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
61	(Susiana - Late Ubaid)	Full Year Range of Susiana - Late Ubaid is assumed. [-4700, -4300]	absent	None
62	(Parthian Empire II)	Full Year Range of Parthian Empire II is assumed. [41, 226]	absent	None
63	(Hmong - Early Chinese)	Full Year Range of Hmong - Early Chinese is assumed. [1895, 1941]	absent	None
64	(La Tene B2-C1)	Full Year Range of La Tene B2-C1 is assumed. [-325, -175]	unknown	None
65	(Latium - Copper Age)	Full Year Range of Latium - Copper Age is assumed. [-3600, -1800]	absent	None
66	(Ayutthaya)	Full Year Range of Ayutthaya is assumed. [1593, 1767]	absent	None
67	(Early Merovingian)	Full Year Range of Early Merovingian is assumed. [481, 543]	unknown	None
68	(Latium - Iron Age)	Full Year Range of Latium - Iron Age is assumed. [-1000, -580]	absent	None
69	(Rome - Republic of St Peter II)	Full Year Range of Rome - Republic of St Peter II is assumed. [904, 1198]	absent	None
70	(Hallstatt C)	Full Year Range of Hallstatt C is assumed. [-700, -600]	unknown	None

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