@hashright @ManuelPolavieja @ProfSteveKeen @PeterMcCormack @btcseminar @saifedean @Beautyon_ @pierre_rochard @MustStopMurad not so – the technologies used to make coinage (which were different in China, India, & Lydia) did exist for a very long time before. What’s more Sumerians knew how to, but did not, make scales that could weigh amounts small enough to buy say a hammer or blanket with silver