Section: Social Complexity

Subsection: Forms of money

Token

Talking about forms of money, tokens, unlike articles, are used only for exchange, and unlike coins, are not manufactured (example: cowries) (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
token	The absence or presence of token for a polity.

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#	Polity	Year(s)	Token	Description	Edit
181	(Roman Empire - Principate)	Full Year Range of Roman Empire - Principate is assumed. [-31, 284]	present	None
182	(Roman Empire - Principate)	Full Year Range of Roman Empire - Principate is assumed. [-31, 284]	absent	None
183	(Western Turk Khaganate)	Full Year Range of Western Turk Khaganate is assumed. [582, 630]	present	None
184	(Classical Angkor)	Full Year Range of Classical Angkor is assumed. [1100, 1220]	absent	None
185	(Early Angkor)	Full Year Range of Early Angkor is assumed. [802, 1100]	absent	None
186	(Late Angkor)	Full Year Range of Late Angkor is assumed. [1220, 1432]	absent	None
187	(Chenla)	Full Year Range of Chenla is assumed. [550, 825]	absent	None
188	(Funan I)	Full Year Range of Funan I is assumed. [225, 540]	absent	None
189	(Indo-Greek Kingdom)	Full Year Range of Indo-Greek Kingdom is assumed. [-180, -10]	present	None
190	(Kachi Plain - Post-Urban Period)	Full Year Range of Kachi Plain - Post-Urban Period is assumed. [-1800, -1300]	present	None

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