Free Download The History of Debt: Monarchs, Markets, and Mankind (The History Series) by Skriuwer.com
English | February 26, 2025 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B0DYPB5C3C | 267 pages | EPUB | 1.24 Mb
What if debt isn't just about money-but power, rebellion, and the fate of empires?Uncover 5,000 years of financial warfare-from Mesopotamian temples to Wall Street-in a book that rewrites everything you know about owing and owning.
Shocking Truths You'll Discover:
Ancient "Debt Jubilees" - Kings erased debts to stop revolutions 7 Colonial blood money - How loans funded slavery and conquest 137 Medieval Church vs. Bankers - A holy war over interest rates Large Print Edition! Crystal-clear text for marathon reading sessions."If you owe the bank $100,000, the bank owns you. If you owe $100 million, you own the bank."
- American Proverb (A truth that toppled economies)
Explosive Revelations:Hammurabi's Code (1750 BCE) capped interest at 20%-but temple lenders found loopholes (Ch. 2) 7Kublai Khan punished debt-refusers with death-while inventing paper money (Ch. 4) 13England's national debt began in 1694 to fund wars-spawning the Bank of England (Ch. 16) 13Post-slavery economies trapped workers in company-store debt (Ch. 18) 7
Journey Through Debt's Hidden Battlefields:CHAPTER 1: DEBT'S ORIGINS
Why barter is a myth-credit came first 7.
CHAPTER 6: SOLON'S REVOLT
How wiping debts saved Athens from civil war.
CHAPTER 9: ISLAMIC FINANCE REVOLUTION
Zero-interest loans (qard al-hasan) that built trade empires.
CHAPTER 15: COLONIAL CRUELTY
Forced labor disguised as "resource debt".âš– Debt: The Ultimate Weapon of ControlMesopotamian kings used debt forgiveness to prevent uprisings (Ch. 2)
7The Catholic Church excommunicated bankers for "usury" (Ch. 10)19th-century empires collapsed after defaulting on loans (Ch. 19) 7IMF-style debt traps began in ancient Egypt (Ch. 3) 9
A Reader's Verdict:"This book shattered my illusions! Chapter 2 on Hammurabi's debt laws and Chapter 15 exposing colonial 'credit systems' were revelations. Large print made dense history accessible-I devoured it in days." - Prof. Elena R., Economic Historian
Why You'll Feel Rage & Awe:Viking thralls entered slavery over unpaid grain loans (Ch. 10)Renaissance bankers funded wars with double-entry bookkeeping (Ch. 13)Industrial-era 'company stores' trapped miners in perpetual debt (Ch. 18)
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