What Was The First Money Invented?

Hey History explorers! Get ready for an adventure back in time
over 5,000 years ago! Mira and Finn are traveling all the way to
ancient Mesopotamia (say that three times fast!) to find out a
HUGE secret. How did people buy cool toys and snacks before
credit cards and dollar bills existed? Were they using seashells?
Giant rocks? Sticky honey? Prepare to be totally amazed by the
gross and amazing truth!


We’ll discover the VERY first type of money ever invented—and
trust us, it was NOT shiny gold coins! Learn about the surprising
things people traded, how early accountants kept track using clay
tokens, and how this simple idea in 3000 BCE changed the world
forever. This episode is packed with wild facts about bartering
and why ancient civilization decided that one specific thing was
valuable enough to buy everything else! Tune in to History’s Not
Boring and find out how the world started paying for stuff!