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
101
(Early Roman Republic)
Full Year Range of Early Roman Republic is assumed.
[-509, -264]
present
None
102
(Middle Roman Republic)
Full Year Range of Middle Roman Republic is assumed.
[-264, -133]
present
None
103
(Nara Kingdom)
Full Year Range of Nara Kingdom is assumed.
[710, 794]
present
None
104
(Kara-Khanids)
Full Year Range of Kara-Khanids is assumed.
[950, 1212]
present
None
105
(Early Angkor)
Full Year Range of Early Angkor is assumed.
[802, 1100]
present
None
106
(Phoenician Empire)
Full Year Range of Phoenician Empire is assumed.
[-1200, -332]
present
None
107
(Saadi Sultanate)
Full Year Range of Saadi Sultanate is assumed.
[1554, 1659]
present
None
108
(Bamana kingdom)
Full Year Range of Bamana kingdom is assumed.
[1712, 1861]
present
None
109
(Jenne-jeno I)
Full Year Range of Jenne-jeno I is assumed.
[-250, 49]
unknown
None
110
(Chuuk - Early Truk)
Full Year Range of Chuuk - Early Truk is assumed.
[1775, 1886]
absent
None
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