![]() ![]() Through peace and war, village life and city life, how we count coins and how we deal with debt has evolved tremendously. Our ancestors didn’t live in simplistic bartering societies, as so many school books might have you believe debt as a concept has been around as long as humans have had needs and goods.Īuthor David Graeber dials back the clock and takes a look at the origins of money, and how its use and utility has changed through history. The concept of debt goes not only as far back as ancient Egypt, but even further, to the first agrarian societies. Yet this ancient rock is in fact a legal document, pronouncing amnesty for debtors and prisoners. ![]() The actual text of the famous Rosetta Stone is often overlooked, given the stone’s importance in helping archaeologists crack Egyptian hieroglyphics. ![]()
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