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
61	(Prepalatial Crete)	Full Year Range of Prepalatial Crete is assumed. [-3000, -1900]	absent	None
62	(Hawaii II)	Full Year Range of Hawaii II is assumed. [1200, 1580]	absent	None
63	(Chu Kingdom - Spring and Autumn Period)	Full Year Range of Chu Kingdom - Spring and Autumn Period is assumed. [-740, -489]	absent	None
64	(Macedonian Empire)	Full Year Range of Macedonian Empire is assumed. [-330, -312]	absent	None
65	(Sind - Samma Dynasty)	Full Year Range of Sind - Samma Dynasty is assumed. [1335, 1521]	unknown	None
66	(Hmong - Early Chinese)	Full Year Range of Hmong - Early Chinese is assumed. [1895, 1941]	absent	None
67	(Northern Wei)	Full Year Range of Northern Wei is assumed. [386, 534]	absent	None
68	(Early Qing)	Full Year Range of Early Qing is assumed. [1644, 1796]	present	None
69	(Early Wei Dynasty)	Full Year Range of Early Wei Dynasty is assumed. [-445, -225]	absent	None
70	(Tocharians)	Full Year Range of Tocharians is assumed. [-129, 29]	unknown	None

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