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
201	(French Kingdom - Early Bourbon)	Full Year Range of French Kingdom - Early Bourbon is assumed. [1589, 1660]	absent	None
202	(Carolingian Empire I)	Full Year Range of Carolingian Empire I is assumed. [752, 840]	unknown	None
203	(Magadha - Maurya Empire)	Full Year Range of Magadha - Maurya Empire is assumed. [-324, -187]	absent	None
204	(Mughal Empire)	Full Year Range of Mughal Empire is assumed. [1526, 1858]	present	None
205	(Abbasid Caliphate I)	Full Year Range of Abbasid Caliphate I is assumed. [750, 946]	present	None
206	(Abbasid Caliphate I)	Full Year Range of Abbasid Caliphate I is assumed. [750, 946]	absent	None
207	(Kassite Babylonia)	Full Year Range of Kassite Babylonia is assumed. [-1595, -1150]	absent	None
208	(Late Xiongnu)	Full Year Range of Late Xiongnu is assumed. [-60, 100]	absent	None
209	(Buyid Confederation)	Full Year Range of Buyid Confederation is assumed. [932, 1062]	absent	None
210	(Formative Period)	Full Year Range of Formative Period is assumed. [-7200, -7000]	absent	None

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