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Re:Death in the clouds: The problem of bodies on Everest (2015) by jessaustin on Saturday May 27, 2017 @12:23PM (#14430712)
"Royal wealth transactions", the foundation of capitalism! They must have competed for serfs and slaves in a voluntary market!
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Re:Death in the clouds: The problem of bodies on Everest (2015) by weberc2 on Saturday May 27, 2017 @10:19PM (#14432851)
So you're upset that the Assyrian peasantry didn't invent accounting?
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