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
201	(Susa II)	Full Year Range of Susa II is assumed. [-3800, -3100]	present	None
202	(Dynasty of E)	Full Year Range of Dynasty of E is assumed. [-979, -732]	present	None
203	(Second Dynasty of Isin)	Full Year Range of Second Dynasty of Isin is assumed. [-1153, -1027]	present	None
204	(Neo-Assyrian Empire)	Full Year Range of Neo-Assyrian Empire is assumed. [-911, -612]	present	None
205	(Neo-Babylonian Empire)	Full Year Range of Neo-Babylonian Empire is assumed. [-626, -539]	present	None
206	(Ubaid)	Full Year Range of Ubaid is assumed. [-5500, -4201]	present	None
207	(Achaemenid Empire)	Full Year Range of Achaemenid Empire is assumed. [-550, -331]	present	None
208	(Elam - Awan Dynasty I)	Full Year Range of Elam - Awan Dynasty I is assumed. [-2675, -2100]	present	None
209	(Ilkhanate)	Full Year Range of Ilkhanate is assumed. [1256, 1339]	present	None
210	(Susiana B)	Full Year Range of Susiana B is assumed. [-5700, -5100]	present	None

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