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
11	(Neolithic Crete)	Full Year Range of Neolithic Crete is assumed. [-7000, -3000]	absent	None
12	(Prepalatial Crete)	Full Year Range of Prepalatial Crete is assumed. [-3000, -1900]	absent	None
13	(Hawaii II)	Full Year Range of Hawaii II is assumed. [1200, 1580]	absent	None
14	(Erlitou)	Full Year Range of Erlitou is assumed. [-1850, -1600]	absent	None
15	(Hmong - Early Chinese)	Full Year Range of Hmong - Early Chinese is assumed. [1895, 1941]	absent	None
16	(La Tene B2-C1)	Full Year Range of La Tene B2-C1 is assumed. [-325, -175]	unknown	None
17	(Early Qing)	Full Year Range of Early Qing is assumed. [1644, 1796]	present	None
18	(Early Wei Dynasty)	Full Year Range of Early Wei Dynasty is assumed. [-445, -225]	absent	None
19	(Middle Roman Republic)	Full Year Range of Middle Roman Republic is assumed. [-264, -133]	absent	None
20	(Hallstatt C)	Full Year Range of Hallstatt C is assumed. [-700, -600]	unknown	None

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