Great Moments in Financial History - Full Collection

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Introduction
3000 BC – Money!
2342 BC – Urukagina Stands Up For Property Rights
600 BC – Olive Press Call Options?

329 BC – The Opening Of The Silk Road To The East
1st Century - "Fiduciary" is Latin for...

976 AD - The Greatest Invention Ever?

12th Century:  The Medieval Cloth Trade and the Champagne Fairs
1288 AD - Birth of the Corporation
1300 AD - Medieval Italy and the Foundations of the Modern World

1346 AD: European sovereign debt default!!!
1356 AD: The Hanseatic League: A community of commercial interests
1565 AD: The start of the Manila-Acapulco Silver Run

17th Century - The Rice Futures  Market
17th Century - Wampum Inflation

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