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
281
(Kingdom of Nyinginya)
Full Year Range of Kingdom of Nyinginya is assumed.
[1650, 1897]
absent
None
282
(Ndorwa)
Full Year Range of Ndorwa is assumed.
[1700, 1800]
absent
None
283
(Burundi)
Full Year Range of Burundi is assumed.
[1680, 1903]
absent
None
284
(Mubari)
Full Year Range of Mubari is assumed.
[-10000, 2000]
absent
None
285
(Gisaka)
Full Year Range of Gisaka is assumed.
[1700, 1867]
absent
None
286
(Nkore)
Full Year Range of Nkore is assumed.
[1750, 1901]
absent
None
287
(Buhaya)
Full Year Range of Buhaya is assumed.
[-10000, 2000]
absent
None
288
(Carnatic Sultanate)
Full Year Range of Carnatic Sultanate is assumed.
[1710, 1801]
present
None
289
(Nayaks of Madurai)
Full Year Range of Nayaks of Madurai is assumed.
[1529, 1736]
present
None
290
(Early Cholas)
Full Year Range of Early Cholas is assumed.
[-300, 300]
present
None
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