- used for [[The Diplomatic Role of Princesses in the Bronze Age Levant]] ![[The Civilizations of Africa by Christopher Ehret#ch05p201 Egypt and the Commercial Revolution]] > [!quote] [[Is it true that ancient Egyptians didn't use money via AskHistorians]] > Egypt was even something of a latecomer to the money economy. Not only did Egypt function on a barter economy, but so did everyone else until the 7th-6th Centuries BCE. - #articleseed/addendum I should make this point more explicitly somewhere, about conservative leadership and stability and changes to money