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
251	(Kingdom of Nyinginya)	Full Year Range of Kingdom of Nyinginya is assumed. [1650, 1897]	absent	None
252	(Ndorwa)	Full Year Range of Ndorwa is assumed. [1700, 1800]	absent	None
253	(Burundi)	Full Year Range of Burundi is assumed. [1680, 1903]	absent	None
254	(Mubari)	Full Year Range of Mubari is assumed. [-10000, 2000]	absent	None
255	(Gisaka)	Full Year Range of Gisaka is assumed. [1700, 1867]	absent	None
256	(Bugesera)	Full Year Range of Bugesera is assumed. [1700, 1799]	absent	None
257	(Buhaya)	Full Year Range of Buhaya is assumed. [-10000, 2000]	present	None
258	(Adal Sultanate)	Full Year Range of Adal Sultanate is assumed. [1375, 1543]	present	None
259	(Ajuran Sultanate)	Full Year Range of Ajuran Sultanate is assumed. [1250, 1700]	present	None
260	(Shoa Sultanate)	Full Year Range of Shoa Sultanate is assumed. [1108, 1285]	present	None

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