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
271
(Kingdom of Hawaii - Kamehameha Period)
Full Year Range of Kingdom of Hawaii - Kamehameha Period is assumed.
[1778, 1819]
absent
None
272
(Sogdiana - City-States Period)
Full Year Range of Sogdiana - City-States Period is assumed.
[604, 711]
present
None
273
(Rasulid Dynasty)
Full Year Range of Rasulid Dynasty is assumed.
[1229, 1453]
present
None
274
(Yemen - Tahirid Dynasty)
Full Year Range of Yemen - Tahirid Dynasty is assumed.
[1454, 1517]
present
None
275
(Bugesera)
Full Year Range of Bugesera is assumed.
[1700, 1799]
absent
None
276
(Funj Sultanate)
Full Year Range of Funj Sultanate is assumed.
[1504, 1820]
present
None
277
(Hausa bakwai)
Full Year Range of Hausa bakwai is assumed.
[900, 1808]
present
None
278
(Buganda)
Full Year Range of Buganda is assumed.
[1700, 1894]
absent
None
279
(Toro)
Full Year Range of Toro is assumed.
[1830, 1896]
absent
None
280
(Buganda)
Full Year Range of Buganda is assumed.
[1450, 1699]
absent
None
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