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Location; Central America
Achievement; Written Number System and Symbol for 0. (Economic) -
Location; South Asia
Accomplishment/Fact; Standardized Money -
Location; Europe
Accomplishment/Fact; Due to being at an intersection of Arabia and Europe, merchants in the city had lots of money and it was an epicenter of trade. -
Location; East Asia
Achievement/Fact; Earlier in their history, they used copper coins with a hole in the center that could be used to string them together, but as the country grew they ran out of copper and switched to paper currency in order to make more and be able to support the economy. -
Location; Arabia
Accomplishment; Invented Algebra. (Economic because Algebra is useful in calculating interest.) -
Location; Eastern Asia
Achievement; Used a grid system for their cities with a wide boulevard in the center of the city leading outward. -
Location; Europe
Accomplishment/Fact; The Holy Roman Church ran a social service program type thing where they delivered bread to the peasants through their churches. -
Location; West Africa
Accomplishment/Fact; Had a silent barter system where gold would be placed on mats, then salt of approximately the same value would be placed down, and it would keep going removing and adding amounts of salt and gold until both parties were happy and accepted the deal. -
Location; West Africa
Fact; Mansa Musa, a Mali leader, crashed the economy of many cities on his Hajj, due to his great wealth and how much stuff he bought. Along with his entourage of 80,000 people. -
Location; Central America
Achievement; Chinampas (Economic) -
Location; South America
Achievement; Created Suspension Bridges (Economic) -
Location; West Africa
Accomplishment/Fact; Songhai had Timbuktu as an educational epicenter, a city which contained the University of Sankore, a school system renowned throughout the Islamic world.