Section: Social Complexity
Subsection: Forms of money

Precious Metal

Talking about forms of money, precious metals are non-coined silver, gold, platinum   (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
precious_metal The absence or presence of precious metal for a polity.

# Polity Year(s) Precious Metal Description   Edit
1
(Mossi)
1100 CE 1750 CE
unknown
None
2
(Spanish Empire II)
1716 CE 1814 CE
present
None
3
(Mossi)
1751 CE 1897 CE
absent
None
4
(Egypt - Late Old Kingdom)
Full Year Range of Egypt - Late Old Kingdom is assumed.
[-2350, -2150]
present
None
5
(Egypt - Period of the Regions)
Full Year Range of Egypt - Period of the Regions is assumed.
[-2150, -2016]
unknown
None
6
(Egypt - Tulunid-Ikhshidid Period)
Full Year Range of Egypt - Tulunid-Ikhshidid Period is assumed.
[868, 969]
present
None
7
(Ptolemaic Kingdom II)
Full Year Range of Ptolemaic Kingdom II is assumed.
[-217, -30]
present
None
8
(Chuuk - Late Truk)
Full Year Range of Chuuk - Late Truk is assumed.
[1886, 1948]
absent
None
9
(French Kingdom - Early Bourbon)
Full Year Range of French Kingdom - Early Bourbon is assumed.
[1589, 1660]
unknown
None
10
(Chuuk - Early Truk)
Full Year Range of Chuuk - Early Truk is assumed.
[1775, 1886]
absent
None
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