Silver as a Financial Tool in Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia

Marc Mieroop ()
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Marc Mieroop: Columbia University

A chapter in Explaining Monetary and Financial Innovation, 2014, pp 17-29 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Although ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia are often considered to have been very similar in their economic structures, it is clear that the attitudes toward silver differed substantially between the two. This paper surveys the evidence for the economic uses of silver in both cultures during the third and second millennia BC, and attempts to explain the reasons for the differences we can observe in the ancient source material.

Keywords: Precious Metal; Financial Tool; Ancient History; Territorial State; Private Entrepreneur (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-06109-2_2

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