The Lydians, a people in western Anatolia, become the... - Historystack

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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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Economics & Agrocaltures, Inventions

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Electrum coin from Ephesus, depicting forepart of stag and square incuse punch

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Milky Way, Solar System, Earth, Science and Technologies, Asia, Economics, Inventions, Finances, Money, Coins, 7th Century BC, 650s BC, Lydia

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