The [Power](/search?q=power) of Words A simple word can mean something big! If you know what ‘apple’ means, you might want to trade your fruit for someone else’s. That’s how language helped make the world a better place for [trading](/search?q=trading).
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- A farmer could trade his extra apples for another person’s bread because he understood what each was saying.
- Two groups of people could travel together if they spoke the same language.
- Children learned how to count by hearing their parents use numbers in daily conversations.
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See also
- How Did the Pyramids Stay Standing for Thousands of Years?
- Why Did the Roman Empire Fall?
- How Does the Ancient Roman Calendar Work?
- How Did Ancient Civilizations Count Without Numbers?
- How Do We Know What People Thought Long Ago?
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