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
331
(Ilú-ọba Ọ̀yọ́)
Full Year Range of Ilú-ọba Ọ̀yọ́ is assumed.
[1601, 1835]
present
None
332
(Whydah)
Full Year Range of Whydah is assumed.
[1671, 1727]
present
None
333
(Sokoto Caliphate)
Full Year Range of Sokoto Caliphate is assumed.
[1804, 1904]
present
None
334
(Igala)
Full Year Range of Igala is assumed.
[1600, 1900]
present
None
335
(West Burkina Faso Red I)
Full Year Range of West Burkina Faso Red I is assumed.
[701, 1100]
present
None
336
(Great Zimbabwe)
Full Year Range of Great Zimbabwe is assumed.
[1270, 1550]
present
None
337
(Kingdom of Gumma)
Full Year Range of Kingdom of Gumma is assumed.
[1800, 1897]
present
None
338
(Hausa bakwai)
Full Year Range of Hausa bakwai is assumed.
[900, 1808]
present
None
339
(Foys)
Full Year Range of Foys is assumed.
[1600, 1892]
present
None
340
(Kingdom of Cayor)
Full Year Range of Kingdom of Cayor is assumed.
[1549, 1864]
present
None
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