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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.

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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 .

  4. Plague doctor costume - Wikipedia

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    The mask had two small nose holes and was a type of respirator which contained aromatic items. [6] The beak could hold dried flowers (commonly roses and carnations ), herbs (commonly lavender and peppermint ), camphor , or a vinegar sponge, [ 7 ] [ 8 ] as well as juniper berry , ambergris , cloves , labdanum , myrrh , and storax . [ 9 ]

  5. 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 ...

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  7. Category:17th-century encyclopedias - Wikipedia

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    Personal tools. Donate; Create account; ... 17th; 18th; 19th; 20th; 21st; 22nd; Pages in category "17th-century encyclopedias" The following 15 pages are in this ...

  8. Actuarial science - Wikipedia

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    Actuarial science became a formal mathematical discipline in the late 17th century with the increased demand for long-term insurance coverage such as burial, life insurance, and annuities. These long term coverages required that money be set aside to pay future benefits, such as annuity and death benefits many years into the future.

  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.