The Lydians Use Of Money

The first use of money was processed in 700 B.C. The Lydians were the very first culture to value a specific material and call it a “coin.” Soon after the Lydians invented what we know as money, other cultures around the world began to mint their own coins with certain values. The whole world eventually heard about this new creation. It was easier to trade goods, get items, and it brought people into thought of making businesses. According to the Dictionary, money is “the assets, property, and resources owned by someone or something; wealth.” Is money really valuable or needed? Imagine if we had to earn everything in life by doing certain tasks. Our economy has always been based off money. We are one big community of human beings, if we all helped each other succeed through life, no one has to suffer. Generosity and gratitude is worth a million times more than a “Benjamin Franklin,” not greed or envy. When a bear needs food, he goes and gets a fish, when a squirrel is hungry he goes and …show more content…
Need: requiring (something) because it is essential or very important.” The human race NEEDS to learn the difference between wanting and needing. If everyone learned to slowly get rid of ownership to unnecessary items, greed would not have to exist in the dictionary. Mark Boyle, the moneyless man who survives every single day eating grown food from the soil. Others get food from supermarkets, Wal-Mart, etc. Mark Boyle, since 2009, has been appreciating life without money. Not all of us would have to search for food if society worked as a team. Leftover foods can be shared with neighbors, taken to a school, or even sent to a local friend. A moneyless world does exist to many people, who we call homeless, but what if we were all moneyless together? By sharing amongst everyone, no one would ever be hungry, thirsty, depressed, or even lonely. Society would grow to love each other and would be taught how to not be