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
291
(Early Modern Sierra Leone)
Full Year Range of Early Modern Sierra Leone is assumed.
[1650, 1896]
absent
None
292
(Middle and Late Nok)
Full Year Range of Middle and Late Nok is assumed.
[-1500, -901]
absent
None
293
(Middle and Late Nok)
Full Year Range of Middle and Late Nok is assumed.
[-900, 0]
absent
None
294
(Nkore)
Full Year Range of Nkore is assumed.
[1450, 1749]
absent
None
295
(Burundi)
Full Year Range of Burundi is assumed.
[1680, 1903]
absent
None
296
(Ndorwa)
Full Year Range of Ndorwa is assumed.
[1700, 1800]
absent
None
297
(Sogdiana - City-States Period)
Full Year Range of Sogdiana - City-States Period is assumed.
[604, 711]
absent
None
298
(Buganda)
Full Year Range of Buganda is assumed.
[1700, 1894]
absent
None
299
(Toro)
Full Year Range of Toro is assumed.
[1830, 1896]
absent
None
300
(Karagwe)
Full Year Range of Karagwe is assumed.
[1500, 1916]
absent
None
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