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]
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Variable Definition
token The absence or presence of token for a polity.

# Polity Year(s) Token Description   Edit
21
(Deccan - Neolithic)
Full Year Range of Deccan - Neolithic is assumed.
[-2700, -1200]
absent
None
22
(Early A'chik)
Full Year Range of Early A'chik is assumed.
[1775, 1867]
unknown
None
23
(Abbasid Caliphate I)
Full Year Range of Abbasid Caliphate I is assumed.
[750, 946]
unknown
None
24
(Abbasid Caliphate II)
Full Year Range of Abbasid Caliphate II is assumed.
[1191, 1258]
unknown
None
25
(Achaemenid Empire)
Full Year Range of Achaemenid Empire is assumed.
[-550, -331]
unknown
None
26
(Ak Koyunlu)
Full Year Range of Ak Koyunlu is assumed.
[1339, 1501]
unknown
None
27
(Buyid Confederation)
Full Year Range of Buyid Confederation is assumed.
[932, 1062]
unknown
None
28
(Jin)
Full Year Range of Jin is assumed.
[-780, -404]
present
None
29
(Northern Wei)
Full Year Range of Northern Wei is assumed.
[386, 534]
present
None
30
(La Tene A-B1)
Full Year Range of La Tene A-B1 is assumed.
[-475, -325]
unknown
None
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