Coin Money was invented by the Greeks
By Inlemay
@Inlemay (17714)
South Africa
October 6, 2016 11:05pm CST
Kalimera, Kalimera everyone, that is Greek for Good Morning!
Did you know that "Coin Money (invented by the Greeks) long before the rule of the Hellens, a trade system that relied on a token was developed, not goods. Commodity money was born, but the Hellens were the first to develop coins of different sizes and materials and put a value on various trading goods."
There are many other fascinating things that the Greeks invented like Cement, Central Heating, Automatic Doors, and my favourite the LIGHTHOUSE!
I am off to babysit my grandsons, so I shall be popping in during the day when I have free arms, eyes, legs and a brain!
Kalimera Katerina
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@Jackalyn (7560)
• Oxford, England
7 Oct 16
I love hearing facts like this. I always thought it was the Romans who invented central heating, but they must have stolen it from the Greeks. How did their automatic doors work or is that a recent Greek invention historically speaking?
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@PurnaSharma (2557)
• Guwahati, India
7 Oct 16
Wow very informative . Keep on posting such discussions.
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@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
17 Oct 16
the idea of money always kinda makes me go 'huh', a worthless piece of something being a marker for value, so can be traded in kind for things, it's kinda wild if you ponder it too long
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@Macarrosel (7498)
• Philippines
7 Oct 16
So Greeks invented cements. That's great to know.
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