The search for gold and silver played a key role in the creation of the modern world. Wars have been fought over precious metals, and territories rich in these metals have been the victims of conquest: let's take the example of the colonization of both parts of America, Australasia and South Africa.
However, it is not only about the possession of gold and silver. Rather, it was the use, movement, storage of precious metals that had a profound effect on the economic and military success of...
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Silver is the metal that, along with gold, has been known to people since the predynastic period. While Upper and Lower Egypt gradually formed a single state, and a succession of pharaohs succeeded each other on the throne, silver was very rare and was valued more than gold.
Archaeologists attribute the first samples of silver to 5000-3400 years. BC e. It was brought in those days, presumably from Syria, which is considered one of the first deposits of this noble metal.
The discovery of Am...
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