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
91	(Chenla)	Full Year Range of Chenla is assumed. [550, 825]	absent	None
92	(Funan I)	Full Year Range of Funan I is assumed. [225, 540]	absent	None
93	(Funan II)	Full Year Range of Funan II is assumed. [540, 640]	absent	None
94	(Early Angkor)	Full Year Range of Early Angkor is assumed. [802, 1100]	absent	None
95	(Early Monte Alban I)	Full Year Range of Early Monte Alban I is assumed. [-500, -300]	absent	None
96	(Archaic Basin of Mexico)	Full Year Range of Archaic Basin of Mexico is assumed. [-6000, -2001]	unknown	None
97	(Epiclassic Basin of Mexico)	Full Year Range of Epiclassic Basin of Mexico is assumed. [650, 899]	present	None
98	(Qajar)	Full Year Range of Qajar is assumed. [1794, 1925]	absent	None
99	(Sasanid Empire I)	Full Year Range of Sasanid Empire I is assumed. [205, 487]	absent	None
100	(Susa I)	Full Year Range of Susa I is assumed. [-4300, -3800]	absent	None

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