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  2. History of money - Wikipedia

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    The Code of Hammurabi, the best-preserved ancient law code, was created c. 1760 BC (middle chronology) in ancient Babylon. It was enacted by the sixth Babylonian king, Hammurabi . Earlier collections of laws include the code of Ur-Nammu , king of Ur (c. 2050 BC), the Code of Eshnunna (c. 1930 BC) and the Code of Lipit-Ishtar of Isin (c. 1870 BC ...

  3. Roman finance - Wikipedia

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    The practices of ancient Roman finance, while originally rooted in Greek models, evolved in the second century BC with the expansion of Roman monetization. Roman elites engaged in private lending for various purposes, and various banking models arose to serve different lending needs.

  4. History of banking - Wikipedia

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    Mutual savings banks also emerged at that time, as financial institutions chartered by government, without capital stock, and owned by their members who subscribe to common funds. The institution most frequently identified as the first modern savings bank was the "Savings and Friendly Society" organized by the Reverend Henry Duncan in 1810, in ...

  5. Finance - Wikipedia

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    Managerial finance [29] is the branch of finance that deals with the financial aspects of the management of a company, and the financial dimension of managerial decision-making more broadly. It provides the theoretical underpin for the practice described above , concerning itself with the managerial application of the various finance techniques .

  6. History of accounting - Wikipedia

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    The early development of accounting dates to ancient Mesopotamia, and is closely related to developments in writing, counting and money [1] [4] [5] and early auditing systems by the ancient Egyptians and Babylonians. [2] By the time of the Roman Empire, the government had access to detailed financial information. [6]

  7. This Ancient Investment Strategy is a ‘Modern-Day Financial ...

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    An investment strategy allegedly praised by hedge fund manager Joel Greenblatt is being touted as an "ancient investment strategy" and a "modern-day financial miracle" by one of its modern ...

  8. Roman economy - Wikipedia

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    The setup of the banking system under the Empire allowed the exchange of extremely large sums without the physical transfer of coins, which led to fiat money.With no central bank, a professional deposit banker (argentarius, coactor argentarius, or later nummularius) received and held deposits for a fixed or indefinite term and lent money to third parties. [10]

  9. Economic history of the world - Wikipedia

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    Volumes 1-4: From Ancient Times to the Present (Routledge, 2004). 1200pp online; Persson, Karl Gunnar, and Paul Sharp. An economic history of Europe (Cambridge University Press, 2015). Pomeranz, Kenneth. The World That Trade Created: Society, Culture, And the World Economy, 1400 to the Present (3rd ed. 2012)