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Discover the surprising origins of banking — not on Wall Street, but in the sacred temples of ancient Sumer, more than 4,000 years ago. Long before coins existed, Sumerian priests managed the world’s earliest financial system, operating directly from temple complexes in cities like Uruk and Ur.

They stored grain and silver, issued loans with interest (up to 33% on silver, 20% on barley), and recorded every transaction on clay tablets using the earliest known writing system — cuneiform.
These temples acted as central banks, granaries, and legal offices — regulating commerce, collecting taxes, and even implementing debt cancellation laws known as amargi, the world’s first recorded economic resets.

This wasn’t just religion — it was the foundation of institutional economics.

Learn how ancient temples and royal palaces became history’s first financial institutions.
This isn’t just ancient history — it’s the birth of banking itself.



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