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Mail traded Gold and Salt with neighboring countries.
Japan, being an Island Empire, found it common place to exchange knowledge with seafaring men. The Chinese had been chasing gold in the "Gold Mountains" (California Gold Rush of 1849) since 1850, so it wasn't just Japan that knew about "Gold Mountain" (California) - it was practically everybody.
Pizarro first entered because he was seeking/trying to find gold.
Constantinople was the capital of the Byzantine/Eastern Empire. It wasn't the capital of the whole empire, but it was a major city for sure.
The Roman empire became too big and the people outside of the Roman empire started to attack. From then on out, the empire just continued to collapse.
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Because it just is
it is valuable because gold is easy to spot and it is so shiney that it makes people risk their lives just to get it
it is valuable because gold is easy to spot and it is so shiney that it makes people risk their lives just to get it
it is another name for oil because it was just as valuable as gold.
It is Iron Sulfide and actually quite a useful mineral - just not as valuable as gold.
Just as gold is a very valuable metal, so is oil a very valuable liquid. The international trade in petroleum is the most lucrative of any product.
14kt gp just means its gold plated its not as valuable like real gold its basicly dipped in gold and 14 perecent of the metal is alloy
14k Gold is some of the most valuable metal in the world. Currently, just one ounce of 14k gold is worth $734 in the United States.
- gold is a very good electrical conductor- gold is a very good thermal conductor- gold is very ductile and malleable- gold is a good reflector for electromagnetic radiation
White gold is the same thing as yellow gold just a different color, where as platinum is a more rare and precious metal making it far more valuable than gold.
White gold is the same thing as yellow gold just a different color, where as platinum is a more rare and precious metal making it far more valuable than gold.