| 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. |
| # | Polity | Year(s) | Token | Description | Edit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 392 |
(Northern Maravi Kingdom) |
Full Year Range of Northern Maravi Kingdom is assumed. [1500, 1621] |
uncoded |
EMPTY_COMMENT | |
| 393 |
(Norman England) |
Full Year Range of Norman England is assumed. [1066, 1153] |
absent |
The Norman economy primarily relied on coins as the medium of exchange. The Normans adopted and expanded the Anglo-Saxon monetary system, which used silver coins like pennies. [Carpenter 2003] | |
| 394 |
(Chandra Dynasty) |
Full Year Range of Chandra Dynasty is assumed. [900, 1050] |
present |
“ ‘Row on, Domni, row on’, one poet urges a woman, and it is clear that customers paid in cowries (small shells) to be ferried across.” [van_Schendel 2009] |