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
71	(Qajar)	Full Year Range of Qajar is assumed. [1794, 1925]	absent	None
72	(Hawaii III)	Full Year Range of Hawaii III is assumed. [1580, 1778]	absent	None
73	(Western Zhou)	Full Year Range of Western Zhou is assumed. [-1122, -771]	absent	None
74	(Tairona)	Full Year Range of Tairona is assumed. [1050, 1524]	absent	None
75	(Egypt - Mamluk Sultanate III)	Full Year Range of Egypt - Mamluk Sultanate III is assumed. [1412, 1517]	absent	None
76	(Egypt - Mamluk Sultanate II)	Full Year Range of Egypt - Mamluk Sultanate II is assumed. [1348, 1412]	absent	None
77	(Ptolemaic Kingdom I)	Full Year Range of Ptolemaic Kingdom I is assumed. [-305, -217]	present	None
78	(Egypt - Saite Period)	Full Year Range of Egypt - Saite Period is assumed. [-664, -525]	absent	None
79	(Atlantic Complex)	Full Year Range of Atlantic Complex is assumed. [-2200, -1000]	unknown	None
80	(Tocharians)	Full Year Range of Tocharians is assumed. [-129, 29]	unknown	None

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