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
211	(Chenla)	Full Year Range of Chenla is assumed. [550, 825]	absent	None
212	(Tang Dynasty I)	Full Year Range of Tang Dynasty I is assumed. [617, 763]	present	None
213	(Tang Dynasty II)	Full Year Range of Tang Dynasty II is assumed. [763, 907]	present	None
214	(Elam II)	Full Year Range of Elam II is assumed. [-743, -647]	absent	None
215	(Parthian Empire I)	Full Year Range of Parthian Empire I is assumed. [-247, 40]	absent	None
216	(Kingdom of Norway II)	Full Year Range of Kingdom of Norway II is assumed. [1262, 1396]	absent	None
217	(Great Yuan)	Full Year Range of Great Yuan is assumed. [1271, 1368]	present	None
218	(Ayyubid Sultanate)	Full Year Range of Ayyubid Sultanate is assumed. [1171, 1250]	absent	None
219	(Egypt - Mamluk Sultanate I)	Full Year Range of Egypt - Mamluk Sultanate I is assumed. [1260, 1348]	absent	None
220	(Egypt - New Kingdom Ramesside Period)	Full Year Range of Egypt - New Kingdom Ramesside Period is assumed. [-1293, -1070]	absent	None

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