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
301
(Classical Ife)
Full Year Range of Classical Ife is assumed.
[1000, 1400]
absent
None
302
(Armenian Kingdom)
Full Year Range of Armenian Kingdom is assumed.
[-188, 6]
present
None
303
(Benin Empire)
Full Year Range of Benin Empire is assumed.
[1140, 1897]
absent
None
304
(Karagwe)
Full Year Range of Karagwe is assumed.
[1500, 1916]
absent
None
305
(Kingdom of the Huns)
Full Year Range of Kingdom of the Huns is assumed.
[376, 469]
present
None
306
(Early United Mexican States)
Full Year Range of Early United Mexican States is assumed.
[1810, 1920]
present
None
307
(Plantagenet England)
Full Year Range of Plantagenet England is assumed.
[1154, 1485]
present
None
308
(Kingdom of Bohemia - Luxembourgian and Jagiellonian Dynasty)
Full Year Range of Kingdom of Bohemia - Luxembourgian and Jagiellonian Dynasty is assumed.
[1310, 1526]
present
None
309
(Lombard Kingdom)
Full Year Range of Lombard Kingdom is assumed.
[568, 774]
present
None
310
(Us Reconstruction-Progressive)
Full Year Range of Us Reconstruction-Progressive is assumed.
[1866, 1933]
present
None
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