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]
Verified	A Seshat Expert has approved this piece of data.

Variable	Definition
precious_metal	The absence or presence of precious metal for a polity.

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#	Polity	Year(s)	Precious Metal	Description	Edit
121	(Late Cappadocia)	Full Year Range of Late Cappadocia is assumed. [-322, -93]	unknown	None
122	(Konya Plain - Late Chalcolithic)	Full Year Range of Konya Plain - Late Chalcolithic is assumed. [-5500, -3000]	unknown	None
123	(Ottoman Emirate)	Full Year Range of Ottoman Emirate is assumed. [1299, 1402]	present	None
124	(Ottoman Empire I)	Full Year Range of Ottoman Empire I is assumed. [1402, 1517]	present	None
125	(Ottoman Empire II)	Full Year Range of Ottoman Empire II is assumed. [1517, 1683]	present	None
126	(Ottoman Empire III)	Full Year Range of Ottoman Empire III is assumed. [1683, 1839]	unknown	None
127	(Egypt - Middle Kingdom)	Full Year Range of Egypt - Middle Kingdom is assumed. [-2016, -1700]	present	None
128	(Hallstatt C)	Full Year Range of Hallstatt C is assumed. [-700, -600]	unknown	None
129	(Haudenosaunee Confederacy - Early)	Full Year Range of Haudenosaunee Confederacy - Early is assumed. [1566, 1713]	absent	None
130	(Chuuk - Early Truk)	Full Year Range of Chuuk - Early Truk is assumed. [1775, 1886]	absent	None

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