History of banking
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The history of banking began with the first prototype banks, that is, the merchants of the world, who gave grain loans to farmers and traders who carried goods between cities. This was around 2000 BC in Assyria, India and Sumer. Later, in ancient Greece and during the Roman Empire, lenders based in temples gave loans, while accepting deposits and performing the change of money. Archaeology from this period in ancient China and India also shows evidence of money lending.
Detailed account of raw materials and workdays for a basketry workshop. Clay, c. 2040 BCE (Ur III)
Among many other things, the Code of Hammurabi recorded interest-bearing loans.
Christ drives the Usurers out of the Temple, a woodcut by Lucas Cranach the Elder in Passionary of Christ and Antichrist
Adhemar de Monteil in chain mail carrying the Holy Lance in one of the battles of the First Crusade
History of banking in China
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The history of banking in China includes the business of dealing with money and credit transactions in China.
Rishengchang, the first draft bank in China
Royal inscribed board, saying "Financial exchange all over the world", in Rishengchang, Pingyao
Qiánpù stringing cash coins, which was a typical service offered by the qianzhuang ("money shops") in imperial China.