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Page 678
... operations of banking were performed by various kinds of bankers . Thus , the trapezitai — the name is still used by Greek bankers - were those who received deposits on interest to administer as current accounts such as check- ing ; the ...
... operations of banking were performed by various kinds of bankers . Thus , the trapezitai — the name is still used by Greek bankers - were those who received deposits on interest to administer as current accounts such as check- ing ; the ...
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... operations of trade an ease and security that nothing else could have done , and without it [ neither ] the expansion of commerce nor the industrial revolution would have been pos- sible . " Time brought about exactly the things that ...
... operations of trade an ease and security that nothing else could have done , and without it [ neither ] the expansion of commerce nor the industrial revolution would have been pos- sible . " Time brought about exactly the things that ...
Page 1100
... operations , the grain was carried down to the millstones and from the millstones back to the top story . Thus it made its way - which interests us here- through all the floors , from bottom to top and top to bottom , much as the ...
... operations , the grain was carried down to the millstones and from the millstones back to the top story . Thus it made its way - which interests us here- through all the floors , from bottom to top and top to bottom , much as the ...
Contents
Current Money with the Merchant4000 Years Ago | 680 |
What Do Bank and Bankrupt Mean? | 692 |
How Commission Merchants Became Merchant Bankers | 709 |
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