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The process by which an object becomes money by becoming universally wanted, value-storing, permanent, mobile, available, and rare enough.
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currency formation
The process by which an object becomes money by becoming universally wanted, value-storing, permanent, mobile, available, and rare enough.
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"But then, over time, as powerful people became more stable in their lives, they used bronze to make jewelry and pottery to show their..."
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"...spend years and years. Hone your skills because you fight in formation. The legionnaire, you don't need that much training, okay? You can actually..."
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"...need to be able to climb, to hike up mountains in formation. Whereas the Greeks are fighting more on flat land, okay? So over..."
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"...the consuls advanced against them. Valerius, with the infantry and phalanx formation, Brutus recon..."
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"...right to concur either personally or by their representatives in its formation. It should be the same to all whether it protects or punishes..."
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"...self -sufficient system. Over time, the Macedonians will take the hoplite formation and turn it into the Macedonian phalanx. And the Romans will have..."
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"...materials. The gunpowder revolution will also mark radical changes in military formation, organization, and hierarchy, okay? So again, at this particular stage, gunpowder is..."
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"...century, okay? All right, so let's talk about, very quickly, the formation of gunpowder. How is gunpowder made? Well, gunpowder is made using three..."
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"...massive psychological effect. And so what happens is the phallax breaks formation. And if the phallax breaks formation and people start running away, they're..."
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"...and spears. Okay? The way they fought was using the phalanx formation. Phalanx. And the innovation of phalanx innovation was, it was basically a..."
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Bronze begins as a weapon, becomes status, hardens into currency, and then teaches the world the dangerous rhythm of capital: rapid growth, total interconnection, elite consolidation, and sudden collapse.
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