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
261	(Monte Alban Late I)	Full Year Range of Monte Alban Late I is assumed. [-300, -100]	unknown	None
262	(Monte Alban II)	Full Year Range of Monte Alban II is assumed. [-100, 200]	unknown	None
263	(Monte Alban III)	Full Year Range of Monte Alban III is assumed. [200, 500]	unknown	None
264	(Aztec Empire)	Full Year Range of Aztec Empire is assumed. [1427, 1526]	present	None
265	(Aztec Empire)	Full Year Range of Aztec Empire is assumed. [1427, 1526]	absent	None
266	(Early Formative Basin of Mexico)	Full Year Range of Early Formative Basin of Mexico is assumed. [-1200, -801]	unknown	None
267	(Middle Formative Basin of Mexico)	Full Year Range of Middle Formative Basin of Mexico is assumed. [-800, -401]	unknown	None
268	(Terminal Formative Basin of Mexico)	Full Year Range of Terminal Formative Basin of Mexico is assumed. [-100, 99]	unknown	None
269	(Middle Postclassic Basin of Mexico)	Full Year Range of Middle Postclassic Basin of Mexico is assumed. [1200, 1426]	unknown	None
270	(Oaxaca - Rosario)	Full Year Range of Oaxaca - Rosario is assumed. [-700, -500]	absent	None

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