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
301	(Zungharian Empire)	Full Year Range of Zungharian Empire is assumed. [1670, 1757]	absent	None
302	(Monte Alban Late I)	Full Year Range of Monte Alban Late I is assumed. [-300, -100]	unknown	None
303	(Monte Alban IIIB and IV)	Full Year Range of Monte Alban IIIB and IV is assumed. [500, 900]	unknown	None
304	(Kingdom of Norway II)	Full Year Range of Kingdom of Norway II is assumed. [1262, 1396]	absent	None
305	(Sakha - Late)	Full Year Range of Sakha - Late is assumed. [1632, 1900]	absent	None
306	(Ottoman Empire II)	Full Year Range of Ottoman Empire II is assumed. [1517, 1683]	present	None
307	(Yemen - Tahirid Dynasty)	Full Year Range of Yemen - Tahirid Dynasty is assumed. [1454, 1517]	present	None
308	(Russian Empire, Romanov Dynasty I)	Full Year Range of Russian Empire, Romanov Dynasty I is assumed. [1614, 1775]	absent	None
309	(Sokoto Caliphate)	Full Year Range of Sokoto Caliphate is assumed. [1804, 1904]	absent	None
310	(Tocharians)	Full Year Range of Tocharians is assumed. [-129, 29]	unknown	None

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