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
101	(Elam - Shimashki Period)	Full Year Range of Elam - Shimashki Period is assumed. [-2028, -1940]	unknown	None
102	(Elam - Early Sukkalmah)	Full Year Range of Elam - Early Sukkalmah is assumed. [-1900, -1701]	unknown	None
103	(Ostrogothic Kingdom)	Full Year Range of Ostrogothic Kingdom is assumed. [489, 554]	absent	None
104	(Exarchate of Ravenna)	Full Year Range of Exarchate of Ravenna is assumed. [568, 751]	absent	None
105	(Western Turk Khaganate)	Full Year Range of Western Turk Khaganate is assumed. [582, 630]	unknown	None
106	(Andronovo)	Full Year Range of Andronovo is assumed. [-1800, -1200]	unknown	None
107	(Phoenician Empire)	Full Year Range of Phoenician Empire is assumed. [-1200, -332]	unknown	None
108	(Jenne-jeno I)	Full Year Range of Jenne-jeno I is assumed. [-250, 49]	unknown	None
109	(Jenne-jeno II)	Full Year Range of Jenne-jeno II is assumed. [50, 399]	unknown	None
110	(Susa I)	Full Year Range of Susa I is assumed. [-4300, -3800]	absent	None

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