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
81	(Cuzco - Late Formative)	Full Year Range of Cuzco - Late Formative is assumed. [-500, 200]	unknown	None
82	(Sakha - Early)	Full Year Range of Sakha - Early is assumed. [1400, 1632]	absent	None
83	(Sakha - Late)	Full Year Range of Sakha - Late is assumed. [1632, 1900]	absent	None
84	(Egypt - Kushite Period)	Full Year Range of Egypt - Kushite Period is assumed. [-747, -656]	unknown	None
85	(Late Roman Republic)	Full Year Range of Late Roman Republic is assumed. [-133, -31]	absent	None
86	(Middle Roman Republic)	Full Year Range of Middle Roman Republic is assumed. [-264, -133]	absent	None
87	(Asuka)	Full Year Range of Asuka is assumed. [538, 710]	unknown	None
88	(Kansai - Kofun Period)	Full Year Range of Kansai - Kofun Period is assumed. [250, 537]	unknown	None
89	(Nara Kingdom)	Full Year Range of Nara Kingdom is assumed. [710, 794]	unknown	None
90	(La Tene A-B1)	Full Year Range of La Tene A-B1 is assumed. [-475, -325]	unknown	None

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