 350]
unknown
None
22
(Kingdom of Sicily - Hohenstaufen and Angevin dynasties)
Full Year Range of Kingdom of Sicily - Hohenstaufen and Angevin dynasties is assumed.
[1194, 1281]
present
None
23
(Malacca Sultanate)
Full Year Range of Malacca Sultanate is assumed.
[1270, 1415]
unknown
None
24
(Mauretania)
Full Year Range of Mauretania is assumed.
[-125, 44]
unknown
None
25
(Monte Alban V Early Postclassic)
Full Year Range of Monte Alban V Early Postclassic is assumed.
[900, 1099]
unknown
None
26
(Monte Alban V Late Postclassic)
Full Year Range of Monte Alban V Late Postclassic is assumed.
[1101, 1520]
unknown
None
27
(Novgorod Land)
Full Year Range of Novgorod Land is assumed.
[880, 1240]
absent
None
28
(Numidia)
Full Year Range of Numidia is assumed.
[-220, -46]
unknown
None
29
(Ottoman Empire Late Period)
Full Year Range of Ottoman Empire Late Period is assumed.
[1873, 1920]
uncoded
None
30
(Tocharians)
Full Year Range of Tocharians is assumed.
[-129, 29]
unknown
None
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