Section: Social Complexity

Subsection: Bureaucracy characteristics

Merit Promotion

Talking about bureaucracy characteristics, merit promotion is coded present if there are regular, institutionalized procedures for promotion based on performance. when exceptional individuals are promoted to the top ranks, in the absence of institutionalized procedures, we code it under institution and equity variables (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
merit_promotion	The absence or presence of merit promotion for a polity.

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#	Polity	Year(s)	Merit Promotion	Description	Edit
1	(Egypt - Saite Period)	664 BCE 571 BCE	present	None
2	(Egypt - Saite Period)	570 BCE 525 BCE	absent	None
3	(Eastern Han Empire)	25 CE 150 CE	present	None
4	(Eastern Han Empire)	151 CE 199 CE	unknown	None
5	(Eastern Han Empire)	200 CE 220 CE	absent	None
6	(Samanid Empire)	819 CE 942 CE	present	None
7	(Samanid Empire)	943 CE 999 CE	absent	None
8	(Khanate of Bukhara)	1599 CE 1702 CE	absent	None
9	(Khanate of Bukhara)	1702 CE 1747 CE	absent	None
10	(Spanish Empire II)	1716 CE 1814 CE	present	None

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