Section: Social Complexity
Subsection: Forms of money

Token

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
221
(Uruk)
Full Year Range of Uruk is assumed.
[-4000, -2900]
present
None
222
(Sasanid Empire I)
Full Year Range of Sasanid Empire I is assumed.
[205, 487]
unknown
None
223
(Seleucid Empire)
Full Year Range of Seleucid Empire is assumed.
[-312, -63]
unknown
None
224
(Seljuk Sultanate)
Full Year Range of Seljuk Sultanate is assumed.
[1037, 1157]
unknown
None
225
(Latium - Copper Age)
Full Year Range of Latium - Copper Age is assumed.
[-3600, -1800]
absent
None
226
(Papal States - High Medieval Period)
Full Year Range of Papal States - High Medieval Period is assumed.
[1198, 1309]
absent
None
227
(Papal States - Early Modern Period I)
Full Year Range of Papal States - Early Modern Period I is assumed.
[1527, 1648]
absent
None
228
(Papal States - Early Modern Period II)
Full Year Range of Papal States - Early Modern Period II is assumed.
[1648, 1809]
absent
None
229
(Papal States - Renaissance Period)
Full Year Range of Papal States - Renaissance Period is assumed.
[1378, 1527]
absent
None
230
(Western Roman Empire - Late Antiquity)
Full Year Range of Western Roman Empire - Late Antiquity is assumed.
[395, 476]
absent
None
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