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History’s first known money – Sumerian barley money – is a good example. It appeared in Sumer around 3000 BC, at the same time and place, and under the same circumstances, in which writing appeared. Just as writing developed to answer the needs of intensifying administrative activities, so barley money developed to answer the needs of intensifying economic activities.
Sapiens
Yuval Noah Harari
If, as is being demonstrated today so clearly, the patriarchal system has been based on unfounded myths rather than on biological facts, what accounts for the universality and stability of this system?
Sapiens
Yuval Noah Harari
Without the fear of heights, there can be no appreciation for the beauty of high places.
The Dark Forest
Cixin Liu
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