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  2. History of insurance - Wikipedia

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    In December 1901 and January 1902, at the direction of archaeologist Jacques de Morgan, Father Jean-Vincent Scheil, OP found a 2.25 meter (or 88.5 inch) tall basalt or diorite stele in three pieces inscribed with 4,130 lines of cuneiform law dictated by Hammurabi (c. 1792–1750 BC) of the First Babylonian Empire in the city of Shush, Iran.

  3. Burney Collection of Newspapers - Wikipedia

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    The collection begins with Parliamentary papers from 1603, and newspapers from the early 1620s. 18th-century London newspapers are the richest part of the collection. The following is an incomplete list of titles covering some of the most popular. Parliamentary papers from 1603; London Newspapers

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  5. Category:Financial services companies established in the 17th ...

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    Pages in category "Financial services companies established in the 17th century" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .

  6. Financial history of the Dutch Republic - Wikipedia

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    These marine insurers at the end of the 18th century branched out to fire insurance. [50] However, that type of insurance had already been pioneered at the end of the 17th century by a remarkable mutual insurance company of owners of paper-making windmills, called the Papiermakerscontract, though other types of industrial windmills were also ...

  7. Category:Products introduced in the 17th century - Wikipedia

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  8. History of the English fiscal system - Wikipedia

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    In the early part of the 17th century, customs steadily increased from £127,000 in 1604 to nearly £500,000 in 1641 due to the growth of English trade, the adoption of new books of rates—1608 and 1635—the fixing of higher valuations and also the inclusion of new commodities, in particular, wine, currants (the subject of controversy in ...

  9. Banking in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    Banking in the United Kingdom can be considered to have started in the Kingdom of England in the 17th century. The first activity in what later came to be known as banking was by goldsmiths who, after the dissolution of English monasteries by Henry VIII, began to accumulate significant stocks of gold.