Money Quote by Bible

“There was no money economy in Egypt, and all exchange of goods was carried out by barter. Each citizen paid a tax in kind…

— Norman F. Cantor

They gave money also unto the masons, and to the carpenters; and meat, and drink, and oil, unto them of Zidon, and to them…

— Bible

And Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the corn…

— Bible

I think gold is made for kings and pharaohs - that's what I am.

— Big Sean

To the great pharaohs it mattered a great deal to bury their treasures in the pyramids, which they thought they would bring to the…

— Frederick Lenz

In the Bible, God offered the Pharaoh freedom if he would just let the oppressed people free to go to the land of milk…

— Malcolm X

Once a king ordered in his audience to keep their hand on any thing it will be rewarded to him. All from audience kept…

— Anonymous

“Egypt was rich in copper ore, which, as the base of bronze, had been valuable through the entire Meditarranean world. By 1150 B.C., however,…

— Norman F. Cantor

“Gold is the money of kings, silver is the money of gentlemen, barter is the money of peasants – but debt is the money…

— Norm Franz

In the ancient world, taxes were paid in kind: landowners paid in crops or livestock; the landless paid with their labor. Taxing trade made…

— Jill Lepore

There was still gold and silver in the mountains, And hunger was a more immediate sorrow

— W. H. Auden

“an eleventh-century CE Muslim prince from Tabaristan wrote in a book for his son, “Make it your constant endeavor to improve cultivation and to…

— David Christian