Charles Brown wrote: > > Commodities and number lines, arithematic. > > CB >
Charles, look up some good sources on "Palace Economies." It is misleading to speak of commodities in reference to such economies (and they characterized the mideast at the time cuneiform was developed). Writing was mainly used to keep accounts of tribute to the Palace. M.I. Finley's works on ancient Greek economy have some of this material. I don't know who the best mideastern historians are. Carrol
