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650 BC
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The Lydians, a people in western Anatolia, become the first people to use coins, making them of electrum, an alloy of gold and silver
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Asia
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Quite important (7)
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Milky Way
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Earth
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Asia
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Economics
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Finances
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Coins
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7th Century BC
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650s BC
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Lydia
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