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
191
(Canaan)
Full Year Range of Canaan is assumed.
[-2000, -1175]
present
None
192
(Yisrael)
Full Year Range of Yisrael is assumed.
[-1030, -722]
present
None
193
(Early A'chik)
Full Year Range of Early A'chik is assumed.
[1775, 1867]
absent
None
194
(Late A'chik)
Full Year Range of Late A'chik is assumed.
[1867, 1956]
absent
None
195
(Mahajanapada era)
Full Year Range of Mahajanapada era is assumed.
[-600, -324]
present
None
196
(Rashtrakuta Empire)
Full Year Range of Rashtrakuta Empire is assumed.
[753, 973]
present
None
197
(Amorite Babylonia)
Full Year Range of Amorite Babylonia is assumed.
[-2000, -1600]
present
None
198
(Kassite Babylonia)
Full Year Range of Kassite Babylonia is assumed.
[-1595, -1150]
present
None
199
(Bazi Dynasty)
Full Year Range of Bazi Dynasty is assumed.
[-1005, -986]
present
None
200
(Susa I)
Full Year Range of Susa I is assumed.
[-4300, -3800]
present
None
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