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Tax
Raising money for government projects (taxation) in antiquity.
A Comparative Chronology of Money
From cows in 9000 BC to Cappadocian guarantee on the value of silver ingots in 2250 BC through to Augustus Caesar's imposition of sales, poll, and land taxes.
Financing Civilization
First chapter of a book by William N. Goetzmann about financing and how it has been a tool for both control and enterprise, a hindrance to and an aid to government; with bibliography.