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Overview: the world

41 chapters in all · about 4 h 27 min

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All chapters (41)

Through the ages — the history of money in one pass　1–16

  1. Before the beginning　about 6 min
  2. Lydia　about 10 min
  3. Greece　about 12 min
  4. Syracuse　about 7 min
  5. Hellenism　about 8 min
  6. The Roman Republic　about 7 min
  7. The Roman Empire　about 8 min
  8. Byzantium　about 11 min
  9. Islam and India　about 8 min
  10. The monetary civilisation of the East　about 9 min
  11. Africa and the New World　about 8 min
  12. Gods and money　about 9 min
  13. Silver goes round the world　about 9 min
  14. The birth of finance　about 8 min
  15. The machine and the revolution　about 10 min
  16. Epilogue　about 6 min

By country　17–32

  1. France　about 9 min
  2. Britain　about 6 min
  3. Japan　about 8 min
  4. Germany　about 8 min
  5. United States　about 7 min
  6. China　about 6 min
  7. Spain　about 4 min
  8. Portugal　about 4 min
  9. Netherlands　about 5 min
  10. Italy　about 4 min
  11. Russia　about 3 min
  12. India　about 3 min
  13. Mexico　about 3 min
  14. Austria　about 3 min
  15. Turkey　about 2 min
  16. Korea　about 3 min

By question　33–41

  1. A history of false money　about 6 min
  2. A history of inflation　about 5 min
  3. War and money　about 5 min
  4. A biography in a single coin　about 5 min
  5. The Face of Coinage　about 7 min
  6. The Promise of Paper　about 7 min
  7. Temples and Monetary Offerings　about 7 min
  8. Vanished Currencies　about 6 min
  9. What Became Money　about 6 min

The history of money in Overview: the world, read chapter by chapter with illustrated scenes. Narration is available too. The first chapter is open to all.