February 6, 2019

When did people start using money?

Around the year 1200 B.C., people in China started using mollusk shells called cowries to trade for goods. Cowries became the world’s first form of currency, […]
February 6, 2019

How did people buy things before money?

They didn’t buy – they bartered! Tens of thousands of years ago, when humans began establishing villages and farms rather than following herds of animals, they […]
February 4, 2019

Why do they say money makes the world go around?

Because it buys about everything we need to survive: food, homes, gas for our cars, electricity, heat, water, and cookies-and-cream milk shakes. People invest money in […]
February 4, 2019

How did ancient Egyptians make mummies?

Here’s the 4,000-year-old formula in four grisly steps: Step 1: A priest poked a special hook up the dearly departed’s nose to yank out the brains […]