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
341
(Kingdom of Saloum)
Full Year Range of Kingdom of Saloum is assumed.
[1490, 1863]
present
None
342
(Kingdom of Baol)
Full Year Range of Kingdom of Baol is assumed.
[1550, 1890]
present
None
343
(Imamate of Futa Toro)
Full Year Range of Imamate of Futa Toro is assumed.
[1776, 1860]
present
None
344
(Denyanke Kingdom)
Full Year Range of Denyanke Kingdom is assumed.
[1490, 1776]
present
None
345
(Kingdom of Jolof)
Full Year Range of Kingdom of Jolof is assumed.
[1549, 1865]
present
None
346
(Buganda)
Full Year Range of Buganda is assumed.
[1450, 1699]
absent
None
347
(Buhaya)
Full Year Range of Buhaya is assumed.
[-10000, 2000]
absent
None
348
(Mutapa)
Full Year Range of Mutapa is assumed.
[1450, 1880]
present
None
349
(Kingdom of Jimma)
Full Year Range of Kingdom of Jimma is assumed.
[1790, 1932]
present
None
350
(Kingdom of Gomma)
Full Year Range of Kingdom of Gomma is assumed.
[1780, 1886]
present
None
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