Wieder mal zur Herkunft des Geldes (auch!!!) aus dem Gütertausch/Fernhandel (mL)

verfasst von Galiani, 27.09.2002, 13:18

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Bericht von den Harappa-Ausgrabungen (Induskultur; um 3300 - 2600 v. Chr.) im heutigen Pakistan im Discover Magazine.

Jonathan Mark Kenoyer, ein Archäologe von der University of Wisconsin, der dort seit 12 Jahren die Ausgrabungen leitet, wird darin zitiert wie folgt:

"What we're finding at Harappa, for the first time," says Kenoyer,"is how the first cities started." Mesopotamian texts suggest that cities sprang up around deities and their temples, and once archeologists found these temples, they didn't look much further."People assumed this is how cities evolved, but we don't know that for a fact," says Kenoyer. At Harappa, a temple of the glitzy Mesopotamian variety has yet to be found. Kenoyer's archeological evidence suggests that the city got its start as a farming village around 3300 B.C. Situated near the Ravi River [near the Indus River in today's] Pakistan and northwestern India, Harappa lay on a fertile flood plain. Good land and a reliable food supply allowed the village to thrive, but the key to urbanization was its location at the crossroads of several major trading routes.

Traders from the highlands of Baluchistan and northern Afghanistan to the west brought in copper, tin and lapis lazuli; clam and conch shells were brought from the southwestern seacoast, timber from the Himalayas, semiprecious stones from Gujrat, silver and gold from Central Asia. The influx of goods allowed Harappans to become traders and artisans as well as farmers. And specialists from across the land arrived to set up shop in the new metropolis."

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The people of the Indus Valley didn't build towering monuments, bury their riches along with their dead, or fight legendary and bloody battles. They didn't have a mighty army or a divine emperor. Yet they were a highly organized and stupendously successful civilization. They built some of the world's first planned cities, created one of the world's first written languages, and thrived in an area twice the size of Egypt and Mesopotamia for 700 years.

Hier also zur Abwechslung mal ein Beleg für selbst-induziertes Wirtschaftswachstum. Natürlich gab es auch Steuern und Abgaben in dieser Indus-Kultur. Offenbar aber erst als Folge, nicht als Ursache des Wohlstandes.

Hier der geamte Aufsatz

Gruß

G.

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• Wieder mal zur Herkunft des Geldes (auch!!!) aus dem Gütertausch/Fernhandel (mL) - Galiani, 27.09.2002, 13:18
  • Re: Wieder mal zur Herkunft des Geldes (auch!!!) aus dem Gütertausch/Fernhandel (mL) - dottore, 27.09.2002, 14:49
    • Ich bin anderer Meinung u. erkenne keinen Grund sie zu ändern. Aber ok! Gruß (owT) - Galiani, 27.09.2002, 15:00
    • Ah ja, nochwas: Die Perser begannen erst ca. 2000 Jahre nach dem Verschwinden - Galiani, 27.09.2002, 16:14
      • Re: Eben DAS ist der Fehler der Historiographie, ausführlich bei Heinsohn: - dottore, 27.09.2002, 17:44
        • Re: Eben DAS ist der Fehler der Historiographie / @dottore - --- ELLI ---, 27.09.2002, 18:00