Northern Ethiopian amole reckoning
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Northern Ethiopian amole reckoning
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Northern Ethiopian amole reckoning
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The story
Tax schedules specify 8/6/4 bars per camel/mule/donkey load; analysis describes a price structure reckoned in amoles. Worn bars ceased to be accepted as money and were instead weighed as commodities. [1]
Lifecycle review: 1935 invasion is a study-period boundary, not a proven demonetization date. No complete family extinction established. [2]
Turning points
Alvarez reports widespread salt-bar monetary use and court-expense provision
Alvarez reports widespread salt-bar monetary use and court-expense provision. Earlier 525 salt trade is context, not proof of continuous identity to amole. [3]
Sources and evidence
- Richard Pankhurst · Richard Pankhurst, Primitive money in Ethiopia, Journal de la Société des Africanistes32(2),1962, pp.213–248
- Richard Pankhurst · Richard Pankhurst, Primitive money in Ethiopia, Journal de la Société des Africanistes32(2),1962, pp.213–248
- Richard Pankhurst · Richard Pankhurst, Primitive money in Ethiopia, Journal de la Société des Africanistes32(2),1962, pp.213–248
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