Section: Social Complexity
Subsection: Forms of money

Article

Talking about forms of money, articles are items that have both a regular use and are used as money (example: axes, cattle, measures of grain, ingots of non-precious metals)   (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]
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Variable Definition
article The absence or presence of article for a polity.

# Polity Year(s) Article Description   Edit
211
(Shiwei)
Full Year Range of Shiwei is assumed.
[600, 1000]
present
None
212
(Axum I)
Full Year Range of Axum I is assumed.
[-149, 349]
present
None
213
(Atlantic Complex)
Full Year Range of Atlantic Complex is assumed.
[-2200, -1000]
present
None
214
(Ashikaga Shogunate)
Full Year Range of Ashikaga Shogunate is assumed.
[1336, 1467]
present
None
215
(Beaker Culture)
Full Year Range of Beaker Culture is assumed.
[-3200, -2000]
present
None
216
(Early Merovingian)
Full Year Range of Early Merovingian is assumed.
[481, 543]
present
None
217
(Proto-Carolingian)
Full Year Range of Proto-Carolingian is assumed.
[687, 751]
present
None
218
(Middle Merovingian)
Full Year Range of Middle Merovingian is assumed.
[543, 687]
present
None
219
(La Tene C2-D)
Full Year Range of La Tene C2-D is assumed.
[-175, -27]
present
None
220
(Ashanti Empire)
Full Year Range of Ashanti Empire is assumed.
[1701, 1895]
present
None
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