Alan Ereira
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in shekels, and the value that's stated on them is wrong.
in shekels, and the value that's stated on them is wrong.
in shekels, and the value that's stated on them is wrong.
He has given them coins which are identified by him as a divine figure and king, as having a value beyond the value of the metal. So it's enhanced by its source, by the fact that it's been given by him. So it's a very peculiar kind of thing that's going on, but this is the start of a process that will become important.
He has given them coins which are identified by him as a divine figure and king, as having a value beyond the value of the metal. So it's enhanced by its source, by the fact that it's been given by him. So it's a very peculiar kind of thing that's going on, but this is the start of a process that will become important.
He has given them coins which are identified by him as a divine figure and king, as having a value beyond the value of the metal. So it's enhanced by its source, by the fact that it's been given by him. So it's a very peculiar kind of thing that's going on, but this is the start of a process that will become important.
Well, you start with the idea that if you are engaged in long distance trade, you need to have some portable thing to be exchanged. We're not dealing with barter. Barter doesn't work for substantial trade. Firstly, what you may be trying to Sell may be something which is perishable and you're selling it in the summer.
Well, you start with the idea that if you are engaged in long distance trade, you need to have some portable thing to be exchanged. We're not dealing with barter. Barter doesn't work for substantial trade. Firstly, what you may be trying to Sell may be something which is perishable and you're selling it in the summer.
Well, you start with the idea that if you are engaged in long distance trade, you need to have some portable thing to be exchanged. We're not dealing with barter. Barter doesn't work for substantial trade. Firstly, what you may be trying to Sell may be something which is perishable and you're selling it in the summer.
What you want to acquire is perhaps much later in the year and with a different quality. So you need something where the value is being stored by the person who's selling so that they can then later use it to acquire the other things, not barter. So you need some symbolic material. The material that gets used quite quickly is electrum.
What you want to acquire is perhaps much later in the year and with a different quality. So you need something where the value is being stored by the person who's selling so that they can then later use it to acquire the other things, not barter. So you need some symbolic material. The material that gets used quite quickly is electrum.
What you want to acquire is perhaps much later in the year and with a different quality. So you need something where the value is being stored by the person who's selling so that they can then later use it to acquire the other things, not barter. So you need some symbolic material. The material that gets used quite quickly is electrum.
Electrum is gold that is found in riverbeds, which is alloyed naturally, mostly with silver, to some extent with copper and other materials. It's called in the Sumerian period and the Egyptian period, it's called white gold because there's so much silver in it that it's white. The Greeks call it electrum, which is actually the word for amber.
Electrum is gold that is found in riverbeds, which is alloyed naturally, mostly with silver, to some extent with copper and other materials. It's called in the Sumerian period and the Egyptian period, it's called white gold because there's so much silver in it that it's white. The Greeks call it electrum, which is actually the word for amber.
Electrum is gold that is found in riverbeds, which is alloyed naturally, mostly with silver, to some extent with copper and other materials. It's called in the Sumerian period and the Egyptian period, it's called white gold because there's so much silver in it that it's white. The Greeks call it electrum, which is actually the word for amber.
which also gives you an indication of what the material is like. But it also tells you that Electrum can vary in its content from one lump to the next. So you've got traders traveling with Electrum because it has this quality of goldness, but it's not pure gold, but it's very useful to do deals with. And you get bars being produced. by the late second millennium BC, bars of electrum for trade.
which also gives you an indication of what the material is like. But it also tells you that Electrum can vary in its content from one lump to the next. So you've got traders traveling with Electrum because it has this quality of goldness, but it's not pure gold, but it's very useful to do deals with. And you get bars being produced. by the late second millennium BC, bars of electrum for trade.
which also gives you an indication of what the material is like. But it also tells you that Electrum can vary in its content from one lump to the next. So you've got traders traveling with Electrum because it has this quality of goldness, but it's not pure gold, but it's very useful to do deals with. And you get bars being produced. by the late second millennium BC, bars of electrum for trade.
And these marked in divisions, and archaeologists refer to them as chocolate bars. You can break a bit off and do your deal with that bit. And these turn up, for example, at Troy. They don't come from Troy, and we don't know quite where they've come from, but they travel around with the traders. And the traders are traveling long distances. There's a trade route that goes from Babylon to Troy.
And these marked in divisions, and archaeologists refer to them as chocolate bars. You can break a bit off and do your deal with that bit. And these turn up, for example, at Troy. They don't come from Troy, and we don't know quite where they've come from, but they travel around with the traders. And the traders are traveling long distances. There's a trade route that goes from Babylon to Troy.