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Re:Two hundred years ago, Jean-François Champollion decipher... by ask_b123 on Thursday September 29, 2022 @03:26PM (#33025814)
> It's not common knowledge that general debt amnesties were a common feature of ancient economic life

Is the Jubilee not generally known or do you mean that debt forgiveness was more widespread than generally known?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jubilee_(biblical)

Re:Two hundred years ago, Jean-François Champollion decipher... by dzdt on Thursday September 29, 2022 @04:24PM (#33026630)
My impression is Jubilee is not generally known. Probably knowledge varies a lot by cultural context though (for me: American, non-Jewish).
Re:Two hundred years ago, Jean-François Champollion decipher... by lostlogin on Thursday September 29, 2022 @03:51PM (#33026150)
Thanks for this.

Wonder if it used to mean that borrowing for more than 7 years wasn’t a thing?