Even though it’s been thought to us in school, humankind never used money / coins in its history. It was always rather a kind of obligations and credits.
Only at the time of the ancient empires (romans, han dynasty) coins were used strongly. But mainly for paying the army soldiers. In middle age that coin thing faded again.
Yeah, I read the article and it makes more sense to me now. I imagined he would be travelling with them, but that obviously wasn’t the case.
Even though it’s been thought to us in school, humankind never used money / coins in its history. It was always rather a kind of obligations and credits.
Only at the time of the ancient empires (romans, han dynasty) coins were used strongly. But mainly for paying the army soldiers. In middle age that coin thing faded again.