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Money and the Early Greek Mind: Homer, Philosophy, Tragedy
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In this article, the Genesis of Coined Money and the preconditions of coinage are discussed, as well as the features of money in the early near East and the many and the one.Abstract:
1. Introduction Part I. The Genesis of Coined Money: 2. Homeric transactions 3. Sacrifice and distribution 4. Greece and the ancient near East 5. Greek money 6. The preconditions of coinage 7. The earliest coins 8. The features of money Part II. The Making of Metaphysics: 9. Did politics produce philosophy? 10. Anaximander and Xenophanes 11. The many and the one 12. Heraclitus and Parmenides 13. Pythagoreanism and Protagoras 14. Individualisation 15. Appendix: was money used in the early near East?read more
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Demos: The Discovery of Classical Attika
Jere M. Wickens,Robin Osborne +1 more
TL;DR: The polis and its politai Part I. as discussed by the authors The central thesis: The pattern of settlement of classical Attika 3. Demes and democracy: local politics and the politics of locality 5.
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A Theory of Semiotics
Alan Sondheim,Umberto Eco +1 more
TL;DR: The Subject of Semiotics References Index of authors Index of subjects
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Publications on financial history 2006
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a bibliography covering publications that appeared during the Middle Ages and during the year when they were not known before the deadline for last year's bibliography.
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