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
281	(Ottoman Empire I)	Full Year Range of Ottoman Empire I is assumed. [1402, 1517]	present	None
282	(Ottoman Empire II)	Full Year Range of Ottoman Empire II is assumed. [1517, 1683]	present	None
283	(Western Han Empire)	Full Year Range of Western Han Empire is assumed. [-202, 9]	absent	None
284	(Ottoman Empire III)	Full Year Range of Ottoman Empire III is assumed. [1683, 1839]	present	None
285	(Rum Sultanate)	Full Year Range of Rum Sultanate is assumed. [1077, 1307]	absent	None
286	(Samanid Empire)	Full Year Range of Samanid Empire is assumed. [819, 999]	absent	None
287	(Middle Merovingian)	Full Year Range of Middle Merovingian is assumed. [543, 687]	unknown	None
288	(Great Zimbabwe)	Full Year Range of Great Zimbabwe is assumed. [1270, 1550]	absent	None
289	(Kingdom of Nyinginya)	Full Year Range of Kingdom of Nyinginya is assumed. [1650, 1897]	absent	None
290	(Nkore)	Full Year Range of Nkore is assumed. [1750, 1901]	absent	None

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