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
161
(Hmong - Early Chinese)
Full Year Range of Hmong - Early Chinese is assumed.
[1895, 1941]
absent
None
162
(Egypt - New Kingdom Ramesside Period)
Full Year Range of Egypt - New Kingdom Ramesside Period is assumed.
[-1293, -1070]
present
None
163
(Hmong - Late Qing)
Full Year Range of Hmong - Late Qing is assumed.
[1701, 1895]
present
None
164
(Great Ming)
Full Year Range of Great Ming is assumed.
[1368, 1644]
present
None
165
(Late Qing)
Full Year Range of Late Qing is assumed.
[1796, 1912]
present
None
166
(Tang Dynasty I)
Full Year Range of Tang Dynasty I is assumed.
[617, 763]
present
None
167
(Early Wei Dynasty)
Full Year Range of Early Wei Dynasty is assumed.
[-445, -225]
present
None
168
(Western Han Empire)
Full Year Range of Western Han Empire is assumed.
[-202, 9]
present
None
169
(Tairona)
Full Year Range of Tairona is assumed.
[1050, 1524]
present
None
170
(Shuar - Colonial)
Full Year Range of Shuar - Colonial is assumed.
[1534, 1830]
present
None
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