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
131
(Cahokia - Emergent Mississippian II)
Full Year Range of Cahokia - Emergent Mississippian II is assumed.
[900, 1049]
absent
None
132
(Cahokia - Sand Prairie)
Full Year Range of Cahokia - Sand Prairie is assumed.
[1275, 1400]
absent
None
133
(Chagatai Khanate)
Full Year Range of Chagatai Khanate is assumed.
[1263, 1402]
unknown
None
134
(Khanate of Bukhara)
Full Year Range of Khanate of Bukhara is assumed.
[1599, 1747]
unknown
None
135
(Timurid Empire)
Full Year Range of Timurid Empire is assumed.
[1370, 1526]
unknown
None
136
(Yemen - Qasimid Dynasty)
Full Year Range of Yemen - Qasimid Dynasty is assumed.
[1637, 1805]
unknown
None
137
(Songhai Empire - Askiya Dynasty)
Full Year Range of Songhai Empire - Askiya Dynasty is assumed.
[1493, 1591]
present
None
138
(Mongol Empire)
Full Year Range of Mongol Empire is assumed.
[1206, 1368]
present
None
139
(Early Mongols)
Full Year Range of Early Mongols is assumed.
[1000, 1206]
absent
None
140
(Chuuk - Early Truk)
Full Year Range of Chuuk - Early Truk is assumed.
[1775, 1886]
absent
None
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