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Monetary based economies are superior to barter systems due to the fact that you don't have to carry your goods with you to market.

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Who were the first to replace the barter system with a coin?

Sumerians


What kind of economy did Sparta have?

The Spartan Economy was based off 3 classes of society Spartans, Perioci and Helots. Sparta did not have a coin system because of the division in social class in Greece, instead they traded in Iron Bars. The Helots role in society were that of the salves doing farm work, labouring, made to fight with sling shots in war, served whatever the Spartans asked of them and were kept in control by tyrannus methods such as the Krptaya (who were selected at the age of 18 being the elite of the military academy the Agoge). Though the Spartans themselves did not trade with anyone the perioci who oversaw the Helots, coming from one of Sparta's Vassal States Lakonia who were were mastered in the arts and crafts being responsible for trading with other parts of Greece and throughout parts of the medditerrainean. Although Spartans were responsible for the Military factors of Sparta, they were not for the Trade and were even I'll deposed towards foriegners, being the Kings who were responisble for the diplomacy between other nations. Basically they're economy was that of the Barter Economy System


What economic system replaced bartering?

There was a period in the Early Middle Ages when very few coins were produced, and the presumption is that during this period economies of Europe were dominated by barter, though there is no record of this. We know that a stable currency was introduced by Charlemagne with the Frankish denier, which was intended to reestablish the Roman denarius as a monetary basis. The denier was adopted by a large number of other countries, including the Ango-Saxon kingdoms, where the new penny was of very similar value.


Is it true that The shortage of money in the colonies forced the colonists to use a system of barter?

For a variety of reasons, money was almost always in short supply during the early colonial period. The lack of coins and currency forced the colonists to barter. The English leaders felt that colonial exports, such as animal skins, dried fish, and tobacco, should be paid for in English goods. Colonial exports would be accepted in return for an equal value of such goods as fabrics, window panes, pewter dishes, and mirrors. This barter arrangement - an exchange of goods or services without using money - seemed ideal to the British but was increasingly unpopular with the colonists, who preferred coin for their exports to gain more independence over their buying power.


Why did money replace the barter system?

This is one of those cases where the definition of a particular word, in this case "barter", is crucial. If barter means the direct exchange of goods and services without a medium of exchange, the more common use, then by and large, the invention of money supplemented the barter system by providing a nonperishable medium of exchange. Money provided an effective way to avoid the problem of one party being unable to provide a good or service that the other party wanted. If barter simply refers to exchanging, while many people think the bartering system ended when money was invented, people can still barter and pay with money. Money gives a nonperishable item to be bartered with.

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What kind of economy did Sparta have?

The Spartan Economy was based off 3 classes of society Spartans, Perioci and Helots. Sparta did not have a coin system because of the division in social class in Greece, instead they traded in Iron Bars. The Helots role in society were that of the salves doing farm work, labouring, made to fight with sling shots in war, served whatever the Spartans asked of them and were kept in control by tyrannus methods such as the Krptaya (who were selected at the age of 18 being the elite of the military academy the Agoge). Though the Spartans themselves did not trade with anyone the perioci who oversaw the Helots, coming from one of Sparta's Vassal States Lakonia who were were mastered in the arts and crafts being responsible for trading with other parts of Greece and throughout parts of the medditerrainean. Although Spartans were responsible for the Military factors of Sparta, they were not for the Trade and were even I'll deposed towards foriegners, being the Kings who were responisble for the diplomacy between other nations. Basically they're economy was that of the Barter Economy System