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Gold: a Brief History of the World of Power and Wealth

(german) Bird Stephen Gray

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This is a history of world economy, diplomacy, and cultural exchanges connected by gold. The book takes the history of gold as the main line and reproduces the process of mankind's fanatical pursuit of gold. From the gold myths of ancient Greece and Rome to the gold treasures of Europe and Africa in the Middle Ages, from the gold rush in the Americas and Australia to the gold standard and the Bretton Woods system before and after the two world wars, it reproduces the evolution of gold from a simple metal to a symbol of wealth and power, reflecting the flow of world wealth and changes in power centers as well as economic, diplomatic, and cultural exchanges among various regions of the world. It is an interesting and profound masterpiece.