How did the creation of a coin system by the Lydian civilization represent a universal change to civilizations?
What will be an ideal response?
Answers will vary. The creation of a coin system based on precious metals is fundamental to creating a systematic economy and promoting trade among regions. The change from using lumps of precious and semiprecious metals to coins, that is, lumps of uniform weight in gold and silver, represented a step forward in facilitating trade. While coins might have different nomenclature in different regions, a uniform agreement among traders in civilizations of the Near East and the Mediterranean meant that goods and services would be valued at a common standard.
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Which of these questions did al-Ghazali attempt to answer?
A) Is religion rational? B) How can the Hellenistic and Muslim legacies be reconciled? C) Should Muslims read ancient Greek literature? D) What is the relationship between Christian and Muslim approaches to knowledge?
The German army in Poland had pioneered a new kind of warfare referred to as “lightning war,” or _________.
a. Sturzkampfflugzeug b. Stuka c. Blitzkrieg d. Panzer
The Greeks justified conquest and slavery by __________.
A. differentiating between Greek and non-Greek peoples B. referring to religious messages about the duty of humble people C. largely ignoring the contradiction between slavery and Athenian ideals D. using the Persian Empire as an example