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
41	(Shiwei)	Full Year Range of Shiwei is assumed. [600, 1000]	absent	None
42	(Italian Kingdom Late Antiquity)	Full Year Range of Italian Kingdom Late Antiquity is assumed. [476, 489]	absent	None
43	(Hallstatt B2-3)	Full Year Range of Hallstatt B2-3 is assumed. [-900, -700]	unknown	None
44	(Hallstatt C)	Full Year Range of Hallstatt C is assumed. [-700, -600]	unknown	None
45	(Hallstatt D)	Full Year Range of Hallstatt D is assumed. [-600, -475]	absent	None
46	(Proto-Carolingian)	Full Year Range of Proto-Carolingian is assumed. [687, 751]	unknown	None
47	(La Tene A-B1)	Full Year Range of La Tene A-B1 is assumed. [-475, -325]	unknown	None
48	(La Tene B2-C1)	Full Year Range of La Tene B2-C1 is assumed. [-325, -175]	unknown	None
49	(Ottoman Emirate)	Full Year Range of Ottoman Emirate is assumed. [1299, 1402]	absent	None
50	(Tocharians)	Full Year Range of Tocharians is assumed. [-129, 29]	unknown	None

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