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
111	(Republic of St Peter I)	Full Year Range of Republic of St Peter I is assumed. [711, 904]	absent	None
112	(Late Angkor)	Full Year Range of Late Angkor is assumed. [1220, 1432]	absent	None
113	(Funan I)	Full Year Range of Funan I is assumed. [225, 540]	absent	None
114	(Warring States Japan)	Full Year Range of Warring States Japan is assumed. [1467, 1568]	absent	None
115	(Mongol Empire)	Full Year Range of Mongol Empire is assumed. [1206, 1368]	present	None
116	(Late Mongols)	Full Year Range of Late Mongols is assumed. [1368, 1690]	absent	None
117	(Western Turk Khaganate)	Full Year Range of Western Turk Khaganate is assumed. [582, 630]	unknown	None
118	(Monte Alban IIIB and IV)	Full Year Range of Monte Alban IIIB and IV is assumed. [500, 900]	unknown	None
119	(Archaic Basin of Mexico)	Full Year Range of Archaic Basin of Mexico is assumed. [-6000, -2001]	unknown	None
120	(Hawaii I)	Full Year Range of Hawaii I is assumed. [1000, 1200]	absent	None

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