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]
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Variable Definition
examination_system The absence or presence of examination system for a polity.

# Polity Year(s) Examination System Description   Edit
1
(Austro-Hungarian Monarchy)
1867 CE 1918 CE
present
None
2
(Soviet Union)
1923 CE 1991 CE
present
None
3
(Hallstatt B2-3)
Full Year Range of Hallstatt B2-3 is assumed.
[-900, -700]
unknown
None
4
(Hallstatt D)
Full Year Range of Hallstatt D is assumed.
[-600, -475]
absent
None
5
(Proto-Carolingian)
Full Year Range of Proto-Carolingian is assumed.
[687, 751]
unknown
None
6
(La Tene A-B1)
Full Year Range of La Tene A-B1 is assumed.
[-475, -325]
unknown
None
7
(Susiana A)
Full Year Range of Susiana A is assumed.
[-6000, -5700]
absent
None
8
(La Tene B2-C1)
Full Year Range of La Tene B2-C1 is assumed.
[-325, -175]
unknown
None
9
(Kansai - Kofun Period)
Full Year Range of Kansai - Kofun Period is assumed.
[250, 537]
unknown
None
10
(Hallstatt C)
Full Year Range of Hallstatt C is assumed.
[-700, -600]
unknown
None
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