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| c. -3000 BC |
| | | The earliest known currency, consisting of gold bars, is in use in Egypt and Mespotamia | |
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| c. -2500 BC |
| | | Trade lnks, probably by sea in Phoenician ships from Byblos, are established between Egypt and Phoenicia | |
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| c. -2400 BC |
| | | Clay tablets discovered at Ebla reveal a busy trading economy reinforced by aggressive military policies | |
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| c. -1750 BC |
| | | Priests in Babylon make loans from the temple treasure, introducing the concept of banking | |
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| c. -1000 BC |
| | | Petra acquires importance and wealth from its position on caravan routes from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean | |
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| c. -1000 BC |
| | | The abacus is used as an everyday method of calculation by Phoenicians and Babylonians | |
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| c. -1000 BC |
| | | Tyre and Sidon have by now replaced Byblos as the dominant cities within Phoenicia | |
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| c. -970 BC |
| | | Hiram, the Phoenician king of Tyre, is an enthusiastic trading partner of King David in Jerusalem, and later of Solomon | |
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| c. -950 BC |
| | | Wood from the famous cedars of Lebanon is only one of the many luxury goods traded by the Phoenicians | |
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| c. -650 BC |
| | | The earliest known coins are minted in Ephesus, bean-shaped and struck on one side with a distinguishing mark | |
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