flix on Nostr: This paper on "Cultural transmission in the ancient Near East" is relevant. ...

This paper on "Cultural transmission in the ancient Near East" is relevant.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0305440312004955

It examines cultural transmission in the bronze age by studying the distribution of board games.

It speaks to the sad state of economic history that nobody has done something similar for the use of money...