Long ago, people didn’t use paper money or plastic cards, they used coins! The first coins were made of shiny metal and came from a place called Lydia in what is now Turkey. People would carry these small, round pieces to buy food or clothes. It was easier than carrying heavy bags of grain or clay. Soon, other people started making their own coins too, like the Greeks and Romans.
Examples
- A merchant in Greece uses silver coins to pay for goods from Rome.
- A farmer exchanges a few coins with a neighbor instead of bartering grain.
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See also
- How Do We Know What People Thought Long Ago?
- What are taxonomic challenges?
- How Does the Ancient Roman Calendar Work?
- How Did Ancient Civilizations Count Without Numbers?
- What Makes a Society 'Technologically Advanced'?
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