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University of Arizona – How Minerals Made Civilizations [video]
- cf1241290841 3y agoFrom gold in ancient Egypt to silver in ancient Greece, to saltpeter in Napoleonic Europe to steel to copper, the geopolitical impact of resource production is truly history shaping. Got there from a rabbit hole looking into the first coinage, among them the tetradrachme of a drunk Dionysus getting carried home by a donkey. https://www.coinarchives.com/46dbbe333f049d01bced2b19a1bd4b0d/img/mortoneden/124/image00240.jpg https://www.coinarchives.com/46dbbe333f049d01bced2b19a1bd4b0... Its hard to not also see this as the birth of advertisement and tourism. Or differently put, dude, lets go to Mende! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mende_(Chalcidice)#/media/File:MACEDON,_Mende._Circa_510-480_BC.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mende_(Chalcidice)#/media/File... edit: Thasos "Satyr carrying off protesting nymph" https://www.wildwinds.com/coins/greece/thrace/thasos/t.html https://www.wildwinds.com/coins/greece/thrace/thasos/t.html is also noteworthy.