The Origin of Metallic Currency and Weight Standards

by William Ridgeway

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Contents

1. Preface
2. Chapter I. The Ox and the Talent in Homer
3. Chapter II. Primitive Systems of Currency
4. Chapter III. The Distribution of the Ox and the Distribution of Gold
5. Chapter IV. Primaeval Trade Routes
6. Chapter V. The Art of Weighing was first employed for Gold
7. Chapter VI. The Gold Unit everywhere the value of a Cow
8. Chapter VII. The Weight Systems of China and Further Asia
9. Chapter VIII. How were Primitive Weight Units fixed?
10. Chapter IX. Statement and Criticism of the Old Doctrines
11. Chapter X. The Systems of Egypt, Babylon, and Palestine
12. Chapter XI. The Lydian and Persian Systems
13. Chapter XII. The Greek System
14. Conclusion
15. Appendix A The Homeric Trial Scene
16. Appendix B. What was the Unit of Assessment in the Constitution of Servius Tullius?
17. Appendix C. Keltic and Scandinavian Weight Systems

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