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]
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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
51	(Proto-French Kingdom)	Full Year Range of Proto-French Kingdom is assumed. [987, 1150]	absent	None
52	(French Kingdom - Late Capetian)	Full Year Range of French Kingdom - Late Capetian is assumed. [1150, 1328]	present	None
53	(Carolingian Empire II)	Full Year Range of Carolingian Empire II is assumed. [840, 987]	present	None
54	(Proto-Carolingian)	Full Year Range of Proto-Carolingian is assumed. [687, 751]	absent	None
55	(Middle Merovingian)	Full Year Range of Middle Merovingian is assumed. [543, 687]	absent	None
56	(Kadamba Empire)	Full Year Range of Kadamba Empire is assumed. [345, 550]	unknown	None
57	(Ottoman Emirate)	Full Year Range of Ottoman Emirate is assumed. [1299, 1402]	absent	None
58	(Kachi Plain - Urban Period II)	Full Year Range of Kachi Plain - Urban Period II is assumed. [-2100, -1800]	unknown	None
59	(Koktepe I)	Full Year Range of Koktepe I is assumed. [-1400, -1000]	unknown	None
60	(Tocharians)	Full Year Range of Tocharians is assumed. [-129, 29]	unknown	None

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