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
151
(Cuzco - Late Formative)
Full Year Range of Cuzco - Late Formative is assumed.
[-500, 200]
unknown
None
152
(Kachi Plain - Aceramic Neolithic)
Full Year Range of Kachi Plain - Aceramic Neolithic is assumed.
[-7500, -5500]
absent
None
153
(Kachi Plain - Ceramic Neolithic)
Full Year Range of Kachi Plain - Ceramic Neolithic is assumed.
[-5500, -4000]
absent
None
154
(Kachi Plain - Pre-Urban Period)
Full Year Range of Kachi Plain - Pre-Urban Period is assumed.
[-3200, -2500]
absent
None
155
(Sakha - Early)
Full Year Range of Sakha - Early is assumed.
[1400, 1632]
absent
None
156
(Sarazm)
Full Year Range of Sarazm is assumed.
[-3500, -2000]
unknown
None
157
(Fatimid Caliphate)
Full Year Range of Fatimid Caliphate is assumed.
[909, 1171]
absent
None
158
(Konya Plain - Early Bronze Age)
Full Year Range of Konya Plain - Early Bronze Age is assumed.
[-3000, -2000]
absent
None
159
(Konya Plain - Late Bronze Age II)
Full Year Range of Konya Plain - Late Bronze Age II is assumed.
[-1500, -1400]
absent
None
160
(Hawaii I)
Full Year Range of Hawaii I is assumed.
[1000, 1200]
absent
None
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