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
181	(Cahokia - Middle Woodland)	Full Year Range of Cahokia - Middle Woodland is assumed. [-150, 300]	absent	None
182	(Cahokia - Late Woodland III)	Full Year Range of Cahokia - Late Woodland III is assumed. [600, 750]	absent	None
183	(Cahokia - Late Woodland I)	Full Year Range of Cahokia - Late Woodland I is assumed. [300, 450]	absent	None
184	(Cahokia - Emergent Mississippian I)	Full Year Range of Cahokia - Emergent Mississippian I is assumed. [750, 900]	absent	None
185	(Chagatai Khanate)	Full Year Range of Chagatai Khanate is assumed. [1263, 1402]	unknown	None
186	(Hephthalites)	Full Year Range of Hephthalites is assumed. [408, 561]	absent	None
187	(Western Jin)	Full Year Range of Western Jin is assumed. [265, 317]	present	None
188	(Timurid Empire)	Full Year Range of Timurid Empire is assumed. [1370, 1526]	absent	None
189	(Sui Dynasty)	Full Year Range of Sui Dynasty is assumed. [581, 618]	present	None
190	(Tang Dynasty I)	Full Year Range of Tang Dynasty I is assumed. [617, 763]	present	None

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