Section: Social Complexity

Subsection: Bureaucracy characteristics

Merit Promotion

Talking about bureaucracy characteristics, merit promotion is coded present if there are regular, institutionalized procedures for promotion based on performance. when exceptional individuals are promoted to the top ranks, in the absence of institutionalized procedures, we code it under institution and equity variables (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
merit_promotion	The absence or presence of merit promotion for a polity.

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#	Polity	Year(s)	Merit Promotion	Description	Edit
31	(Early Tana 2)	Full Year Range of Early Tana 2 is assumed. [750, 1099]	unknown	None
32	(Early Tana 1)	Full Year Range of Early Tana 1 is assumed. [500, 749]	unknown	None
33	(Early East Africa Iron Age)	Full Year Range of Early East Africa Iron Age is assumed. [200, 499]	absent	None
34	(Early Tana 1)	Full Year Range of Early Tana 1 is assumed. [500, 749]	unknown	None
35	(Eastern Zhou)	Full Year Range of Eastern Zhou is assumed. [-475, -256]	present	None
36	(Tahert)	Full Year Range of Tahert is assumed. [761, 909]	unknown	None
37	(Jin Dynasty)	Full Year Range of Jin Dynasty is assumed. [1115, 1234]	present	None
38	(Chu Kingdom - Warring States Period)	Full Year Range of Chu Kingdom - Warring States Period is assumed. [-488, -223]	present	None
39	(Tlemcen)	Full Year Range of Tlemcen is assumed. [1235, 1554]	present	None
40	(Tocharians)	Full Year Range of Tocharians is assumed. [-129, 29]	unknown	None

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