Why money existed long before coins

Money existed thousands of years before coins

>7,000 Years

People in Mesopotamia were recording money and debts more than 7,000 years ago. This was thousands of years before coins appeared. Money began as a way to keep accounts, not as pieces of metal passed from hand to hand.

U.S. cats may kill billions of birds and mammals each year

Domestic cats in the United States are estimated to kill 1.3–4.0 billion birds and 6.3–22.3 billion mammals every year.

Roman demand for silk sent gold toward China

Romans bought so much Chinese silk that critics worried about gold flowing out of the empire. The Senate repeatedly tried and failed to ban silk clothing. Critics also called silk morally improper, linking worries about its cost with worries about luxury.

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Why money existed long before coins

Money existed thousands of years before coins

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