Ancient Economies __ "This page edited by a professional economist, Morris Silver, is devoted to the consideration of unsettled or disputed aspects of ancient economies, including the entire Mediterranean world." You will find information from "business agents" to lending institutions. - illustrated - From Morris Silver - http://members.tripod.com/~sondmor/index-html

Ancient Economy and Medieval Economy - History for Kids __ "What did people buy? where did they work? what did they use for money?" You can find out the answer. - From historyforkids.org - http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/economy/ 

Ancient Egyptian Economics __ This is a student created page about ancient Egyptian economics. - From riverschool.org - http://www.riverschool.org/students/work/culture.e.econ.htm

Ancient Egyptian economy __ "The economy of pharaonic Egypt has been called an ancient command economy, but one should always remember that such modern definitions are not as apt as one would hope for." A fairly detailed overview of the Ancient Egyptian economy. - illustrated - From nefertiti.iwebland.com - http://nefertiti.iwebland.com/economy/index.html 
 
Ancient Greece Economics __ This is a student created page which is about ancient Greek economics. - From riverschool.org - http://www.riverschool.org/students/work/culture.g.econ.htm

Ancient Roman Economy __ "For all of the glory and grandeur of Ancient Rome, the Roman economy never developed into anything terribly complex compared to modern economies. ..." Learn why. - From unrv.com - http://www.unrv.com/economy.php

Economics in Ancient Greece __ "When we discuss the economics of the ancient world, we must be careful not to use the formal Economics which we employ in analyzing our own society, since Economics is a function of the way a society runs, not the set of rules under which a given society operates." Learn how we need to differ in out thinking when discussing ancient economic systems. - From community.middlebury.edu - http://community.middlebury.edu/~harris/Classics/EconomicsinGreece.html

 
Economics of the Indus Valley Civilization __ "How did this civilization make its living? Like the older civilizations proceeding Indus in Egypt and Mesopotamia, these ancient people farmed. The people of Indus prospered on the foundations of an agriculture based system of irrigation and fertility, maintained by silt-bearing floods..." An overview of this ancient economic system - illustrated - From csuchico.edu - http://www.csuchico.edu/~cheinz/syllabi/asst001/fall97/2chd.htm

Financing Civilization __ Learn how the ancient world financed itself and how the science of "economics" came about. "We may never know when finance began, because financial contracts are as old as written language -- in fact, writing appears to have been invented for the purposes of recording financial deals. The first archaeological traces of financial activity appear in the earliest urban civilizations in the Near East. Where did the idea of borrowing and lending come from? How did the idea of interest payments evolve? Who first realized that "time is money?" The answers to at least some of these questions lie buried in ruins of Uruk, and her ancient sister-cities of Mesopotamia." - From William N. Goetzmann - http://viking.som.yale.edu/will/finciv/chapter1.htm

Roman Economy - Prices & Cost in Ancient Rome __ Ancient wage information and prices for some Roman goods. - From ancientcoins.biz - http://ancientcoins.biz/pages/economy/