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Table of Contents

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Title page(p. 1)
Copyright(p. 2)
Table of Contents(pp. 3-4)
THE ORIGIN OF METALLIC CURRENCY AND WEIGHT…(pp. 5-8)
PREFACE.(pp. 9-11)
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.(pp. 12-14)
CHAPTER I. The Ox and the Talent in Homer.(pp. 15-23)
CHAPTER II. Primitive Systems of Currency.(pp. 24-69)
CHAPTER III. THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE OX AND THE DISTRIBUTION OF GOLD.(pp. 70-140)
CHAPTER IV. Primaeval Trade Routes.(pp. 141-146)
CHAPTER V. The Art of Weighing was first employed for Gold.(pp. 147-158)
CHAPTER VI. The Gold Unit everywhere the value of a Cow.(pp. 159-198)
CHAPTER VII. The Weight Systems of China and Further Asia.(pp. 199-220)
CHAPTER VIII. How were Primitive Weight Units fixed?(pp. 221-247)
CHAPTER IX. Statement and Criticism of the Old Doctrines.(pp. 248-290)
CHAPTER X. The Systems of Egypt, Babylon, and Palestine.(pp. 291-359)
CHAPTER XI. The Lydian and Persian Systems.(pp. 360-373)
CHAPTER XII. The Greek System.(pp. 374-475)
APPENDIX A The Homeric Trial Scene.(pp. 476-477)
APPENDIX B. What was the Unit of Assessment in the Constitution of Servius Tullius?(pp. 478-482)
APPENDIX C. Keltic and Scandinavian Weight Systems.(pp. 483-502)
INDEX.(pp. 503-552)
Notes(pp. 553-630)
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