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Lecture - Ancient Money. Part 1 Text version of the lecture - https://kpsu.ru/blog/dengi/antichnye-... Video lecture content: 00:00 - Introduction, overview of lecture topics; 01:38 - Promotion of precious metals to the role of a commodity - a universal equivalent; 02:15 - The emergence of the first means of payment and signs of value in the first ancient civilizations; 03:40 - The emergence of the first coins made of precious metals; 04:50 - Properties of precious metals that contributed to their advancement to the role of a commodity - a universal equivalent; 05:40 - The emergence of means of payment made of precious metals in the form of ingots, bars, rings, etc .; 06:35 - The emergence of the monetary and weight system in Ancient Egypt; 07:46 - The emergence of the minting of the first coins in the 8th century BC in Asia Minor (Lydia); 09:30 - The first coins - Lydian staters made of silver and gold; 11:20 - The emergence of the monetary system and coinage in the Persian Kingdom in the 6th century BC under Cyrus II the Great; 12:15 - Development of the monetary system in the Persian Kingdom under Darius I in the 5th century BC; 13:00 - Gold coins "darics" ("darici") of Darius I; 14:40 - Bimetallic monetary system of Darius I, based on gold and silver coins; 15:30 - Gold coins of the Persian Kingdom (Achaemenid Empire); 16:03 - Silver coins of the Persian Kingdom (Achaemenid Empire); 18:40 - Reforms of Darius I in the Persian Kingdom. Standardization of money circulation and monetary system. Creation of a single monetary system; 21:15 - The emergence and development of monetary systems in Ancient Greece in 750-480 BC; 21:58 - The Aegina monetary and weight system based on the stater. The first silver money of Ancient Greece of the 6th century BC; 25:08 - The first gold coins of Ancient Greece of the 5th century BC. Coins of the "classical period" of Ancient Greece; 26:55 - The Attic system of denominations of Ancient Greece ("Classical period of Ancient Greece"); 28:00 - Denominations of silver ancient Greek coins of various city-states of Ancient Greece; 30:56 - Ancient Greece in the 4th century BC; 32:27 - Denominations of silver ancient Greek coins of various city-states of Ancient Greece; 35:40 - Coins of Ancient Greece made of silver and electrum; 36:40 - Main conclusions on the formation of the first monetary systems in Antiquity; 40:41 - List of sources used in preparing the lecture material.